Police: Woman sells husband's tools online

Posted 7/10/18

Monday, July 2 — A caller complained about two dogs running loose on Main Street just before 8 a.m.Two birds flew into a man’s apartment on Vernon Street, but the animal control officer was able …

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Police: Woman sells husband's tools online

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Monday, July 2

A caller complained about two dogs running loose on Main Street just before 8 a.m.

Two birds flew into a man’s apartment on Vernon Street, but the animal control officer was able to get them out.

A Homestead Avenue family got a scare after a carbon monoxide detector sounded around 1:30 p.m. Fire crews came out and determined that the detector was faulty; there were zero CO levels in the house.

A man drove off from the DPW without paying a $25 fee, but returned to pay later after employees contacted his family.

A Fatima Drive woman complained that a neighbor was lighting off fireworks.
A woman reported being harassed at work on Market Street.

Jason Jonathan Ledoux, 38, of 19 Birchswamp Road, was charged with domestic disorderly conduct and two counts of domestic simple assault/battery, after his girlfriend called police at 8:15 p.m. to report an incident at his home.

A caller reported a dog tied up to a pole outside the Cumberland Farms on Market Street for several hours. Police came and took the dog to the animal shelter. A man claiming to be the owner of the dog called police about half an hour after police picked up the dog; he told police the dog had gotten loose a while earlier and the family had been looking for it.

Tuesday, July 3

David Manuel Souza, 52, of 29 Laurel Lane, was charged with domestic disorderly conduct and domestic simple assault/battery, after police got a call from a person on Laurel Lane who said he was assaulted by him.

Police got a call about a mother and daughter arguing in a Market Street apartment.
An Overhaul Road woman told police that a man was making harassing telephone calls.
An employee at a Main Street shop told police a woman just shoplifted. However, though he knew the identify of the shoplifter, he said he did not want to press charges.
A Vernon Street man called police after locking himself out of his home. An officer drove him to his son’s home, where there was an extra key.

Charles R. Segal, 23, of Bristol, was charged with disorderly conduct after police got a call at 10:20 p.m. about an intoxicated man was walking along Seymour Street.
A fireworks complaint came in from Ellis Avenue.

A man who had been advised earlier to extinguish an open burn in his Laurel Lane backyard rekindled it, and fire officials came out to have a talk with him.

Wednesday, July 4

Fire crews extinguished a small brush fire on Main Street just after 3 p.m.
Police pulled a driver over on Metacom Avenue after getting a report from another driver that the car was swerving. There was no issue.

Police received multiple fireworks complaints from Barker Avenue, Arlington Avenue, Metacom Avenue, Market Street, John Street, Seymour Street, Barden Lane and elsewhere.

Thursday, July 5

An Aubin Avenue resident reported credit card fraud.

A caller reported a possible drunk driver on Main Street just after 4 p.m. Police traced the car to a home near the Bristol line, where they found it parked in a driveway.

A fireworks complaint came in from Kickemuit Road.

Friday, July 6

A Homstead Avenue woman told police that her husband refused to return her debit card and keys.

A Bay Wrinkle Cove woman found a dead rabbit on her property and called the police.

Christopher R. Cioè, 28, of 109 Market St., Apt. 2F, was picked up on a warrant for violating a protective order.

Saturday, July 7

Police spoke to a man who was seen blowing sand and dirt onto the East Bay Bike Path near Wood Street.

A fuel pump was stolen from a Franklin Street address.

Police got a call about an injured animal in the backyard of a Locust Terrace home. Police checked it out and found no problem; it was a coyote that was not injured, just resting.

Police spoke to kids reported acting loudly on Barney Street around 10 p.m.

Sunday, July 8

A caller reported loud music coming from a Detroit Avenue home just after 2 a.m.

A Munro Avenue woman reported getting into an argument with her husband.

A Wilbur Avenue resident called in a dead skunk.

A coyote spotted on Almy Avenue around 11:41 a.m. was gone upon officers’ arrival.
A Metacom Avenue man complained to police that his wife was selling his tools without his permission. Apparently the wife had taken out a restraining order against him, and after it was in place he learned that she was selling his possessions — fishing poles, a leaf blower, chainsaw, weed walker, wrenches and other items — online. Since the restraining order was in place, he told police he was powerless to stop the sales. He asked for and received a police escort to the house, so he could retrieve whatever hadn’t yet been sold.

A Market Street man reported that his niece was being harassed while walking the dogs.

Police took a man to his home after the management of a Metacom Avenue establishment called at 5:14 p.m. with concerns that the man might be intoxicated.

A loud music call came in from Wilbur Avenue just after 7 p.m.

A Child Street woman who’d broken up with her boyfriend earlier in the day called police after he sent her a threatening text message.

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