Police Pull Over Woman, 93, After Chase

A 93-year-old woman from North Providence was pulled over by Barrington police after a 1.5-mile chase in a car that was observed speeding on Wampanoag Trail about 11:30 am on Saturday, Dec. 31.

The woman was not charged with a violation, but she will be reported to the RI Department of Motor Vehicles for a competency test, police said. She was traveling south on Wampanoag Trail on the way to her son’s house on Upland Way, police said.

The woman reportedly did not stop for a police officer on a radar post near the East Providence line despite him activating the cruiser’s lights and siren. Eventually, the woman did pull over near the intersection of County and Federal roads. She was given a warning, police said.

Disorderly teens put off RIPTA bus

Four teenagers from Newport were put off a RIPTA bus near the police cove area in Barrington on Sunday evening, Jan. 1, for disorderly conduct.

Three of the teens, no ages given, were females traveling from Newport to a Providence nightclub for a reported teen night, police said. The boy, 14, was being sought by Newport police under a warrant, police said.

The teens allegedly were yelling and shouting obscenities at each other on the ride toward Providence. They were asked by police to leave the bus and find other ways to travel back home.

Vehicle “keyed” during Annawamscutt plunge

A Westwood Lane resident reported to Barrington police on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 1, that his car was “keyed” while parked on Willow Way for the annual Annawamscutt Road polar plunge into Narragansett Bay.

Police said the man told them the car had a deep scratch that runs from the passenger-side front door to the rear fender. The incident was reported at 1:30 pm.

BEAST spray-painted on wall

The word “BEAST” was spray-painted on the brick wall of the Staples store in the Barrington shopping plaza sometime on Saturday, Dec. 31.

Police said the vandalism was reported at 6:58 pm. Black spray paint was used.