DUI Lawyer Arrested on DUI Charges…Again Apparently one East Providence lawyer was looking to conduct more “research” for her practice this past week. The 32-year-old attorney, who specializes in DUI cases, was arrested on (you guessed it) DUI charges this week after she allegedly drove into a parked car while intoxicated. This isn’t her first DUI charge: Last year, Barrington police charged her with DUI. Those charges were dropped because police did not witness her driving erratically: they did allegedly find several open bottles of alcohol in her car. She pleaded not guilty in District …

Man Charged With Trying to Destroy City Menorah While many have focused on the holiday/Christmas tree debacle, one man has not forgotten about the menorah. According to police, a 34-year-old Cranston man (see featured picture) was seen maliciously attacking the city’s menorah one night in an effort to destroy it. (According to police, the menorah was undamaged following the attack.) The religious crusader – a follower of the Zoroastrianism faith, according to his blog – yelled at police and said the city shouldn’t be putting up religious displays, telling them, “This is an infringement of my…

  Teacher Gets Heat for Chilly Punishment Most elementary school students would probably jump at the opportunity to get out of a classroom and outside. In Cranston, two third-graders have a very different experience when a substitute teacher used a trip to the outside world as punishment. According to a school official, the substitute sent the pair outside in chilly temperatures as punishment for talking during class. The teacher has been fired from the Cranston school system. Drunk Man Fails to Break Into Own Car, Disappears One North Kingstown man drew attention to himself during his …

  Not Your Grandparents’ Scavenger Hunt An annual scavenger hunt in South Kingstown has us wondering what is in the water down there. The hunt, organized by seniors at the high school, is not a school-sanctioned event and produced a bevy of complaints on the night of Nov. 3. According to reports, a Toyota Camry’s roof was caved in and windshield shattered after students jumped on the car and wooden posts were ripped out of the ground near the high school. Students were seen streaking near the Narragansett seawall and several others were allegedly in one Wakefield business stripping in the …

  Putting the Kar in Karma One man’s alleged decision to drive under the influence came back to haunt him pretty quickly this week. According to reports, a Portsmouth man decided to stop to “take a pee” after a night of drinking in Newport. He forgot one little thing – to put the car in park. The car rolled backwards and, after the man attempted to jump into the car to hit the brake, pinned him between the car door and a tree.  Officers found the man nearly three hours later in “good spirits,” despite the fact that his leg was numb. The man’s blood alcohol level allegedly measured at .113 and…

  ‘Curvy Sweet Dark Chocolate’ Woman Charged With Prostitution A “sweet seductive companion” was apparently not seductive enough to wiggle her way out of prostitution charges. North Kingstown, South Kingstown and East Providence police collaborated to nab the 28-year-old North Kingstown woman suspected of engaging in prostitution in her apartment. An EP detective went undercover to the woman’s apartment after police discovered her online ad – which described her as a “sweet seductive companion” and “curvy sweet dark chocolate” who exclusively catered to the “older men.” When the E.P. …

  Dog Survives 11-Miles While Wedged in Car Grille If ever there was a dog that deserved the name Lucky, it would be this poodle. According to East Providence police, the little pup (named Suzie) survived an 11-mile journey from Taunton to EP – while wedged in the grille of a car. The dog was struck by a car after it ran into the road. The driver, unaware there was a canine stuck to his car, continued driving until someone flagged him down in East Providence. Suzie somehow managed to avoid serious injury, suffering a concussion, and was later reunited with her owners. Eager to Avoid 5 O’Clock…

  Light Goes Out For Bank-Heist Suspect at Motel 6 Police officers nabbed the man suspected to be the 'Bearded Bandit' this week, responsible for an eight-month string of bank heists across the region, including two in Barrington. The burly facial hair that gave him his moniker was found to be a fake, according to reports. The thief, thought to have stolen thousands of dollars, was tracked down in a Route 6 motel in Seekonk, Mass. Keep It In Your Pants One North Kingstown road has been anything but PG this month after two men weere charged with indecent exposure. The first man (known around …

  Block Party Crashers Learn Hard Way A North Kingstown man gave two unwelcome guests to his block party an unwelcome surprise this past weekend. According to reports, a pair of intoxicated Kent County residents crashed a block party in North Kingstown while visiting a friend down the road. The pair, along with some friends, sat by the fire as the homeowner was trying to clean up the yard. When a 50-year-old woman attacked him for putting out the fire with the garden house, the man allegedly sprayed the woman with the hose in an attempt to stop her from repeatedly hitting him with his own …

 Driving is an adventure in North Kingstown. From one police log covering just three days… A Coventry driver was charged with drunken driving after sideswiping a car, although he told police he hadn’t had a drink in 14 years. A pair of North Kingstown men tried to steal car parts from an auto salvage yard. After a traffic stop and a pat-down, a passenger told police he “forgot” he had a baggie of marijuana on him. A bunch of other cars have been broken into, and finally, a South Kingstown woman was arrested for reckless driving – with her daughter in the car – when police clocked her at 68 …

State representative trumpets rep State Rep. Bob Watson (R-East Greenwich) appeared in the news again this week for the wrong reasons. South Kingstown police arrested him for possession of marijuana. A plow driver called police when he saw an erratic driver “nearly” hit him, then pull up into a snowbank. The plow operator noted that Watson, when approached, smelled of alcohol. Police later reported that Watson had alcohol in the car, and was even seen drinking an open Natural Ice beer can, when police arrived. At one point, Watson said, "Do you know who I am? I'm the E.G. rep." One officer …

Woonsocket police officers had to deal with more than an unruly 32-year-old man when they went to arrest him outside his apartment – they had a crowd of bystanders cheering and chanting as the suspect battled officers. When officers put the man on the ground for a pat-down, he allegedly kicked backwards and hit one officer in the groin. That sparked cheers from the crowd. The man reportedly continued to struggle inside the police cruiser, kicking the inside window of the car, threatening to assault officers, and stating that his sister was a lawyer and he would sue. At the police station, he …

A North Kingstown criminal who failed in his first attempted robbery apparently learned quickly, improved his tactics and succeeded an hour later in a second convenience store. The man walked into one convenience store wearing a hooded sweatshirt, ski mask and gloves and demanded money in the cash register – but showed no weapon. The clerk, after asking the suspect if he was "kidding," refused to empty the register. About an hour later, the man walked into a second convenience store – but this time he flashed a box cutter. This clerk complied, and the man ran out with about $200 in cash. …

A Providence woman faces charges of larceny and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after she allegedly took the youth she was babysitting on a shoplifting trip to Burlington Coat Factory in Johnston. According to police, store staffers said the woman let the kid put several items in one bag, then covered up the stolen goods with bags of merchandise that she'd purchased legally. The woman fled the store when loss prevention staffers tried to stop the pair — leaving the child behind. The kid — who was charged with larceny and released to the custody of her family — identified the woman…

Two men took their road-rage confrontation to a higher level when they stopped on a Route 24 off-ramp and one man drew a loaded gun and pointed it at the other. The second man fought back by driving his pickup into the gun-wielding man’s car, pinning the driver’s door closed. The 55-year-old with the gun climbed out the other side of the car and continued to point the gun. When a third man drove up to see what was going on, he was told to get out of there. Not surprisingly, he did. But the two combatants weren’t alone for long. The cops showed up and ended the confrontation without bloodshed…

You think your town had a bad week, check out North Kingstown. First, they discovered a man’s partially decomposed body in the back seat of a pickup truck that had been sitting in a public parking lot for a couple of weeks. Then this little storm called “Irene” rolled through, and if that wasn’t enough, a tornado touched down briefly in one neighborhood. The next day, two people were sent to the hospital after a house fire that started in a powerless home from either a gas grill or a candle. The next day, a nasty two-car accident forced firefighters to use the Jaws of Life to get the driver …

Pizza delivery man sexually harassedA 22-year-old delivery driver for a Narragansett pizza restaurant called police after a customer offered him a lot more than a tip. The delivery guy told police that when he delivered a pizza, the male customer paid the bill, plus a tip, and then offered to perform oral sex on the delivery guy — and even more, he offered to pay the delivery guy $100 for the privilege. The delivery guy declined and instead called the cops. Angry assailant turns to arsonA fight between three Newport men escalated when one of the men tried to torch another’s business. The …

Babies attacked with noxious odor A 15-year-old California boy was arrested on three counts of felony assault with a dangerous substance, after he allegedly sprayed a Newport toddler and baby with "fart spray" while they were being walked by their mother in a stroller down Memorial Boulevard. The mother said she was walking with her 2-year-old and newborn when the teen came up on a bicycle and began spraying her children with an unknown substance from a white aerosol bottle. He then rode away. The mother said the infant was covered in the substance, but neither child appeared to have any …

Not a happy camper A group of teenagers gave their friend a rude awakening this week when they decided to urinate in a tent in which he was sleeping at a Barrington beach. A 17-year-old Barrington boy was charged with disorderly conduct in the incident. Police said the father of the boy sleeping in the tent chased the four teens on a bicycle and managed to capture the teen who was charged. The teen stopped running because of asthma, police said. The other teens may also face charges because the father said he knows where they live, police said. No neighborly love here A Warren resident was …

I’m not drunk, just highA 20-year-old from Providence made it clear to North Kingstown police officers that he was not drunk. But he was definitely high. After they pulled him over and started questioning him, he allegedly said: “I’m not drunk, only high.” He said he was sharing a “blunt” with his passengers and that was why he was “messed up.” Police asked him to take a field sobriety test and he allegedly said: “Yeah, I’ll take the test because I’m just high.” He failed. Man with loaded gun attacks officerA Woonsocket police officer lived a scary reminder to always be on guard. While on …