Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thefts of wallets and a fishing knife reported to Barrington police.
Wallets swiped from YMCA locker room Maybe locking the lockers would help. Two wallets were reported stolen from unlocked lockers at the Bayside YMCA on West Street on the same evening last week. The thefts also occurred in the same time period, according to the Barrington police. A West Warwick man, 20, said he used the YMCA between 6 and 8 pm on Wednesday, May 9. He said he left his wallet in a pocket in a pair of jeans he hung in the locker, police said. A Providence man, 25, said he left his clothes hanging in a locker as well while he used the YMCA from around 6 to 7:10 pm. He did not discover that his wallet was missing until he attempted to make a purchase at the CVS Pharmacy around 8 pm. The West Warwick man said he lost about $20 …
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Center Ace Hardware
156 County Rd, Barrington, RI
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Bayside Family YMCA
70 West St, Barrington, RI
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Barrington police are continuing an investigation into the entry of Hampden Meadows School on Saturday afternoon by four teens.
Barrington police are continuing an investigation into the illegal entry of the Hampen Meadows School late Saturday afternoon, May 12, by four teens, ages 14 to 19 -- one a former student. The entry was discovered after an alarm signaled the alarm company. The firm reported to Barrington police that multiple voices were heard inside the school near a janitor’s closet and two classrooms, and outside the building, said Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. Four patrol officers responded to the school. The teens were two males, ages 17 and 19, and two females, ages 14 and 16. The car they parked near the playground is licensed in Connecticut, LaCross said. The teens entered the school through a boiler-room door that apparently was unlocked, …
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Hampden Meadows Elementary School
297 New Meadow Rd, Barrington, RI
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Barrington police charge Donna J. O'Donnell with drunk driving and refusing a Breathalyzer test.
A Barrington woman faces a drunk-driving charge by Barrington police after being stopped on her way home last Monday afternoon, May 7. Donna J. O’Donnell, 44, of 193 Promenade St., was stopped within sight of her home at around 3:42 pm. She had been visiting a friend on Boyce Avenue, Barrington Police Chief John LaCross said. Her friend attempted to stop her from leaving the house, LaCross said. When O’Donnell refused, her friend called the police with concern about her safety. O’Donnell’s vehicle was observed swerving over the roadway as it approached her home, LaCross said. The woman also appeared like she didn’t know what to do when she spotted the police car parked in the street near her home. Three patrol officers intervened, LaCross …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Barrington Fire Chief Gerald Bessette said reports of near-drought conditions seem misplaced given the recent wet weather, but brush fires are always an issue.
Barrington Fire Chief Gerald Bessette said he is not too concerned about reports of so-called near-drought conditions in Rhode Island, which could spark brush fires like the one almost two weeks on the Swansea-Barrington line. “It’s not a particular concern,” said Bessette. “I think we’re only a couple of inches short of normal rainfall now.” "You can always have a brush fire," Bessette said, drought or not. But rains that have soaked the area over the past week or so definitely lower the risk. Bessette said he did read of some lingering concern about a drought by the executive director of the Bristol County Water Authority, Pamela Marchand, who also serves on the Water Resources Board. See story in the Barrington Times. Marchand did say …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A Rumstick Road home's burglar alarm caused quite a commotion Saturday afternoon before it was deactivated by the alarm company.
Squirrels triggering a burglar alarm had the neighbors of a 60 Rumstick Road homeowner quite upset last Saturday afternoon. The owner of the home at 60 Rumstick Road was away on a vacation in Mexico when his alarm continued to blare, according to Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. The owner could not be reached. A neighbor on Thomas Street contacted the police about 2 pm to report the disturbance and to file a formal complant. National Security, the alarm company, ultimately deactivated the system, LaCross said. A visit by the owner of the alarm company to the Thomas Street caller later in the afternoon also triggered another complaint of disorderly conduct. She said the alarm company owner made threatening comments after she complained…
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60 Rumstick Rd, Barrington, RI
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Statistics from RI Attorney General's Office show that in 2010 Barrington was far behind the top places in the state for DUI arrests.
The Barrington Police Department got some statewide recognition recently when two patrol officers arrested state Sen. Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio for drunk driving. But that arrest does not make Barrington a leader among police departments in Rhode Island for DUI arrests. Just the opposite, actually, according to a WPRO News story on the top places in the state for drunk driving arrests in 2010. Statistics from the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office show that there were only 27 DUI arrests in Barrington in 2010 – far less than the top 5 places: the RI State Police, which made 449 arrests; Warwick with 328; Woonsocket with 167; Coventry with 159 arrests and Cranston with 148 DUI arrests. Click here for the complete story.
Barrington police respond to a report of young man who left a row boat at a private dock on Oyster Shell Lane.
Barrington police were called last Wednesday evening to respond to the sighting of a young man getting out of a row boat at a private dock at 5 Oyster Shell Lane on the Barrington River. The man, 21, rowed the boat across the river and left it at the dock at about 7:43 pm, said Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. The owner of the dock contacted police when he saw the man cutting through his yard. He also confronted the man, LaCross said. The man admitted it was not his boat, which is owned by a Warren man. He said “the current in the river was too strong” and he could not return the boat to the other side, LaCross said. He was looking for a ride back to his cousin’s house. Barrington police said the man was from New York and was visiting…
Monday, May 7, 2012
A bone about the size of the human femur was found Saturday along the shoreline at Nayatt Point Court in Barrington.
A large bone that was found washed up on the shore at Nayatt Point Court in Barrington last Saturday afternoon, May 5, has been sent for analysis to determine if it is human. The bone appears to be about the size of the femur in the leg, said Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. Police officers retrieved the bone about 1 pm on Saturday after being contacted by a caller walking along the shoreline near the Nayatt Point lighthouse. The caller reported the bone to appear human, LaCross said. But the origin of the bone won’t be known until the results come back from the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s office in Providence. It seems quite old and was covered in green algae, LaCross said. The bone is the second one to be washed up on a …
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1 Nayatt Point Ct, Barrington, RI
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An East Providence women allegedly stole several items from the Barrington CVS before she was arrested in her driveway in possession of cocaine.
Barrington police charged an East Providence woman with shoplifting from the CVS Pharmacy on County Road last week – a charge that led to a separate charge of possession of cocaine by East Providence police. Rebecca C. Petrucci, 46, of 59 Follett St., allegedly walked out of the CVS Tuesday afternoon with several packs of cigarettes and a candle to get her wallet out of a car. The items had been scanned in by the cashier, police said. When the woman didn’t return to pay for the items, the cashier walked outside and got the license number of Petrucci’s vehicle as the car left the parking lot. It was turned over to Barrington police, who sent out a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) call to neighboring police departments. The car also was traced to …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
The one-year-old brown and black dog went missing Friday night.
Lucy, a one-year-old brown and black dog, went missing from her yard on County Road near Middle Highway around 10 pm Friday night. The qwners are not sure if she slipped out of a fenced yard or was taken. She is wearing a pink collar and tags. She weighs around 15 pounds. If you think you've seen her, call the Barrington Police Department or contact Cindy Larson at Cindy@barringtonpaw.org.
