Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A Riverside man was arraigned in District Court last week for driving drunk after he was pulled over for traveling 68 mph in a 45 mph zone.
A Riverside man, 28, was arraigned on a drunk-driving charge in District Court last Tuesday morning, May 14, after he was pulled over by Barrington police earlier that morning for speeding. Jason T. Black, of 28 Sherman St., East Providence, was traveling north on Wampanoag Trail in Barrington at 68 mph in a 45-mph zone when a Barrington patrol officer spotted him, according to the police report. He was pulled over near Primrose Hill Road after his vehicle swerved several times across the fog line, police said. Black reportedly was so inebriated that he didn’t know where he was coming from, and he had difficulty speaking and balancing on both feet, the police said. He apparently was not too drunk however, to refuse a chemical test to …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Barrington police charge a boy, 17, with possession of a stolen vehicle after the pickup truck strikes two vehicles in a Barrington driveway.
A 17-year-old boy faces a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle that wound up in the front yard of a Barrington home early Sunday morning, May 19, after hitting two cars parked in the driveway. The teen allegedly found the keys to a Dodge pickup truck in the center console and drove away from a Rehoboth, Mass., home, Barrington police reported. The boy reportedly splits time between the Rehoboth and Barrington homes of his mother and father. The truck apparently jumped the curb of a Mayfield Drive home about 3 am, according to Barrington police, striking both cars in the driveway. Barrington police also charged the teen with driving without a license. The teen reportedly ran away from the truck after the crash. He was located in his …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The new owner of a Barrington home finds an unusual weapon in his attic and a woman gets snagged while jogging.
You'll never guess what they ran into last week. On Thursday afternoon, Barrington police were informed by a the new owner of a house on Winsor Road that he found a baseball bat with nails and spikes hammered into it to make quite a weapon or an accessory to a Halloween costume. The bat was found stuffed inside some insulation in a wall in the attic, where some electrical work is being done, according to the police report. Then early on Friday morning about 6:24, a woman runner crossing the north side of the Barrington Bridge got snagged around the neck by a fishing line running from the guard rail into the water. She was not injured, just surprised. A man fishing from the Barrington Bridge left the line dangling across the walkway. He …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The van was apparently ditched on a small trail in heavy brush in the Barrington park after being stolen from Providence early Friday morning.
Barrington police recovered a Ford van reported stolen from Providence in Haines Memorial Park early last Friday morning. The van was spotted about 6 am backed into heavy brush on a small trail in the park behind the baseball field and dog park. It was described as having heavy damage on the underside with anti-freeze leaking from the radiator, said Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. The van also is believed to have hit a port-o-john near the nearby parking lot, which showed “doughnuts” made by a vehicle, LaCross said. Fresh tracks and tire marks led to the van ditched in the brush, he said. The owner of the van is a man from Connecticut who was on his way to Martha’s Vineyard for the weekend. He apparently left it parked outside a …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Another mid-day burglary of a home on County Road in Barrington appears similar to the burglary of a Wood Avenue home that produced a "person of interest" spotted at the Dunkin' Donuts.
Police continue to look for a “person of interest” in the mid-day burglary of a Wood Avenue home in Barrington on March 22. Barrington Police Chief John LaCross said Monday morning that he is a “person of interest” in another mid-day burglary that occurred last Monday, May 6, at a County Road home. The owner of the County Road home reported the burglary to police at around 4:30 pm. He had left the house around 11 am and returned about 20 minutes before reporting the illegal entry, according to the police report. LaCross said the Wood Avenue burglar is believed to have entered that home in the same way he entered the County Road home – through a rear window after pushing in a screen. And as the burglar did on Wood Avenue, he focused …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Barrington police received three reports of found property on the beach and in the town center last week.
A kayak, a Next bike and a Kindle were reported found to the police in Barrington last week. The kayak was found on Barrington Beach and reported to police on Tuesday morning, April 30. It is described as green with a double-edge paddle and holding a waterproof pouch and maroon jacket. There were no reports of someone missing, said Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. The kayak appears to have washed up on shore, perhaps drifting away from a dock on the tide. The bicycle was also found on Tuesday behind Center ACE Hardware. It was reported found to police in the mid-afternoon. It was described simply as black. The Amazon Kindle was found on Thursday, May 2, near the Tong D Thai Cuisine restaurant on Bosworth Street. Police were notified…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
A Maine man was arrested early Saturday morning in Barrington for possessing illegal drugs; he and three Maine friends reportedly were actually trying to net baby eels.
A Maine man, 38, reportedly attempting to poach baby eels with three other Maine residents in Barrington, was arrested instead early Saturday morning for possessing illegal drugs. Gary W. Beverage, of Jefferson, Maine, was sitting in a vehicle with the three other Maine residents on South Lake Drive at 2:04 am when a patrol officer approached the Pontiac Grand Am. The officer said that all of the occupants moved quickly and began acting suspiciously, according to Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. They told the officer that they were fishing for lobster bait at the nearby pond. As their conversation continued, they eventually told the officer that they were actually using a net to try to poach baby eels, which are considered a delicacy…
Monday, May 6, 2013
Police charge a Riverside woman with possession of illegal drugs after she was stopped while driving in Barrington early Sunday morning.
Barrington police arrested a Riverside woman early Sunday morning and charged her with possessing and transporting illegal drugs. Kelly V. Correia, 19, of 115 Oak Crest Drive, East Providence, was stopped around 1:42 am while driving a car with a license plate light out. She was charged with driving in possession of illegal drugs, possessing illegal drugs and possessing alcohol by a minor. Among the illegal drugs found in the vehicle were crack cocaine in a plastic baggie and ecstasy pills, and an unidentified white powder in a baggie. The alcohol included vodka, beer, rum and a liquer, according to Barrington Police Chief John LaCross. Police also found less than an ounce of marijuana, now considered a misdemeanor. She received a …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
A Florida woman reported to police last week that a man followed her from a coffee shop in Providence to the shopping plaza in Barrington before being confronted by her husband.
He reportedly stalked her from a coffee shop in Providence to the Shaw’s supermarket in Barrington. Barrington police received a walk-in complaint from a 53-year-old Florida woman early last Friday evening about a man who followed her from Providence to Barrington. The woman told police that she first noticed the man -- described as in his mid-30s, muscular, with brown hair and wearing a green T-shirt and jeans -- watching her at the coffee shop. She left the shop and visited a friend at the Tockwotton on the Waterfront senior citizen facility in East Providence. He apparently followed her into the parking lot there in a pickup truck. She then reportedly drove to the Shaw’s in the Barrington Shopping Plaza. He did, too, according to the …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
An iPad stolen from the Bayside YMCA locker room is found by Barrington police with the help of an 'app' loaded onto the device by its owner.
An “app” loaded to an iPad by its owner helped Barrington police recover the electronic device last week in a pile of leaves in the back yard of a home on Waseca Avenue. The iPad was reported stolen from the Bayside YMCA locker room at around 8:51 am last Tuesday, April 23, according to Barrington police. A 20-year-old man reportedly left the building at about the same time and was seen walking on the East Bay Bike Path toward the Barrington Shopping Plaza. A patrol officer located workers outside the Shaw’s supermarket that were wearing clothing similar to the description provided to the police for the young man. The victim said the workers did not include the young man he saw leaving the YMCA. About two hours later, the victim called …
Don't be fatuous
5:49 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
@yup... Not sensationalism; rather "possession of a stolen vehicle" - the offense with which the "kid" (your word) was charged by the Barrington Police Department. more ›