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Holiday Candle Holder?

Here is a roundup of oh-my-gosh police items from around the Patch region.

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 [expletive] rights.” Zoroastrianism is a religion that’s morality is summed up with the phrase, “good thoughts, good words, good deeds.” If things …

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Speeding Firefighter, Wannabe Cop, Man Named Law

We round up the oh-my-gosh police news from around Patch land in Rhode Island.

Where’s the Fire? It’s not uncommon for firefighters to drive over the speed limit. But usually, they’re responding to an emergency. Last week, though, one Woonsocket firefighter was arrested after he allegedly sped away from Charlie O’s. The 22-year-old Wakefield resident who works for the Woonsocket Fire Department was allegedly clocked at 68 mph in a 45 mph zone and was seen weaving in and out of traffic without using his turn signal. The firefighter told police he was leaving Charlie O’s, a bar in Narragansett, where he had drank five to six beers. His blood alcohol content allegedly measured at 0.194 percent during a preliminary breath test. He is being charged with drunken driving. A Man Named Law Gets Arrested…Again A Johnston man …

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Drunk, Disorderly Driver Spits on Nurse

We round up the oh-my-gosh police news from around Rhode Island Patch world.

A Newport man was charged with DUI, simple assault, resisting arrest and vandalism this week after he was reportedly removed from his car by police and, later, spit in the face of a nurse in the emergency room. The man was reportedly pulled over for reckless driving, but rolled up his windows and locked his doors when officers came to speak to him. When a third officer arrived, the man allegedly yelled racial obscenities and threatened that “families were in trouble.” After failed attempts to convince the man to open the door, police got the lockout tool and attempted to open the front passenger side door, while the other officers distracted him at the driver’s side door. An officer reportedly almost unlocked the door, but then the man …

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Women End Day With DUI Charges

We round up some of the oh-my-gosh police reports from around the region.

Police charged a South Kingstown woman with DUI when they had to respond to a D'Angelo sandwich shop minutes after she left the station to bail out her friend, who was also arrested on similar charges hours earlier. When police said her friend still had not been processed, the woman left the station with her 13-year-old daughter to pick up her 4-year-old daughter at a nearby D'Angelo sandwich shop. Police received two 911 calls minutes later reporting a car swerving all over the road heading to D'Angelo. Police caught up with the woman in her parked car at D'Angelo and reported she smelled of alcohol. She was charged with DUI. Her friend in booking had allegedly crashed her 2010 Mini Cooper into a median earlier that day. Paramedics on …

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Pants on the Ground; Unhappy Meal

We round up some of the oh-my-gosh police incidents from around the region.

Just Let Love In, Lady One Narragansett teen’s drunken profession of love was harshly rejected with a call to police this past week. The teen reportedly began banging on the door of a Narragansett home around 1 a.m. and began screaming, “Let me in, I love you.” Unfortunately for the teen (who thought he was outside the house of a friend who was hosting a party), the 52-year-old woman who lived there wasn’t feeling the love. She told the 19-year-old man to leave and promptly called police. Police later caught up to the man and his driver, who told officers that his passenger was “extremely intoxicated.” Express Yourself: Spray Paint Edition We’ll give a gold star to anyone who can figure out the meaning behind some very peculiar spray …

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Barrington Man Faces Charge of Driving Drunk

William C. Matthews, 51, was arrested after he almost crashed into a Barrington police cruiser on County Road.

A Barrington man, 51, faces a drunk driving charge after his vehicle almost collided with a Barrington police cruiser early Sunday morning, Jan. 29. William C. Matthews, of 26 Mosher Drive, was arrested by Barrington police after the vehicle he was driving ran a stop sign at Hilltop Avenue while entering County Road. Police said the car just missed crashing into a police cruiser heading south on County Road. Matthews was pulled over by the police officer about 1:08 am near the Chiazza Trattoria on County Road. Matthews said he had left the same restaurant and bar a few minutes earlier. His car swerved at least once over the centerline before pulling into the parking lot near the restaurant, police said. Matthews failed several field …

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OMG PD: Man Goes on Rampage

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

One Woonsocket man allegedly went on a rampage this week that stretched from Cumberland Farms to his residence down the street. When police arrived at the convenience store, they found trash cans turned over, hoses from the gas pumps on the ground and a large window at a nearby store broken. Moments later, the 39-year-old man’s roommate called police, claiming her roommate had returned home intoxicated and covered in blood. (Never a good combination.) Police reportedly arrived to find the man in the fetal position in the kitchen, slurring his speech and yelling “take me to jail.” The mayhem didn’t end there, as officers were unable to subdue the main with a Taser and pepper spray. It eventually took several drive stuns to get the man in …

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