Police Log

Posted 7/2/15

The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department.

SHOPLIFTING

Officer Darren Parrillo responded to the Wal-Mart at 650 Bald Hill Road at approximately 1:30 p.m. on …

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The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department.

SHOPLIFTING

Officer Darren Parrillo responded to the Wal-Mart at 650 Bald Hill Road at approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 27 in reference to an adult male in custody for shoplifting. Upon arrival, Parrillo met with the reporting party, who said he observed an unknown male subject selecting several automotive car speakers and amps in the automotive department. He said the man began to fill up a carriage with the items, then proceeded to the front exit, passing all points of sale without rendering payment for the car speakers, amps and other items. The reporting party told Parrillo as the man exited the front of the store, he detained him and the man agreed to come back to the asset protection office so his information could be obtained. Parrillo said the total amount of the items was valued at $934.22. At this time, Jeffrey L. Smith, 38, of 485 Plainfield Street, Providence was placed into custody and transported to Warwick Police Department Headquarters, where he was processed and later released with a District Court summons. Smith was charged with one count of Shoplifting-Misdemeanor.

POSSESSION

Officer Aaron Kay was dispatched to the Target department store at Warwick Mall at 400 Bald Hill Road at approximately 6:06 p.m. on June 27 for the report of two females inside who were known shoplifters. Kay said Target Loss Prevention advised they were monitoring the women on surveillance and observed them to place numerous DVDs and other items in a bag and walk toward the front of the store. Kay said he and other officers remained outside the store and observed loss prevention respond outside with one of the females who had gone with him voluntarily, but was advised the second female was getting into a silver Kia Soul, which he pointed to in the parking lot. Kay said the vehicle began pulling out, but he was able to stop it and had her exit the vehicle. Kay said the loss prevention officer identified the woman as the one who took the bag full of DVDs, who was later identified as Candace M. Sullivan, 25, of 220 Redwood Road, Portsmouth. Further, Kay said the other female, who was with the loss prevention officer, was later identified as Diana M. Tuttle, 27, of 3 Roma Street, Bristol, had stolen merchandise on her person as well and was conspiring with Sullivan to shoplift the other DVDs. According to Kay, Tuttle said she didn’t steal anything, however loss prevention said advised they saw her stealing merchandise.

While talking to Sullivan, Kay said he observed an aqua-greenish polka-dot bag in the rear of the Kia Soul through the window, which loss prevention confirmed was the bag the women had concealed merchandise in. Kay said he also observed numerous DVDs laying on the floor directly behind the front driver and passenger seats, which loss prevention advised also belonged to the store. Once those items were removed, Kay said the vehicle was towed because it was in the travel lane of the parking lot. He then continued an inventory search of the vehicle, as well as a backpack that Tuttle had on her person when she exited the store.

In the backpack, he said he found a small red case full of numerous drug paraphernalia, empty syringes, spoons and other heroine drug tools. He said there was also an empty Marlboro cigarette pack with a clear plastic cellophane wrapping that was sealed. Inside the wrapping was an orange pill with imprint AN 415, identified as suboxone, which Kay said he knew through his training and experience. He said Sullivan confirmed it was suboxone, later identified as buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride, 8M/-2/M; there were five pills located in there, which were seized and later entered into evidence. Sullivan admitted that the pills were hers and that she did not have a prescription for them. She told Kay she was addicted to heroine and was attempting to get clean by having suboxone with her. Also located in the bag, Kay said, were several hundred empty blue was paper bags, which were gathered together. Sullivan said the bags previously contained heroine and she didn’t know how to properly dispose of them, so she just gathered them. Kay said there was not heroine left over in the bags to be tested. The bags were also seized and entered into evidence to be marked for destruction.

The loss prevention officer told Kay while conducting surveillance, he observed two unknown females enter the store and select two carriages and proceeded to the Entertainment department, where they made several selections of DVDs and proceeded toward Women’s clothing, where they concealed the selections in a mint green purse. At 6:21 p.m., he said Sullivan exited the store carrying a mint green bag containing multiple unpaid Target DVDs, never attempting to pay for the concealed items. He said Tuttle then proceeded toward the front of the store pushing a carriage containing DVDs and clothing and exited the store without attempting to pay for the selected items in the carriage.

Kay said Target wished to prosecute Sullivan ($1,513.29) and Tuttle ($639.85) for shoplifting. Kay said both women were No Trespassed from the store and transported to Warwick Police Department Headquarters, where they were secured in female cell blocks. Sullivan was charged with one Felony Possession of Controlled Substance, Shoplifting-Misdemeanor/1st Offense and Conspiracy-Misdemeanor. Tuttle was charged with Shoplifting-Misdemeanor/1st Offense and Conspiracy-Misdemeanor, “as both were working together in the store concealing items and providing a lookout during that time.” Both Sullivan and Tuttle were later presented before the bail commissioner and given court dates.

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