WILLFUL TRESPASS

An alleged intoxicated nighttime stroll by a local man on Lambert Lind Highway led to his arrest for outstanding Willfull Trespass charges on July 26.

Around 10:30 that evening, Officer Aaron Steere was dispatched to the area following a report of a man stumbling in the roadway.  Upon conducting a check of the area, Steere observed a male staggering on the sidewalk headed south back into the city. Steere made contact with the individual in the parking lot of Bo’s Billiards.

The subject appeared to be intoxicated and had trouble maintaining balance, slurred his speech and had bloodshot, watery eyes. Steere also observed that the man was sweating profusely and had an injury on his left forehead, which was bleeding slightly.

Steere advised the man, later identified as Ronald Dufour, 61, of 160 Broad Street, Providence, that he was checking on his welfare as somebody called the police out of concern. Dufour denied having any drinks despite the officer observing an overwhelming odor of alcohol emanating from his breath and person, and stated he was heading to the establishment to shoot some pool. Due to the subject’s high level of intoxication and forehead injury, Officer Steere requested a rescue response.

A background check revealed that the subject was wanted out of the Warwick Police Department for one count of Willful Trespass. He was taken to Kent Hospital, and placed in a secure section for treatment and detox. He was issued a District Court Summons along with his arrest package.

HOTEL FIGHT

Reports of four women involved in an early morning physical fight on July 24 in the NYLO Hotel on Knight Street led to a woman’s arrest for simple assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, and another for an outstanding warrant.

Around 4 a.m. that morning, Officers Ryan Lancaster, James Vible, and Sergeant James Michailides responded to calls from the hotel and a guest that four females and a male were screaming near the elevators on the third floor.

A hotel employee described how she had broken up a heated argument between the four women and another guest prior to the officers’ arrival, and stated that the women had walked to the parking lot. They wanted the women dispersed.

Officer Vible found four females sitting in a black Honda, observed that several of them had bloodshot eyes and slurred their speech. They demanded to know why the officers were there, were immediately uncooperative, said they had no identification on them, and began yelling “Black Lives Matter,” “please don’t shoot me,” and that they had done nothing wrong.

Eventually, officers were able to procure identification from all four. After numerous denials, the group admitted they had been arguing with a male and his girlfriend on the third floor because the girlfriend was “jealous of her boyfriend being around good looking young women.”

Officers explained that there were no charges from the hotel but they now had to ensure a sober and licensed driver was present before they could be released to drive the vehicle.

Bria Hogan, 20, came forward and volunteered that she was the driver and that she had four shots of tequila that evening. Soon thereafter, dispatched advised that Hogan had a warrant for shoplifting from the Smithfield Police. Officers attempted to handcuff her, but she became combative, violently pulled away while flailing, and made contact with the officer’s legs while kicking and yelling.

While securing Hogan in a police vehicle, Aliyah Jiminez, 21, of 47 Home Ave., Providence, exited the Honda and charged Officers Lancaster and Vible with her hands up as if to hit them. Sergeant Michailides stepped in the way and Jiminez scratched his forehead and face while screaming. She was subdued, placed in handcuffs and seated in a police car while resisting throughout.

Hogan was eventually transported to the Smithfield Police for the outstanding warrant. Jiminez was transported to the Warwick Police Department for processing, where she remained extremely uncooperative by screaming, flailing and spitting while in the holding room. She was charged with simple assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct with a mandatory court date with the 3rd District Court on August 8.

OUTSTANDING

WARRANT

Expired registration tags on a compact sedan brought a weapons charge against an Atlantic Avenue driver on July 23.

Officers Ali Jaafar and Timothy Kenyon were traveling east around 4:45 pm when they observed a car with March 2015 registration stickers. After initiating a traffic stop, they identified the driver as Rady Martinez, 32, of 38 Atwood Street, Providence, who stated that his license was suspended and the vehicle wasn’t registered.

Checks on Martinez revealed outstanding warrants for failure to pay court fines, and he was placed under arrest. A vehicle invoice search was conducted, which revealed a 5-inch knife on the driver’s side floor that was readily accessible to the driver.

His vehicle was impounded, and Martinez was transported to headquarters where he was charged with driving with a suspended license, prohibited weapons other than firearms, and for the outstanding bench warrant. He was booked and processed, then later transferred to the Adult Correctional Institution.