STOLEN STATUES

Officer Brian Murray was dispatched to the William Harris Furs at 641 Bald Hill Road at approximately 12:55 p.m. on April 30 for a report of larceny of statues. Murray said he was advised by Dispatch that the night before at around 7:53, second shift officers responded there for a suspicious vehicle parked out in front of that business with three or four males loading a statue in the trunk of the vehicle, which was described as a silver four-door passenger vehicle. Officers were unable to locate the suspects or vehicle.

Upon arrival, Murray met with the manager, who said that around 1 p.m. that day, he noticed two statues missing, both of which had been by the front door. Murray said video surveillance showed the suspect vehicle – a silver four-door passenger car – pulled up to the front of the business at 7:42 p.m., at which point two males exited the vehicle and one was seen grabbing one of the statues. Minutes later, the suspect vehicle is reportedly seen leaving with the statue in the trunk. Murray said no plate was seen on the video, and the suspects had concealed their faces by wearing dark hoods.

Murray said he responded back to the WM H Harris Furs to get a copy of the video surveillance, and the manager told him that further footage showed the suspects coming back at 9:20 p.m. in the same vehicle and take the other statue. The manager said the statues were valued at $9,000 each. Murray said he checked the surrounding businesses but none had any video surveillance of the suspect vehicle.

MISSING IPOD

Officer Britton Kelly responded to the lobby of Warwick Police Department headquarters at 11:58 a.m. on April 30 for a larceny report. Upon arrival, Kelly met with the victim, who said she “woke up this morning and my iPod was missing from my vehicle. My car and my boyfriend’s mom’s car were searched. The only valuable thing stolen from my vehicle was my iPod 4 – 16 GB.” A Parkside Drive address was provided. The woman said the iPod was worth $200, and described it as black with a silver back and said there might be a crack in the glass on the device. She said no other items of value were taken from her vehicle. The are currently no suspects, according to police.

MY WALLET’S GONE

Officer Brian Murray was dispatched to the Target store at Warwick Mall at approximately 1:46 p.m. on April 30 for the report of a larceny of a wallet. Upon arrival, Murray met with the victim, who said at around 9:06 a.m. on April 16, when she got off the RIPTA bus at CCRI, she noticed she had left her black wallet on the bus. Later on that evening, she said her EBT card was used in Providence at a Stop & Shop and a CVS, between 5:23 p.m. and 5:59 p.m. She said approximately $1,000 worth of purchases were made at the Stop & Shop and CVS with that card. She said items in her wallet included her RIPTA Senior No Fare bus pass; her R.I. driver’s license; a $25 Stop & Shop gift card; an AT&T phone card with 300 minutes on it; a CCRI student ID; a Cranston Library card; a Medicare card; a Medicaid card; a Medicare prescription drug card; a VISA credit card; a Santander ATM card; and $3 or $4 in cash. Murray said he advised the woman she would need to respond to the Providence Police Department to fill out a report in regard to the use of her EBT card.

DAMAGED TRUCK

Officer Britton Kelly responded to the lobby of Warwick Police Headquarters at 11:12 a.m. on April 29 for a larceny report. Upon arrival, Kelly met with the victim, who said, “My 2002 Ford F250 was broken into. The lock was broken. The after market touch screen radio was pulled out, which resulted in the dashboard being damaged. A radar detector and a ‘jump box’ were stolen from the truck. We are unsure of where or when the damage occurred. It was parked at Flood Ford (EG) for about a week and then it was towed from Flood Ford (EG) to our home ... by P & P Towing.”

Kelly said the woman told him she contacted Flood Ford and an employee there said there was no exterior video surveillance in the area where her vehicle was parked. Kelly said it is unknown if the vehicle was broken into while on Flood Ford property or at some point when the vehicle was being transported from Flood Ford property to the woman’s residence. She said she contacted her auto insurance carrier, who informed her she would need to first file a police report before they could make any insured repairs to the vehicle. There are currently no suspects, according to police.

VANDALISM

Officer Michelle Caron responded to the lobby of the Warwick Police Department headquarters at approximately 11:40 a.m. on April 28 regarding a malicious damage complaint. Caron met with the supervisor at Rhode Island Home Improvement, which has a kiosk located in Warwick Mall at 400 Bald Hill Road, who said between April 8 at 4 p.m. and April 9 at 11 a.m., someone vandalized two pictures on their standup sign. The manager said there is a picture of a male’s face on two signs connected in the middle by a table, which he valued at $800. The manager told Caron that someone drew a penis on one of the signs with a black pen or permanent marker, and a mustache on the other side. When he tried to clean it, the manager said it left a large white mark and it was not able to be brought back to its original condition. He said the company wished to press charges. Caron said the manager provided her with a photo of the damage, which she submitted to Records.

The manager said in a separate incident, the rear license plate on one of the company vehicles was taken sometime between March 28 and April 3. Caron said she responded to the Warwick Mall security office to view possible footage of the vandalism but was advised mall security already checked and could not locate the incident, as cameras constantly pan and are not close enough to see that area.