Police Log

Posted 12/23/14

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

ROBBERY  

On Dec.12 around 9 p.m., Warwick Police responded to the Express Food Mart, 1260 Post Road, for an armed …

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

ROBBERY 

On Dec.12 around 9 p.m., Warwick Police responded to the Express Food Mart, 1260 Post Road, for an armed robbery. 

The clerk said the suspect produced a small handgun and demanded money. The suspect then left the store and ran south on Sand Pond Road. 

The suspect is described as 5 feet to 5 feet, 4 inches tall, medium build, wearing a dark colored Echo Limited hooded sweat jacket, light colored pants, black gloves, sunglasses. He also wore a bandana (or mask) covering his face when he entered the store. If you have any information about the identity of this person, please contact Det. Shaun Turcotte of the Warwick Police at 468-4259 

SUSPECT RETURNED

Colonel Michael J. Winquist of the Cranston Police announced the arrest of a fugitive wanted for multiple residential break-ins in Cranston and Warwick in 2009 and 2010 before fleeing to Florida. On Dec 20, Cranston Police arrested Sophors Suong, 33, of 5019 29th Ave., in Gulfport. Suong, who used to live in Cranston, is wanted for failing to appear in Superior Court for break-ins committed in Cranston and Warwick. Hundreds of items were taken, mostly precious metals and diamonds. Police believe Suong fled to avoid prosecution.

Cranston Police detectives continued to track Suong over the past four years. Cranston detectives received information that Suong had returned to Rhode Island and was living in Cranston.  Detectives established surveillance and observed Suong exit the residence and drive away. The vehicle was stopped on Briggs Street and Suong, who was a passenger in the vehicle, provided false information about her identity. Suong was arrested and arraigned on the charge of obstructing an officer and transported to the ACI until yesterday. 

“I commend the Cranston Police Detectives for their efforts that led to yesterday’s apprehension of a fugitive…The persistence of these Detectives to track the suspect for the past four years has paid off.  Ms. Suong must now answer to the charges, as well as the victims of the crimes she is alleged to have committed.”

DRUGS FOUND

Officer John Curley reported stopping a car on Main Avenue on Dec. 13 at 3:45 p.m. because none of the passengers and the driver had seat belts on and ended with two of the four women in the car being charged with possession of narcotics. He said the first thing that happened was the driver admitted she did not have an active license. He said she claimed she took a wrong turn and got lost coming from Rhode Island but no specific place was named. She claimed she had no narcotics when he asked but he said he was suspicious of her demeanor when she denied it. He said another officer arrived and they had all the women get out of the car. Curley said it looked like a purse behind the driver’s seat contained an uncapped needle and he closed up the car while he called for a K-9 to search the vehicle. Officer Paul Wells and canine Fox found the drugs and the driver and another woman claimed the drugs. The other women were released at the scene while Jessica Lemere, 25, of 6 Snopdrop Lane in Litchfield, N.H., and Melanie Baither, 27, of 575 South Main St., Woonsocket, were arrested for possession of controlled substances including heroin, crack and marijuana.

SHOPLIFTING

Officer Patrick Smith reported he was dispatched to the Walmart on Post Road around 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 13 for a shoplifting in progress. Dispatch said the suspects left the area in a mini-van. Officer James Wenneman told dispatch he was behind the suspect and would be pulling it over at George Street. Smith said he joined Wenneman in talking with the suspects. The driver of the mini-van told police she had no idea that anyone was shoplifting and that she just dropped her friends off to do some shopping. A second woman told police she went inside with a man but they split up inside and she didn’t see him until later, when he had some larger items in his cart that he said were paid for and she put her paid-for stuff on top of that. Smith said he then spoke with the man, who said he didn’t buy anything at the store and claimed the coffee machine and blender and the 30-pack of Coke was purchased in Seekonk. Smith said he asked the man if he had receipts for the goods and he replied no and told him he threw away receipts “immediately after a purchase.” Shawn M. Wolfenden, 25, of 26 Covel Circle in Warwick, was charged with shoplifting and held for an outstanding warrant for several sex offender reporting requirements and violation of probation for repeatedly not reporting address changes and remanded to the ACI.

Loss prevention at the Walmart at Rhode Island Mall told police they had surveillance of a West Warwick woman loading a cart with merchandise on Dec. 17 and then meeting up with another woman and leaving the store without paying for the things in the cart. Loss prevention told police they recovered $618.27 worth of goods from the suspect, Tasha Fernette, 25, of 122 Brookside Ave. She was later released with a summons.

A Massachusetts woman was arrested at Kohl’s at Rhode Island Mall on Dec. 18 and charged with shoplifting after loss prevention stopped her outside and recovered $356.77 worth of clothing and jewelry from her. Shirley Barranco, 26, of 5 Franklin Sq., Randolph, Mass. was later released with a summons.

FRAUD

A Providence woman was arrested at Macy’s on Dec. 13 after loss prevention told police they had evidence that she used information she got from customers who did not have their Macy’s cards with them to make purchased on their accounts. They said, in each instance, the customers said they didn’t have the cards with them but gave the cashier their driver’s license so she could look up their account numbers. Once armed with the numbers, loss prevention said the cashier used the accounts to buy something for herself on three occasions for $154.74, $29.99 and $67.50. To be fair, it should be noted that all of the items purchased with other people’s cards were on sale, like the $29.99 off a Nautica sweater worthy $59.99 and a $90 North Face jacket on sale for $67.50. The one customer contacted about the fraud was not moved. She said she would press charges and Yeimy Luna Gonzalez, 19, of 60 Prairie Ave., was charged with felony fraud and held for the bail commissioner.

DUI AND REFUSAL

Officer Matthew Smith reported an accident on Jefferson Boulevard around 1:50 a.m. on Dec. 14. He said one car was damaged beyond driving when he arrived and he was told the other involved was on Lincoln Avenue. The first driver said he pulled over to avoid being hit by a car coming over the yellow centerlines. He said he was hit anyway and a woman drove the car that hit him. Smith said he found the woman around the corner and thought her voice and demeanor indicated she was under the influence of alcohol. He said he gave the driver a field sobriety test and she failed it. She was taken to headquarters, where she refused to take a breath test. Lainie Vanesse, 23, of 24 Farnum Pike, Smithfield, was charged with DUI and refusal and operating a vehicle with no proof of insurance. She was later released to a sober adult.

Officer Matthew Moretti reported he was on patrol around 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 14 when he followed a car that was operating erratically on Airport Road and crossed the double yellow lines before it was stopped on Commerce Drive. He said the driver appeared to be drunk and smelled of alcohol. He said he gave the driver a field sobriety test that he failed. A portable breath test indicated a .176 blood alcohol content and was taken to headquarters, where he refused to take another breath test. Antonio M. Pimentel, 46, of 48 Fairfield Dr., East Providence, was charged with DUI and refusal and later released to a sober adult.

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