Police Log

Posted 5/17/16

The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department. SHOPLIFTING On May 6 at 6:24 p.m., Officer Christopher Lo was dispatched to J.C. Penney at Warwick Mall, 400 Bald Hill Road, for the report of a shoplifting. Upon arrival, Lo

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

SHOPLIFTING

On May 6 at 6:24 p.m., Officer Christopher Lo was dispatched to J.C. Penney at Warwick Mall, 400 Bald Hill Road, for the report of a shoplifting.

Upon arrival, Lo met with a loss prevention agent, who said he observed a female, later identified as Anastasia A. Ntansah, 33, of 26 Woodbury Drive, Cranston, in the Juniors Department with a J.C. Penney mesh shopping bag. He observed her select nine articles of clothing, including two Arizona tank tops from the Juniors Department, and place them into the shopping bag. She then went into the fitting room with all the merchandise and exited with the mesh bag, which was now empty. She placed two items on the clothing rack, along with three empty hangars, while two other agents reviewed the fitting room and found no other merchandise. The agent told Lo the woman’s handbag appeared larger than it had previously been.

Ntansah then walked across the store and proceeded through the exit, passing all points of sale and making no attempt to pay for the concealed merchandise. She was then approached by loss prevention, who identified themselves and escorted Ntansah, who was compliant, back inside the store to the loss prevention office, where the unpaid merchandise concealed in her purse was removed. The total value of the recovered merchandise was $168. On behalf of J.C. Penney, loss prevention said they would like to press charges for shoplifting. Lo was provided with a written statement and surveillance footage, which was later entered into evidence.

Ntansah was transported to Warwick police headquarters, where she was fingerprinted and processed. She was subsequently released on a District Court summons for one count of shoplifting misdemeanor.

On May 6 at 1:35 p.m., Officer David Thompson was dispatched to Sears, 650 Bald Hill Road, for a female shoplifter in custody.

Upon arrival, Thompson met with a loss prevention agent, who said he observed a female, later identified as Marie Deluca, 45, of 34A Torch Lane, Coventry, enter Sears and begin shopping in the fine jewelry department. He observed her select three sterling silver jewelry boxes (valued at approximately $99.99 each) and two tops and then head into a fitting room. Upon exiting the fitting room, she appeared to only have the tops in her possession and the jewelry boxes were missing. The woman was then observed putting the empty jewelry boxes in a duffle bag on display before proceeding to the fragrance department, where she selected one perfume and returned to the women’s department and placed the top she was carrying on the rack. At that point, she proceeded to a cash register and paid for the perfume. The woman then exited the store, making no attempt to pay for the concealed merchandise. Once outside, she was approached by loss prevention and escorted back in the store, where the stolen merchandise was recovered from Deluca’s back pocket. Recovered were two sterling silver rings and one sterling necklace with a heart charm, for a total value of $299.97.

Thompson took Deluca into custody and transported her to Warwick police headquarters, where she was processed and charged with shoplifting. After determining she did not have a criminal record, Deluca was summonsed to appear in Third Division District Court to answer for the charge of shoplifting.

MARIJUANA

On May 1 at 4:16 p.m., Officer Matthew Moretti was operating a marked patrol unit south on Greenwich Avenue in the area of Hillard Avenue when he observed a suspect vehicle, identified as an R.I. registration on a white 1993 Audi four-door, in the right hand lane of travel. The vehicle was observed to swerve over the broken white line several times, moving back into its lane of travel. Upon seeing the moving violation, Moretti activated his emergency equipment. He said the vehicle in front of the suspect vehicle pulled over to the right and came to a stop, while the suspect vehicle moved into the left lane and was going to pass the other vehicle but then suddenly turned to the right making a stop, as it had struck the curb with its right front tire.

After making contact with the vehicle, Moretti said he detected the smell of burnt marijuana emanating from the interior cabin. When Moretti spoke to the operator, later identified as Jose A. Read, 20, of 9 Harvest St., Providence, Read reportedly said, in a giggling manner, he was high, not drunk. When asked if he was smoking marijuana while driving, Read is said to have responded, “Yes.” When asked if there was any marijuana in the vehicle, Read reportedly said there was a little bit in a baggie as well as the joint he was smoking. Read was then asked to step out of the vehicle and submit to a series of standardized field sobriety tests, which he agreed to do.

Moretti said it should be noted that Read was still giggling during the instruction phase of the tests. During the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test, Moretti said both of Read’s eyes tracked equally, did not have resting nystagmus, and did have equal pupil size. He did not observe lack of smooth pursuit, distinct or sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation, or the onset of nystgamus at 45 degrees. Moretti said it should be noted that the lack of nystagmus is an indicator that the subject is not under the influence of a CNS Depressant, dissociative anesthetics or Inhalant. During the Walk and Turn test, Moretti observed four out of eight clues and he further observed two out of four clues during the One Leg Stand test. During the Modified Rhomberg test, Moretti observed severe eyelid tremors and said Read was swaying from side to side, which is when he determined that Read was unable to operate a motor vehicle safely.

Read was placed in handcuffs, secured in a patrol unit, and transported to Warwick police headquarters, where he reportedly refused to submit to a blood test. He was then fingerprinted, processed, and released to a sober adult.

Read was charged with DUI/Drugs/Alcohol/1st Offense B.A.C. Unknown and given a summons for Third District Court. He was also given a summons for Leaving Lane of Travel, Inspection Sticker Required, and Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test with a court date at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal.

Read was also given a citation for Possession of Marijuana 1 Oz or Less due to the fact that upon searching his vehicle, a brown blunt cigarette was found in the center console ashtray and a green leafy substance was inside of the brown blunt cigarette. Moretti said there was a glassene baggie located in the vehicle, which contained a green leafy substance. The items were seized and later tested positive for marijuana.

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  • RISchadenfreude

    Mr. Read is obviously another wizard who thinks that marijuana being decriminalized means it's legal to operate equipment under the influence of it; States which HAVE legalized it have experienced a spike in vehicle accidents under the influence of weed, many fatal, and often not the stoned operator but their unfortunate occupants or another driver obeying the law and THEIR passengers.

    Once again, why do you think they call it dope?

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