Police Log

Posted 7/21/16

The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department. EMBEZZLEMENT Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that suspended Providence police officer Michael McCarthy (age 63), of Warwick, pleaded guilty recently before

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

EMBEZZLEMENT

Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that suspended Providence police officer Michael McCarthy (age 63), of Warwick, pleaded guilty recently before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause to one count of embezzlement. Under the terms of the plea, McCarthy was sentenced to seven years with one year of home confinement and the balance suspended with probation. In addition, McCarthy was ordered to pay $9,205 in restitution and agreed to forfeit his right to his pension. 

McCarthy, who served more than 35 years with the Providence Police Department, was arrested in October 2014, at which time the Department suspended him without pay. He was indicted by the Providence County Grand Jury in February 2015, charged with one count of larceny of a firearm, receiving stolen goods, larceny over $1,500 and embezzlement.

“By all accounts, Michael McCarthy served the Providence Police Department for more than half his life without incident, but the moment he stole, he violated the trust of the public to uphold the law and violated the trust of his brothers and sisters of the Department,” said Attorney General Kilmartin.

Providence Police Captain Robert Lepre and Sergeant Steve Gencarella led the investigation. Assistant Attorney General Scott Erickson prosecuted the case on behalf of the Office of Attorney General.

KEYED

On July 8 at 6:26 p.m., Officer David Boardman was dispatched to the Lockwood Condominiums on West Shore Road for the report of a malicious damage.

Upon arrival, Boardman met with the reporting party, who said her vehicle had been damaged. She showed officers the damage, which consisted of two scratches to the rear passenger side, approximately 2 feet in length. The woman said she came to her mother’s condo around 4:30 p.m., and when she returned to her vehicle a couple hours later, she found the damage and believed it had been keyed.

The woman said she did not see anyone in the area and she did not have any problems with anyone and does not know how or why this happened. No suspects at this time.

SHOPLIFTING

On July 14 at 3:14 p.m., Officer Robert W. King Jr. responded to Macy’s for the report of a shoplifting in progress. Loss prevention indicated a dark skinned male had taken an assortment of clothing and walked out, passing all points of purchase without making any effort to pay for the merchandise in his hand.

Loss prevention pursued the male subject and witnessed him entering a vehicle waiting for him subsequently leaving prior to police arrival. The vehicle was described as a silver Acura, with possibly Massachusetts registration plates.

King said loss prevention provided video footage of the incident in question, which clearly depicted the incident as described by loss prevention. The footage was tagged as evidence and the case was forwarded to detectives for further investigation.

LEAF BLOWER STOLEN

On June 30 at 1:23 p.m., Officer Steven Moretti and Officer Brown were dispatched to Bokar Street for a report of a larceny.

Upon arrival, Moretti spoke with a woman, who said when she got home at 12:30 p.m. that day; she noticed the shed in the back of her house was open. She called her father, who asked that she take a picture and send it to him at work to verify if anything was missing. The woman said her father then advised her the leaf blower from the shed was missing and asked her to call the police.

The woman said she left around 8 a.m. At that time, she said the door to the shed was closed. Moretti then contacted her father at work, who said the leaf blower was red and white and was a 6 horsepower leaf blower, manufactured by White. The leaf blower is valued at $700. The father said he would contact police later and provide the serial number as well as more information on the leaf blower.

WARRANT

On July 17 at 4:44 p.m., Officer Alfred Silveira was on routine patrol traveling southbound on Post Road when he was flagged down by a male wearing a red shirt, shorts, a black T-shirt, and no shoes.

Silveira said the man was looking for directions back to the Sheraton Hotel. He said he left to go pick up cigarettes and got lost on his way back. Silveira offered the man a ride back to the hotel.

Upon running routine checks on the man, who was identified as Bshar Ahmed, 24, of 15416 Plantation Oaks Drive, Tampa, Fla., it revealed he had an active bench warrant out of the Sixth District Court. Ahmed was taken into custody and transported to Warwick Police headquarters, where he was fingerprinted and processed.

Ahmed was later transported to the A.C.I. to held on the warrant, which was removed from the system.

DUI & REFUSAL

On July 16 at 12:24 a.m., while approaching the intersection of Post Road and Greenwich Avenue, Officer Thomas Duncan observed a gray 2015 Toyota continue northbound from Post Road onto Greenwich, which is a clearly posted one-way road. Duncan said the suspect vehicle almost hit four vehicles that were heading southbound on Greenwich Ave.

Duncan then initiated a traffic stop. He said the vehicle turned into the Pawtucket Credit Union parking lot, without using a signal.

Once the vehicle was stopped, Duncan made contact with the operator, who was identified as Abdias Granillo, 33, of 114 Norfolk Street, Cranston. It should be noted there was also a male subject in the front passenger seat and a female subject in the rear passenger seat. Duncan said Granillo was not wearing his seatbelt. When asked for his license, insurance, and registration, Granillo just stared blankly at the officer and did not say anything. After several repeated attempts, including the other passengers telling Granillo how to get the items, Duncan said he was unable to produce the registration and proof of insurance. He did provide his license, which Duncan had to point out to him was sitting on his lap. When asked why he went the wrong down a one-way, Granillo said he didn’t realize it was a one-way and it should have been marked better. While speaking with Granillo, Duncan said he immediately detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath. When asked if he had been drinking that evening, Granillo said no. Granillo said he was coming from Chelo’s Waterfront Bar and Grill in Warwick and initially told Duncan where he was headed to was none of his business before eventually saying he was heading to Cranston. He then said he may have had two beers that evening but wasn’t sure. Duncan said Granillo’s speech was extremely slurred and he had bloodshot, watery eyes.

At this point, Officer Joshua Myer arrived on scene to assist. After running checks on all occupants, which were all negative and active, Duncan said he returned to the vehicle, but the two male occupants up front had switched seats. When asked why, Granillo said he had been sitting in the passenger seat the whole time and the male passenger became argumentative and said, “Why do you have to be messing around with a vet?” Duncan said he told the passenger to calm down and that he had stopped the vehicle because Granillo had been driving the wrong way on a one-way street. He said the passenger eventually calmed down, admitted to swapping seats, and apologized.

Following Granillo’s performance on a series of standardized field sobriety tests, which he agreed to take, he was deemed to be intoxicated to the point where he could not safely operate a motor vehicle and was taken into custody. The female passenger, who was a sober adult, drove his vehicle from the scene.

Granillo was transported to Warwick Police headquarters, during which he accused Duncan of being a “racist” that he was just locking up Granillo because of he was of “Hispanic” origin. Duncan advised Granillo that was absolutely not the case and that he was being arrested for Driving While Under the Influence. He said Granillo continued to be extremely rude, calling him a racist and saying all types of racial slurs.

Upon arrival at headquarters, Granillo was read his rights. Duncan said during this, Granillo continued to be rude, at one point rising up and saying, “I will f****** punch you in your face.” When he was ordered to sit down, Granillo refused and became very argumentative. When instructed to sit down, Granillo fell to the floor and said, “You f****** racist, why did you kick me to the ground?” He continued, saying, “Now that I’m on the ground, why don’t you beat me.”

Granillo refused to submit to a chemical test and was placed in a cell for officers’ safety so he could calm down before being processed. He was issued a summons for one count of DUI/drugs/alcohol/first offense BAC unknown, with a Third District Court date; a summons for one count of refusal to submit to a chemical test first offense, with a Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal court date; a summons for driving wrong way on one-way highway, turn signal required, no seat belt operator, refusal to show registration card carried in vehicle, and no insurance first offense, all with a R.I. Traffic Tribunal court date. Upon completion of being processed, without incident, Granillo was released to a sober adult.

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