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Posted 5/18/16

Arrests made in string of vehicle break-ins Two adults and one juvenile have been charged in connection with a spate of overnight vehicle break-ins. Damian Dorsey, 20, of 14 King St. in Warwick, and Casey Morin, 18, of 56 Calderwood

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Arrests made in string of vehicle break-ins

Two adults and one juvenile have been charged in connection with a spate of overnight vehicle break-ins.

Damian Dorsey, 20, of 14 King St. in Warwick, and Casey Morin, 18, of 56 Calderwood Drive in Warwick, are each charged with counts of larceny from a motor vehicle, conspiracy, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and simple assault/battery. A 15-year-old male from Warwick will be petitioned to Family Court.

A citizen alerted a patrol officer of several males wearing dark clothing and walking around cars in driveways in the area of Curtis and Cranston streets shortly after 4 a.m. on May 11, according to police.

Multiple additional officers then responded to the area based on the department’s “knowledge of a drastic increase in the number of vehicle break-ins throughout the city and neighboring jurisdictions,” according to a statement from police.

Upon arrival, officers saw two adult males wearing black clothing crouched behind parked cars on Curtis Street. The suspects fled on food upon becoming aware of the police presence, and both were apprehended shortly thereafter.

According to police, one of the suspects had a backpack containing GPS units, change, and cellular phones that had reportedly been stolen from nearby vehicles.

Police then arrested the juvenile on the bike path in the area of Dean Street. He had a backpack containing jewelry, electronics, and more than $100 in change, all of which had also allegedly been taken from vehicles in the area.

“GPS units, phone chargers, change purses, articles of clothing, sunglasses, and cash were recovered and immediately identified by area residents as being stolen from their motor vehicles,” the police statement reads.

Police said additional charges may be forthcoming in the case, and detectives are sharing information with departments in nearby communities.

“Thanks to an observant citizen and a rapid response by our officers, we were able to apprehend three individuals alleged to have broken into multiple motor vehicles,” Chief of Police Col. Michael Winquist said through the statement. “These crimes are often difficult to prevent, as the large majority of vehicles broken into are left unlocked, property is left in plain view and thefts often go unreported to the police department. This year we have experienced a 106-percent increase in thefts from vehicles and a 92-percent increase in motor vehicle thefts in comparison to 2015. We ask our residents to safeguard their valuables by removing them from their vehicles and to always report thefts and suspicious activity to the police department as soon as it is observed.”

Teacher pleads not guilty in dance floor fight

A Hugh B. Bain Middle School physical education and health teacher has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of simply assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.

Dawn Williams Davies, 43, was arrested at approximately 1 a.m. on May 1 after East Greenwich police responded to a disturbance at Kon Asian Bistro on Main Street in that town. Williams Davies was accused of assaulting a 24-year-old Coventry woman on the establishment’s dance floor. Police also say she resisted arrest, and offered an officer a sexual favor in exchange for her release.

Williams Davies entered the plea during a May 13 court appearance. She was released on personal recognizance.

Raymond Votto, chief operating officer for Cranston Public Schools, confirmed Williams Davies has been placed on paid administrative leave. He declined further comment.

Conn. man sentenced for seeking sex with teen

A man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to traveling to Cranston in 2015 for the purpose of having sex with a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison.

Joshua T. Robinson, 36, of Colchester, Conn., received the sentence last week in U.S. District Court in Providence. His prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release.

Members of the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Robinson on Sept. 4, 2015. According to authorities, he had arranged online to meet with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl – but who was in fact members of the task force – and to provide her with a new iPhone in exchange for sex.

Authorities say a flat tire initially delayed Robinson’s travel to Rhode Island, but that he later arrived at the Cranston retail store where he had arranged to meet the girl to buy her a phone. He was arrested at that location.

Local man charged in national child porn investigation

A Warwick man is in federal custody as part of a national child pornography investigation.

Jordan Monroe, 50, appeared in U.S. District Court on Friday. He is charged with receiving and distributing child pornography, and possessing and accessing child pornography with intent to view.

According to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Homeland Security Investigations agents “discovered tens of thousands of computer file folders containing images and videos of alleged child pornography on numerous computers” taken from Monroe’s home.

The arrest came as part of a national investigation launched in September 2015. The IP address linked to Monroe’s residence is alleged to have been one of many inside and outside the U.S. to access Internet boards used for sharing and viewing child pornography.

Man charged with bank robbery

A West Warwick man has been charged in a recent Coventry bank robbery, with Cranston police providing assistance with the investigation.

John Ryder, 28, is alleged to have wielded a machete and threatened tellers at the BankRI branch in Coventry on May 2 before fleeing with nearly $6,000 in cash. FBI agents and Coventry police arrested him May 13 at his home.

In a statement, authorities allege that starting in April, Ryder spent a “considerable amount of time in and around a shopping plaza where the bank is located and in a wooded area directly behind the plaza.” He is reportedly seen on surveillance video from the area, sometimes carrying a backpack and wearing a camouflage hat.

After the May 2 robbery, police found a backpack and camouflage hat in the woods behind the plaza. Surveillance video also reportedly showed Ryder running from the area and getting into a vehicle, the operator of which is said to have acknowledged driving Ryder.

Ryder was interviewed May 6, and a search warrant for his phone was obtained May 10. A search of the phone is said to have revealed photographs of someone wearing the same clothing and mask as the robbery suspect, and data show the images had been taken in the same area where the backpack and hat were located.

In addition Cranston police, Rhode Island State Police and departments in West Warwick, Warwick, and West Greenwich assisted in the investigation.

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