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Police Log 05-12-22

Posted 5/11/22

BANK ROBBERY

Warwick Police announced the arrest of an alleged bank robber on Wednesday morning, May 11.

Paul Edward Larson, 60, of East Greenwich, has been taken into custody without incident, …

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Police Log 05-12-22

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BANK ROBBERY

Warwick Police announced the arrest of an alleged bank robber on Wednesday morning, May 11.

Paul Edward Larson, 60, of East Greenwich, has been taken into custody without incident, police said.

 “With the assistance of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, the suspect was identified,” according to a press release from Warwick Police.

Warwick Police Detectives Christian Vargas and Matthew Smith attempted to locate the suspect at an associated address in Warwick, but were unsuccessful. However, while returning to the police station around 3:40 p.m. on May 10, the detectives spotted the suspect on the patio at Cumberland Farms, 3335 Post Road in the Apponaug section of Warwick, according to police.

Larson was held overnight and will be arraigned at Third District Court today on one count of Second-degree Robbery.

Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, the Warwick Police Department received a report of a robbery at Harbor One Bank, 3830 Post Road in Warwick.

“The reporting person was one of two employees working at the time and both had secured themselves in the vault after providing an undisclosed amount of cash to the suspect,” according to the original press release distributed by Maj. Andrew P. Sullivan, Operations Bureau Commander. “There were no customers in the bank at this time. Upon police arrival, it was unclear if the suspect was still on scene as the employees in the vault could not confirm the suspect had left. Police made entry and confirmed the suspect was no longer in the bank and that the scene was safe at which time the two employees exited the vault.”

The employees told police that the suspect entered the bank and passed a note demanding cash, but did not say anything nor display a weapon, according to police.

“One of the employees provided the suspect with the cash at which time the two employees retreated to the vault fearing for their own safety,” according to the press release.

The suspect was described as a heavyset white or light-skinned Hispanic male, approximately 5’07”-5’08” wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a cap on his head, and a face covering, according to the original press release.

Warwick Police used surveillance images from the robbery to identify a suspect.

Anyone witnesses with additional information are encouraged to call the Warwick Police Detective Division at 401-468-4233.


SEXUAL ASSAULT

On April 28, the Providence County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging a West Warwick man with two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of first-degree sexual assault, according to the Attorney General’s office.

As alleged in the indictment, Russel Trafford, 54, of West Warwick, is accused of sexually assaulting a female victim multiple times, beginning when the victim was under the age of 14. The defendant is alleged to have assaulted the victim between August 1, 2000, and January 2, 2004, at locations in the city of Providence, according to the Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office.

In February 2022, the Rhode Island State Police (RISP) Major Crimes Unit began an investigation into allegations against the defendant shared with them by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Following their investigation, the Office of the Attorney General presented the case before the Providence County Grand Jury who handed up the three-count indictment against the defendant, according to a press release from the Attorney General.

The RISP arrested the defendant on April 24, and later that day he was arraigned in Providence County Superior Court. The defendant was scheduled for a determination of attorney hearing on May 5, in Providence County Superior Court.


DRUG POSSESSION

At 1:58 a.m., Warwick Police Officer Brittany L. Crabtree stopped at Season’s Corner Market, 2128 Elmwood Ave., to purchase a beverage.

While talking to the clerk, Crabtree learned of a grey Honda Accord that has been sitting at one of the station’s broken gas pumps for hours at a time.

The clerk’s supervisor “always asks him to check on the vehicle,” Crabtree wrote in the incident report.

Crabtree walked up to the car and saw a man sitting in the driver’s seat with his head resting on the driver’s side window. She asked him to roll down the window.

She asked him what he was doing parked at the pump, and he said he was an Uber driver resting until he received notification of his next ride.

The driver was identified as De Andre Seeley Randolph, 27, of 109 Fairfield Road, Cranston.

“I observed, what appeared to be, a crack pipe on the passenger’s side seat,” Crabtree wrote.

Another Warwick Police officer arrived on the scene and asked the driver to step outside the vehicle.

“The operator did not show any signs of impairment,” Crabtree wrote. “I advised Randolph that I was going to search his vehicle, as I had observed drug paraphernalia in plain view.”

Crabtree found two “small white rock like substances” in the car’s center console. She also found Choreboy, which is used to smoke crack cocaine, and a razorblade “which appeared to have a white powdery residue on it,” according to the report.

Randolph was cuffed and placed in the back of a cruiser.

Both officers on the scene completed the search, and found a small container in the center console “which appeared to have a white powdery residue in a small plastic bag,” Crabtree wrote. They also found two crack pipes on the driver’s side seat where Randolph was sitting, and more Choreboy material.

The vehicle was ultimately towed from the scene.

Police tested the substances and one tested positive for crack cocaine; the other tested positive for fentanyl.

Randolph was charged with two counts of Possession of a Schedule I to V Controlled Substance (first offense) and assigned a court date. He was photographed, fingerprinted, and subsequently released around 5 a.m.

At 12:30 p.m. on May 3, Cranston Police arrested Andrew Silvestri, 27, of 18 Highland St., West Warwick, on charges of Shoplifting and Conspiracy. The arrest was the result of a call for service at 275 Warwick Ave. Silvestri awaited arraignment by the Justice of the Peace.


STOLEN VEHICLE

At 5:45 p.m. on May 7, Cranston Police arrested William Parenteau, 54, of 355 Hardig Road, Apt. C207, Warwick, on charges of Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle. The arrest was the result of a Flock hit in the area of Cranston Street and Lincoln Avenue. Parenteau was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace and transported to ACI Intake.

At 9:20 a.m. on May 7, Cranston Police arrested Robert Vezina, 34, of 319 Providence St., West Warwick, on charges of Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle as a result of a Flock hit at 190 Hillside Road. Vezina awaited Arraignment as violator.


ARREST WARRANTS

At 9:30 p.m. on May 8, Cranston Police arrested Ashley Jankowski, 29, of 24 Winward Circle, Warwick, on an outstanding arrest and affidavit warrant out of the Warwick Police Department. The arrest was the result of a motor vehicle stop in the area of 900 Phenix Ave. Jankowski was turned over to Warwick PD.

At 11:13 a.m. on May 6, Cranston Police arrested Robert McGuirk, 34, of 205 Adams St., Warwick on a Warwick Police Arrest Warrant as a result of a traffic stop at 1586 Broad Street. McGuirk was transferred to the Warwick Police Department.

At 5:37 p.m. on May 5, Cranston Police arrested Elaine Sheffield, 81, of 49A Cowesett Ave., Apt. 19, West Warwick, on a Cranston warrant of Obtaining Vehicles with Intent to Defraud as the result of the subject turning herself in. Sheffield was arraigned by a Bail Commissioner and released.

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