Police Log 1/30/25

Posted 1/30/25

DUI

On Dec. 22 at 9:06 p.m., Warwick Police Department officers responded to a car crash in the area of 1245 Bald Hill Road.

The driver of the car that struck the other was identified as …

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Police Log 1/30/25

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DUI

On Dec. 22 at 9:06 p.m., Warwick Police Department officers responded to a car crash in the area of 1245 Bald Hill Road.

The driver of the car that struck the other was identified as 42-year-old Christopher Dumont from West Warwick. Dumont, according to the report, told the officers that he had just left his home, where he was wrapping presents.

Reportedly, Dumont was exhibiting obvious signs of impairment. He later admitted to consuming several nips and rated himself as a 7 to 8 when asked by an officer to rate himself on a scale of how impaired he felt.

After failing a field sobriety test, Dumont was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. He refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test.

DRIVING WITH SUSPENDED LICENSE

On Dec. 23 at 12:48 a.m., a WPD officer executed a routine traffic stop after witnessing a car at the intersection of Airport Road and Warwick Ave. cross over two lanes of traffic without signaling.

The driver, identified as 25-year-old Austin Pollock from Central Falls, told the responding officer that his license was currently suspended. The officer responding checked with an officer in charge and determined that this was Pollock’s fourth offense.

Pollock was arrested and charged with Driving With a Suspended License- 4th+ offense.

DUI

On Dec. 23 at 1:57 a.m., a WPD officer executed a routine traffic stop on Post Road after seeing a vehicle swerve between both lanes while traveling northbound on the road.

The driver was identified as 29-year-old Joshua Potter of Plainfield, Connecticut. Potter told the officer that he was traveling from work, which the officer noted in his report had closed at 5 p.m.

Potter told the officer initially that he had not had anything to drink, but later changed his answer, telling the officer that he had had a few drinks. Reportedly, Potter had been speaking with slurred speech and smelled of alcohol.

Potter refused to take a field sobriety test; after which, he was arrested and charged with a DUI. Potter measured a .167 BAC on a Breathalyzer test on the scene.

DUI

On December 24 at 4:24 p.m., a WPD officer received a report about a car that had been stopped in the parking lot of the Harbor View Apartments after driving down Post Road. The reporting party had taken the keys from the driver, fearing that she was too impaired to drive. The car was reportedly missing both tires on its passenger side.

38-year-old Tori Newbauer of Narragansett was identified as the driver, with the report saying that the officer approaching her noticed that she had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol.

Newbauer claimed that she had been returning from Christmas shopping, and reportedly claimed that damage from her car was due to a crash, which the reporting officer determined could not have happened based on the car’s damage. Reportedly, Newbauer did not know that two of her tires were missing; she had instead told the officer that her tire pressure was low.

Newbauer refused to take a field sobriety test; following that, she was arrested and charged with a DUI. Newbauer also refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test.

DRIVING WITH SUSPENDED LICENSE

On Dec. 28 at 1:12 p.m., a WPD officer saw a Nissan Rogue with no visible license plates leaving the parking lot of the Sonesta Suites, following which, he pulled the car over.

The driver was identified as 23-year-old Chance McKinney of Cranston. McKinney was arrested and charged with Driving With a Suspended License- 4th+ offense.

The car’s three passengers were each later cleared from the scene.

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