Crime & Safety
Police Log: Threesome Arrested for Allegedly Burglarizing Middletown Home
The following information is based on Middletown Police Department arrest reports and does not indicate any convictions.
Two Newport teens and a 21-year-old man were arrested in late December for allegedly breaking and entering into a Middletown residence.
Kyle Tucker, 19, of 90 Girard Avenue, Newport, was arrested at approximately 8:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30, on charges of breaking and entering. The following day, two alleged accomplices were arrested as well.
Matthew W. Williams, 19, of 13 Kay Street, Newport, was arrested at approximately 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31, and Stephen Wayne Sousa, 21, of no known permanent address, was arrested at approximately 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31. According to the police report, the three men allegedly entered a home on Gossets Turn Drive on the night of Dec. 27 and stole numerous items with a total value of more than $3,000.
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The residence’s owners reported that the allegedly stolen items included several flat-screen televisions, a bedroom safe, a video game system, watches, jewelry, passports, and two laptop computers. In addition, the owners allegedly found a black duffel bag in the kitchen containing a laptop, digital camera, and MP3 player belonging to the owners. Police reportedly found latent fingerprints on the items in the duffel bag.
Police subsequently received descriptions of a car that had been observed in the driveway of the home the night of the burglary, and police also allegedly observed items from the break-in in the back seat of a car that was involved in an accident on Burma Road.
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According to the report, officers spoke to Tucker after he was arrested at the Newport Bridge Toll Plaza on Dec. 30 for possession of marijuana; the next day officers arrested his alleged accomplices.
Arrests for No-Contact Order Violations and DUI
- Guy David Cloutier, 36, 5 Ryan Avenue, Bristol, was arrested at approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, for violating a no-contact order. According to the police report, Cloutier allegedly followed a 25-year-old Middletown woman who was walking on Forest Avenue, allegedly beeping his horn and making threatening comments. Police verified the active no-contact order the alleged victim had against Cloutier, and located him later the same day at a pay phone.
- Koraima Marie Espinet, 18, of 104 Rogers Lane, Middletown, was arrested at approximately 9 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6, for violating a no-contact order. According to the police report, Espinet allegedly entered the house of a 20-year-old Middletown resident who has a no-contact order against Espinet. Officers located Espinet at home and transpoted her to the police station.
- James H. Walker, Jr., 21, of 21 Greenough Place, Newport, was arrested at 2 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, for driving under the influence. According to the police report, officers stopped his vehicle for speeding, and upon noticing the smell of alcohol, administered a field sobriety test.
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