Saturday, February 2, 2013
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Sisterly Love This week’s OMG PD submission from North Kingstown delves into the age-old question: is it illegal to punch your sister in the face? One NK woman had some difficulty ascertaining the legality of assaulting her sister when she allegedly showed up to her sibling’s home uninvited and heavily intoxicated. The 41-year-old woman allegedly assaulted her sister while she was trying to get her to leave. When officers arrived, they noticed that the woman was intoxicated and her speech was “slurred and laced with belligerence.” When they asked her if a physical assault had occurred that night, she reportedly said, “Not yet. It’s not illegal to punch your sister in the face, is it?” Survey says: yeah, it’s illegal. Plans Flushed Down…
Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Cars: Not Meant For Ice Skating While most have been cursing this week’s weather, one Woonsocket woman is grateful for these subfreezing temperatures. According to police, the 52-year-old woman was attempting to turn right on to what she thought was a road during her morning commute. Something “went wrong,” causing her to drive down a bank and then on to a frozen pond. Because Rhode Island has been as cold as the planet Hoth this week, the ice was thick enough to support the car, and crews were able to tow it off the ice without a problem. A Birthday Card and a Half Birthday Suit Two Narragansett women had odd approaches dealing with law enforcement this week. A 32-year-old woman was pulled over for suspected DUI and, when police asked …
Saturday, January 19, 2013
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DUI Lawyer Arrested on DUI Charges…Again Apparently one East Providence lawyer was looking to conduct more “research” for her practice this past week. The 32-year-old attorney, who specializes in DUI cases, was arrested on (you guessed it) DUI charges this week after she allegedly drove into a parked car while intoxicated. This isn’t her first DUI charge: Last year, Barrington police charged her with DUI. Those charges were dropped because police did not witness her driving erratically: they did allegedly find several open bottles of alcohol in her car. Moons Over Barrington Drivers looking to the night sky in Barrington last week saw multiple “moons” mingled among the stars over the Staples building. According to reports, a quartet of …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
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Man ‘Decorates’ Jail Cell One arrestee took a page from Martha Stewart’s book when he decided to do some redecorating in his jail cell. Police arrested the 54-year-old North Kingstown man on charges of disorderly conduct after he allegedly began yelling obscenities at his neighbor’s trailer while under the influence. While in his cell at the police station, police noticed that the man had discovered a new use for toilet paper as he was hanging it from the cell bars in an attempt to prevent the surveillance camera from seeing him. Though police removed the toilet paper from his cell, the man found an alternative – his blanket. After police took the blanket away, the man then used his pants to cover the cell bars. At that point, police …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
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Starting The New Year in the Wrong Direction One Pawtucket man has started off 2013 in the wrong direction – literally. At about 1:54 a.m. on New Year’s Day, police pulled over the 27-year-old man after he was spotted driving the wrong way on a Woonsocket street. The man said he was unfamiliar with the roads, but police believe there was another factor in his poor sense of direction after they reportedly smelled alcohol on his breath and noticed his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Oh, and the beer bottles on the floor of his car didn’t help his case either. He allegedly failed his field sobriety test. A New Definition of ‘Pop’ Patience is a virtue that one Woonsocket woman hasn’t learned yet. Police received several calls of a woman …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Cocaine-Induced Outburst of Expression When police pulled over a car without a front license plate, they probably expected nothing more than a routine traffic stop. That expectation was thrown out the window when the driver reportedly ripped off his shirt and burst out of his car. Police believed that this outburst of expression was likely caused by cocaine, as they found a dollar bill with a white, powdery substance on the floor of his car. Their beliefs were further solidified when the driver allegedly admitted to snorting cocaine with a friend earlier that day. No drugs were found in the car following a sweep by the Johnston Police Department’s K-9 unit, but officers did allegedly find a knuckle knife. The man was charged with …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
The War On/For Christmas Two Aquidneck Island residents have two very different mindsets when it comes to the holidays. In Portsmouth, a 25-year-old man reportedly involved his Christmas tree in a fight against a woman. According to reports, he threw the tree onto the porch of the house and allegedly head-butted and slapped her across the face. The same day in Middletown, a 52-year-old waged war for Christmas when she allegedly tried to kill a 56-year-old man with a knife. She told police she became upset after seeing pictures of Christmas trees on Facebook and realized they had not had a tree in four years. She allegedly told police that all she was trying to do was save Christmas. Baby Left Behind at Dollar Tree One Providence mother …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
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Man Charged With Trying to Destroy City Menorah While many have focused on the holiday/Christmas tree debacle, one man has not forgotten about the menorah. According to police, a 34-year-old Cranston man (see featured picture) was seen maliciously attacking the city’s menorah one night in an effort to destroy it. (According to police, the menorah was undamaged following the attack.) The religious crusader – a follower of the Zoroastrianism faith, according to his blog – yelled at police and said the city shouldn’t be putting up religious displays, telling them, “This is an infringement of my [expletive] rights.” Zoroastrianism is a religion that’s morality is summed up with the phrase, “good thoughts, good words, good deeds.” If things …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
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Deer and marijuana – it’s what’s for dinner. A possible “deer jacker,” which is not nearly as dirty as it sounds, was arrested by North Kingstown police and charged with drunken driving. Police said that the Coventry resident had accidentally driven his car into a ditch, and a search revealed 10 shotgun shells and a handheld flashlight. Police believed that the man was “deer jacking” at one point – shining the flashlight at the deer to blind them, then shooting them. A shotgun was found nearby, outside the man’s car, and he was charged with drunken driving. Police also noted that during his arrest, the man attempted to eat a small bag of marijuana on his person to conceal it from police. Special delivery! Here’s your marijuana! Pro-tip: …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
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Shouldn’t Have Gone Back For Seconds We knew we were bound to get at least one crazy Thanksgiving Day family feud with this week’s edition of OMG PD, and luckily one Barrington woman delivered. According to reports, a 45-year-old woman assaulted her sister-in-law after their Thanksgiving Day feast. The woman allegedly was intoxicated and became angry while playing with an 8-year-old boy at the party. When the sister-in-law asked her to leave, she instead attacked her. The woman continued to spread the holiday cheer at the police station, where she reportedly vomited in a bucket and then proceeded to throw it around the booking room. Officers Avoid Graveyard Scuffle School-aged children typically take their fights to the playground. For …
