Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Flags are lowered to half staff.
President Barack Obama declared on Monday that May 13 through May 19 is National Police Week and May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day. "We owe a profound debt to all those who have worn the badge, and to the families whose care enables them to serve with courage and pride," he said in a press release. "When the unthinkable happens and officers give their lives or are seriously injured in the line of duty, we have an obligation to give their loved ones the support they deserve." Flags at the Cranston Police Department headquarters on Garfield Avenue have been lowered to half staff in recognition of officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Read the president's full press release and visit the National Police Week …
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Staff and female inmates are taking the opportunity to engage in a variety of activities and lectures in observance of National Women's Health Week.
In observance of National Women’s Health Week, a week-long health observance supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections has arranged for a variety of activities and lectures in the Women’s Facilities throughout the week ending on Friday, May 18th. On Monday morning, female inmates were informed of an opportunity to write about “What does health mean to you, and how has it impacted your life?” They were told they could write poems, essays and drawings to be shared with fellow inmates and staff in a collaborative book with the theme Women, Power, and Health. Contributors will have the opportunity to present their submission on Friday at the conclusion of…
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John O. Pastore Center
600 New London Ave, Cranston, RI
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Robert Doyle, 48, wanted by Cranston Police for failing to register as a sex offender, is in custody after officers on routine checks of other offenders spotted him in Providence.
A sex offender wanted by Cranston Police for his ninth failing to register as a sex offender offense was captured in Providence yesterday. Providence Police said they were out checking on other sex offenders when one of the officers recognized Robert Doyle, 48, who was arrested after a struggle. Doyle was listed as one of Rhode Island's Most Wanted after he failed to report an address change. His last address was Harrington Hall in Cranston — a shelter for homeless men and often where offenders frequently end up upon release from prison, which was the case for Doyle, who has been in and out of the Adult Correctional Institutions numerous times since his initial release. Doyle pleaded no contest to second degree sexual assault on a boy in …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Cranston Police charged Carlos Roque of Cranston with obtaining money under false pretenses after he took $9,275 from a Providence woman to buy a car and never delivered a car.
Cranston Police charged Carlos Roque, 38, of 69 Hillwood St., Cranston, with obtaining money under false pretenses April 28 after he allegedly took $9,275 from a Providence woman to buy her a car at auction and failed to give her either a car or her money back. Police said Roque admitted to taking the money but claimed he fell into financial trouble and was unable to get a car for the victim. He agreed to pay the woman back but kept asking for extensions. He agreed to return the money to the victim at police headquarters as in front of police on April 21, 26 and 28, but was was unable to produce any money each time. Roque was arraigned in Third Division District Court and held as a Superior Court violator for a previous felony larceny …
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Cranston Police Department
5 Garfield Ave, Cranston, RI
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Eleven people were arrested after an eight-month investigation into a heroin trafficking ring by an alleged Dominican organization.
Three of the 11 people arrested for their role in a heroin trafficking ring with ties to Mexican drug cartels are from Cranston, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. An eight-month investigation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency and state and local police departments, including the Cranston Police Department, culminated last week with multiple raids in Providence, Cranston, North Providence and West Warwick. In raids Agents and police seized three kilos of heroin, 200 grams of cocaine, $450,000 cash and "a substantial quantity of high-end jewelery, five firearms — four of them loaded, and twelve vehicles — several of which contained 'hides,'" U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha said in a release. An …
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Cranston Police Department
5 Garfield Ave, Cranston, RI
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Recent arrests reported by Cranston Police.
The following arrest information was provided by Cranston Police. It does not indicate a conviction. Anotonio M. Santos, 47, 364 Smith St., Cranston, charged with domestic simple assault and domestic failure to relinquish a telephone April 30 at 3 a.m. Otis Edward Stanton, 30, 106 Minor St., Providence, charged with felony shoplifting and obstruction of justice April 30 at 11 a.m. Amalia M. Borge, 47, 125 River Ave., Providence, charged with driving with a suspended license April 30 at 1:42 p.m. William J. Rich, 48, 1214 Cranston St., Cranston, charged with receiving stolen goods April 30 at 2:54 p.m. Kenneth A. Marcoccio, 49, 116 Waterman Ave., North Providence, charged with driving with a suspended license April 30 at 4 p.m. Katarzyna …
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Cranston Police Department
5 Garfield Ave, Cranston, RI
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
We compile the strange, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.
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Sunday, May 13
"What do you mean I can't take this boat out?" Last Wednesday, Barrington police were called to question a young man getting out of a row boat at a private dock in Barrington who used the vessel without permission. The man admitted it was not his boat, which is owned by a Warren man. He said “the current in the river was too strong” and he could not return the boat to the other side, LaCross said. He was looking for a ride back to his cousin’s house. Barrington police said the man was from New York and was visiting a cousin in Warren. He took the boat to simply go for a ride across the river, police said. The owner of the boat did not want to press charges after it was returned to him. It could have been a deadly game of X-Box... A bullet …
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Cranston Police Department
5 Garfield Ave, Cranston, RI
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Police said 23-year-old Bruce McKenzie broke into a house in East Greenwich with an accomplice. Police were called by a 12-year-old inside the house who hid upstairs and barricaded herself.
A Cranston man wanted in connection with the break-in of an occupied house in East Greenwich on Monday is now in police custody. During the break-in, a young girl barricaded herself upstairs and called 911 and kept in contact with police throughout the ordeal, police said. Bruce McKenzie, 23, of Cranston, was picked up by East Providence Police yesterday and turned over to East Greenwich police. East Greenwich police arrested Trisha M. Newman, 24, of Summer Street in Central Falls, in connection with the break-in at the occupied house on Frenchtown Road earlier this week. Police said the pair were accomplices in the break-in. Newman was arraigned in Kent County District Court Thursday on one count of conspiracy to commit a breaking and …
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Cranston Police Department
5 Garfield Ave, Cranston, RI
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Police are looking for a Cranston Man in connection with the Frenchtown Road Break-in.
East Greenwich Police are looking for a Cranston man they say was involved in the break-in in an occupied house in their town on Monday during which a young girl barricaded herself upstairs and called 911 and kept in contact with police throughout the ordeal. An arrest warrant has been issued for, Bruce McKenzie, 23, of Cranston. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to call EG police at 401-884-2244. East Greenwich police arrested Trisha M. Newman, 24, of Summer Street in Central Falls, in connection with the break-in at the occupied house on Frenchtown Road Newman was arraigned in Kent County District Court Thursday on one count of conspiracy to commit a breaking and entering. She was released on $10,000 personal …
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Cranston Police Department
5 Garfield Ave, Cranston, RI
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Edward L. Cullen, who worked at Garden City Treatment Center, allegedly wrote hundreds of prescriptions for narcotics to people who weren't his patients or without "meaningful physical examination."
A local doctor's license has been voluntarily suspended after an investigation showed he prescribed large quantities of narcotics to people who weren't his patients, had no medical records, or were prescribed drugs after "a failure to meet the minimal standards of acceptable care," according to a state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline consent order. In one instance, one patient was prescribed 814 days of narcotics in 356 calendar days. Edward Cullen, 63, has been licensed to practice medicine in Rhode Island since 1983 and works at the Garden City Treatment Center. The Board of Pharmacy began an investigation after a complaint alleged that Cullen "was prescribing large amounts of Drug Enforcement Agency Schedule II and III drugs …
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Garden City Treatment Center
1150 Reservoir Ave, Cranston, RI
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Suzanne Arena
4:04 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Harrington Hall - Update and ALARMING - Another WANTED S.O. ~This is truly unacceptable! FEB 2012 I posted on my FaceBook that there was 2 WANTED Sex Offenders, one Level II and one Level III (1. Douglas White - Victim was a 13 year old female unknown to White; and 2. PALAEZ: 2nd Degree Sexual assault. Victims were 18 and 22 year old females unknown to offender. Also; Failure to Register. ). … more ›