Mushrooms, Mayhem and a Man In a Tree
Police Find Suspect – Up a Tree
Sometimes firefighters rescue kittens from trees. And
sometimes, they rescue fully-grown men suspected of assault out of trees, which
coincidentally happened
this past week in Johnston.
Police arrived at the 25-year-old man’s home after the
man allegedly assaulted a 61-year-old man by dragging him down a flight of
stairs and knocking him unconscious, eventually sending him to the hospital
with broken ribs.
After drafting up a warrant, officers went to go look for the
man at his home — only to find the man “standing in a tree approximately six
feet off the ground,” according to reports.
The man allegedly refused to climb down until a rescue
vehicle arrived. He was arraigned at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and bail was
set at $10,000. Police also issued a no-contact order between the men.
Does a Restraining Order Apply to Saliva?
One Woonsocket
When she looked to find the culprit with overactive salivary
glands, she discovered that the spitting suspect was none other than a
26-year-old woman whom she had a restraining order against, according to
police. The woman left the scene, but was later picked up by police only 30
minutes later.
From Robbery Victim to Arrestee, One Mushroom at a Time
One Woonsocket
According
to police, the 31-year-old man was playing video games with a friend, his
10-year-old daughter and four other guests when one of the men (identified as
“D”) offered everyone marijuana. (The daughter was the only one who did not
accept, said police.)
Shortly after, the four guests allegedly forced the man
and his daughter to sit on the couch, demanding their cash, keys and cell
phones. The men allegedly stole two laptops and two game consoles. As police
searched the apartment, they allegedly found a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms
(weighing 11.5 grams) in the man’s bedroom, which he allegedly admitted was
his.
Teens Break Into School
Most students dream of ways to break out of school, but
apparently a quartet of teens plotted
a way to break into a school. Four teens (two
males aged 17 and 19 and two females aged 14 and 16) were found in a Barrington
Elementary School last week after tripping the building’s alarm, according to
reports.
The teens weren’t trying to relive their elementary school days: They
reportedly told officers they entered the building to use the bathroom. Police
found no damage to the building and issued trespassing warnings to the teens.
Don’t expect these Prudence Island Portsmouth
Though the neighbor had authorization from the volunteer
fire department to burn the brush, the man allegedly continued to become upset
and told his neighbor he would “kill” him.
Apparently, the threat was not
enough to satiate the man’s fury and he allegedly jumped into his pickup truck
and drove toward his neighbor, forcing him to jump out of the way. Police
arrested the man, who is being charged with felony assault.
Vomiting Man Gets Hit With DUI
Swerving? Check. Speeding? Check. Slurred speech? Check.
Vomit? Double check. A Newport man fulfilled
many requirements for a sure-fire drunken driving
charge last week in Middletown
During the stop, officers reportedly noticed the man had
vomited on himself and his zipper was completely down. (The man reportedly
attributed the vomit to a shot he had before he left the bar that “did not go
down right.”)
After allegedly testing his blood alcohol content at a reported .146
and .145 in subsequent tests, police took him into custody.