Unlucky on St.
Paddy's, Caught Red-Handed
(Un)lucky Number 84
The luck of the Irish was not with the 84 people arrested at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration in
Newport. Plot twist: most of
those arrests were alcohol-related charges. According to Newport police, 37
people were cited with possession of alcohol in public while 31 minors were
charged with possession of alcohol.
Fourteen more were charged with disorderly
conduct with eight arrested on assault charges. Last, but not least, only two
people were charged with urinating in public.
Teen Tries to Sell Stolen Phone Back to Its
Owner
One Barrington teen may find himself in the
running for dumbest thief this week. The 19-year-old man’s friend managed to
steal a phone from a fellow high school student’s gym locker. After putting the
phone up for sale on Craiglist, the man was able to find a potential buyer
rather quickly.
Unfortunately for him, he did not do his
research on the buyer…but the buyer had certainly done his research.
The buyer was actually the phone’s original owner, who promptly contacted
police after he tracked down his phone – giving officers the man’s contact
information as well as the identity of the student who allegedly stole the
phone from his locker.
Caught Red-Handed
One angry Portsmouth man made it pretty easy
for officers to identify him last week. Police were called after the man woke
up a stranger at 2:30 a.m. after ringing her doorbell. He was reportedly
looking for someone, but quickly realized he had the wrong house and
left, but not before leaving bloody handprints over the resident’s door and
house siding.
Police searched the area for an hour, but had
no luck. It wasn’t until 8 a.m. that morning that the woman the man was seeking
contacted police after he had allegedly sent her a text saying he wouldn’t be
happy unless she “was buried in the ground.”
She identified the man to police and when they
arrived at his home, he was there...with bloody hands. He admitted to the
crimes and told officers his hands were bloody because he was “going through
brush” to find the woman’s home.
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
We’re still trying to figure out the logistics
on this one, but somehow a bird found its way into a clothes dryer last week in
Warren. The owners called police. When officers arrived, the bird had fled the
scene.