OMG PD: Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places

Wrong Number, Weirdo

A Seekonk teenager reported this week that she had been receiving phone calls from someone with a Washington number who was . She said her number is not on a social networking site. Her mother was notified and was advised to ask Comcast to block the numbers.

Lover’s Revenge

An East Greenwich woman reported this week that her phone number had been used in a . She said she believed it was posted by her ex-boyfriend, who she’d complained about to police earlier in the day.

Alleged Creep with a Camera

A Massachusetts man was issued a no-trespass order for Narragansett Town Beach this week after he allegedly tried to with a camera hidden under a towel. Police said that they looked at the photos on the 51-year-old’s camera, and that while they featured images of 15 to 30-year-old women on the beach, none were lewd or profane. The man admitted that he’d driven 90 minutes to the beach by himself, leaving his wife and children at home, but said he’d never been to that beach before.

A background check revealed that beachgoers had also called to complain of secretive picture-taking two weeks ago, and the man in that complaint matched the Massachusetts man’s description. When confronted with this information, he admitted that he had been at the Narragansett beach before. When police informed the beach manager of the man’s activity, he told police that he would like a no-trespass order issued.

According to police, the only other contact between the man and Rhode Island police departments was in 2006, when Middletown police received a similar complaint about his behavior.

A Thrift Store Trade Gone Wrong

A 62-year-old North Kingstown man was arrested this week after he reportedly tried to . The man reportedly rode up to the Salvation Army on a bicycle, but then left it in favor of another that was being sold in front of the store. The man allegedly rode away and parked the bike at a nearby store, then had the nerve to return to the Salvation Army and put a weight belt inside his shirt. According to reports, when confronted about how he didn’t pay for either item, the man gave the weight belt back to the employee stating, “I don’t need this!” The employee asked that a no-contact order also be issued. Police arrested the man and transported him to headquarters.

Driving Drunk, With Flat Tires

A New York man was arrested in Tiverton this week after an officer reportedly noticed him  on a local road late at night. Police pulled him over and noticed he exhibited signs of intoxication. He reportedly failed the field sobriety tests.

Egg Damage

A town employee in East Greenwich notified police recently that someone had  while the vehicle was parked on a local street over the weekend. The egg reportedly damaged the paint job.

Bad Time For a Cheeseburger

A Woonsocket man was arrested last week on multiple charges, including driving under the influence, after an officer reportedly saw him . The man admitted he’d had a few drinks, and that he was trying to get to Wendy’s.

Cops Short-Circuit Theft From National Grid

Two East Providence men were located on Aug. 10 by State Police in Smithfield after Johnston Police received a report that they had stolen support beams from a National Grid construction site. A witness saw the two men load the beams onto a Ford Ranger pick-up truck and leave the scene. The beams were valued at $500 each, making the mens' scrap run a felony.