PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police report from over the past week.
Tuesday, April 28
A Westport man who found a missing GoPro camera in Island Park waived off the reward that had been offered, saying he wished only that the owner would make a donation to a certain hospital. At about 1 p.m., a police officer patrolling the area of Park Avenue near Boyd’s Lane was flagged down by the Westport man, who said he had found a GoPro camera with a stick the previous week while walking near Scampi restaurant. He held onto the camera for a few days until he noticed a flyer on the utility poles. “The flyer mentioned a reward and he wished for only a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s hospital be donated,” police stated in its report. Police contacted the owner of the camera, who said his young son had lost it while skateboarding. He walked into the police station around 2 p.m. to retrieve his property.
A 17-year-old Portsmouth girl was pulling into the parking lot of Bank of Newport around 3:50 p.m. when her car partially jumped a stone wall. The girl told police that a cigarette ember had fallen onto the exposed skin of her leg, causing her to accidentally depress the accelerator rather than the brake. The car was towed from the scene, but neither the stone wall or the driver was injured, police said.
Thursday, April 30
Andrew A. Sadanowicz, 63, of 19700 Beach Road, Apt. 9S, Tequesta, Fla., was charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Police stopped the Corvette Mr. Sadanowicz was driving on West Main Road at 2:30 p.m. after observing it crossing over the double yellow lines on numerous occasions.
Friday, May 1
Ronald Souza, 56, of 242 Sprague St., was charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of West Main Road and Corys Lane around 7 p.m. police said Mr. Souza rear-ended the car in front of him, which was signaling to make a left turn onto Corys Lane from West Main Road. No one was injured, according to police.
Saturday, May 2
Luis M. Lopez, 20, of 387 Hunt St., Central Falls, was charged with being a fugitive from justice at 1:45 a.m. A patrol officer said he spotted Mr. Lopez riding a bike north on Park Avenue, wearing a dark jacket and hood with a piece of clothing around his face. The bike was not illuminated and was difficult to see as well, police said. After police informed Mr. Lopez that he should take better safety precautions while riding his bike, a records check revealed he was wanted by North Attleboro, Mass. police on a vandalism charge, police said.
Kevin P. Sheehan, 22, of 23 Blue Hill Way, was charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test at about 2 a.m. Police pulled Mr. Sheehan’s car over for speeding on Park Avenue near Cove Street.
Jessica S. Veth, 30, of 58 Chase Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test after police received a report of an erratic driver on East Main Road shortly after 2 a.m. Ms. Veth’s car was stopped on East Main Road near Bradley Terrace because it was observed straddling the white fog line and drifted into a middle turn-only lane, police said.
Sunday, May 3
Vincent J. Vivona, 50, of 320 Old Mill Lane, was charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test at about 3 p.m. Police responded to the area of Route 24 for a report of a black GMC traveling north in the southbound lanes. Police said the vehicle dumped the highway’s median divider rail and come to rest in the grassy median of Route 24 northbound near Turnpike Avenue.
Monday, May 4
A deer that had run into the roadway on Route 24 northbound was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Rayanne Ramsay of Bristol shortly after 8 p.m.The R.I. Department of Environmental Management was contacted to dispose of the carcass. The driver was not injured and her car was able to leave the area on its own power.