PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police report from over the past week.
Tuesday, Nov. 25
Karen A. Arnold, 53, of 23 Greenfield Ave., Portsmouth, was charged with domestic assault and resisting arrest at 8:50 p.m. following an incident at her home.
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Thursday, Nov. 27
Ian T. Smith, 18, of 1046 West Main Road, was charged with underage possession of alcohol. Police were called to check the Irving gas station at 8:16 a.m. for a report of a group of males in an SUV smoking marijuana. Upon an officer’s arrival, the vehicle immediately backed up and left the parking area but was later stopped on Education Lane, police said. The driver told police he was headed to a football game at Portsmouth High School, according to police. (The Thanksgiving Day game between Portsmouth and Middletown high schools was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but in Middletown.) Inside the SUV were seven males — all 18 except for one 19-year-old. Police said they found a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle, as well as a bottle of Bacardi Big Apple, a water bottle containing alcohol, and a fraudulent Nevada ID card. Mr. Smith admitted to owning the alcohol, according to police.
Zachary W. McGaw, 29, of 1156 Anthony Road, was charged with larceny of under $1,500 at about 7:45 p.m. The charge stems from a Nov. 10 complaint by a Portsmouth man who said a men’s wedding band, a men’s gold ring, a men’s gold watch and Monster speakers were missing from his home. The items were last scene on Nov. 1 or 2, he told police. After an investigation a warrant was issued for Mr. McGaw’s arrest, and he was picked up at his home on Nov. 27.
Friday, Nov. 28
Nicholas M. Minior, 29, of 17 Casey Drive, Bristol, was charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Police had received a report of a vehicle being operated erratically and pulled it over on West Main Road near Twin Lanterns around 12:15 a.m.
Tammy Lombardo, 47, of 646 Bristol Ferry Road, Apt. 2, was arrested at her home shortly before 2 p.m. on a Superior Court bench warrant. Police said the warrant was issued after Ms. Lombardo failed to appear for sentencing on a technical violation.
A woman reported suspicious activity at a vacant Willow Lane home adjacent to her residence. While checking the residence recently, she noticed the doors on the main level were open. When she looked inside, she saw numerous female dolls on the floor along with metal jacks, as though a child had been playing inside, she told police. The woman reported that the “scene looked supernatural and ‘freaked her out,’” according to the police report. When police investigated, they found a padlocked hasp to the basement bulkhead pried off, but it appeared than no one had been in the house for an extended period of time. Officers were unable to secure the home, currently owned by Buttonwood Acquisition LLL of Pennsylvania.
Saturday, Nov. 29
Kevin M. Fitzgerald, 20, of 3 Lambert St., Narragansett, was charged with underage possession of liquor. Mr. Fitzgerald was one of three occupants of a car that was pulled over shortly after midnight because it was observed parked partially in the northbound travel lane on Park Avenue near Aquidneck Avenue.
Joshua A. Perham, 33, of 42 Island Ave., was charged with two counts of domestic vandalism with malicious injury to property. He was arrested on a warrant issued after an incident reported at his home the day before. Police said he had punched multiple holes in an upstairs wall, knocked a table over and destroyed a Christmas ornament.
Mandy J. Byrnes, 26, of 661 Metacom Ave., Bristol, was charged with possession of heroin after her car was stopped at about 6 p.m. on West Main Road at Stringham Road. Patrol Officer David E. Powers II said he saw the car crossing over the double yellow line several times. When Officer Powers approached Ms. Byrnes, police said, he observed a metal spoon sticking out from under her right thigh and a cotton swab on her lap, both of which she tried to conceal. A search of the car turned up a handbag containing three used syringes, a metal spoon with burn marks, a cotton swab with a burnt residue and two plastic baggies with a white powder residue, according to police. During the booking process, police said Ms. Byrnes told them she had injected heroin two hours earlier.
Sunday, Nov. 30
A 17-year-old Middletown boy was charged with reckless driving after police responded to a roll-over accident on East Main Road at Clearview Avenue at about 2 p.m. When police arrived they found a silver 2008 Volkswagen Rabbit resting on its passenger side with no occupants inside. After interviewing witnesses, police determined that the car had turned from Stubtoe Lane onto East Main Road at a high rate of speed and cut off a gold 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis. The cars proceeded south on East Main Road in an erratic fashion and at speeds estimated at 60 mph, police said. The Volkswagen then jolted, turned and flipped on its side before rolling into a pole, police said. According to a witness, based on the conversation she head from the people inside, the two drivers had been racing. Police said two passengers in the Volkswagen, a 1-year-old infant and her mother, were transported to Newport Hospital for evaluation. Police said the Volkswagen’s brakes had apparently locked, making the car spin out of control.
Lawrence B. Quinn, 19, of 697 Middle Road, was charged with two counts of domestic assault following an incident at his home that was reported shortly before 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 1
A local woman complained that the inflatable snowman decoration in her front yard had been vandalized and that two plastic covers had been taken off her oversized Christmas lights.