Police Log

The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Johnston Police. Chief Richard S. Tamburini or Deputy Chief Daniel Parrillo has reviewed all reports.

KEYLESS START

Patrolman Matthew Leveillee reports he was dispatched to a residence on Rotary Drive around 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 3 for a report of an attempt to steal a mini-van earlier that day. The owner of the van told Leveillee he came out to his vehicle around 4 a.m. to go to work and found that someone had ripped out the ignition. He said there was no other damage to the car and there was nothing taken from the van. He said he had to get to work, so he started the van with a screwdriver and drove the van to work. As a result, he put off reporting the damage until he was through with work for the day. He said the car was intact around 9 p.m. the night before, so the damage was done between then and 4 a.m. There are no suspects or witnesses.

WARRANT

Patrolman Adam Parkinson reports he stopped a car for not having a current inspection sticker on Hartford Avenue around 2 p.m. on Oct. 3. He said a routine check on the driver revealed he had an active license and registration but also an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for a hearing related to driving with a suspended license charge from Brown University Police. William F. Ives, 28, of 120 Oaklawn Ave. in Cranston, was taken to headquarters, where he was processed and held pending an arraignment by a justice of the peace. He was also given a ticket for not having an inspection sticker.

WRENCHING EVENT

An Auburn Avenue resident called police on Oct. 4 to complain that a neighbor was doing auto repairs in his driveway, in violation of a town ordinance. Patrolman Mario Mennella arrived at 29 Auburn to find a white SUV parked in the driveway with two men, one of which was under the vehicle. The man who was not under the vehicle told Mennella he stopped by his nephew’s house to see if he could fix the starter on his SUV. Mennella asked the man under the car if he was working on the car and he said he was just looking to see which tools he would need to fix the starter. He said he was aware that he was not allowed to work on cars in his driveway and that he was actually doing the work at his uncle’s house in Providence after he knew what tools he needed. Mennella said there were no tools on the ground while he was speaking with the would-be mechanic. He said he then spoke to the man who called and was shown pictures of his neighbor apparently working on the SUV earlier, with tools on the ground and saw another picture with the neighbor under the car apparently manipulating a tool. Mennella said he gave the erstwhile mechanic, identified as Steven S. Sarchione, a ticket, for Johnston Municipal Court for operating a business without a permit.

WARRANTED

Patrolman Derek Parascandolo and Lt. Michael Babbitt went to the Bel-Air Motor Inn on Hartford Avenue around 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 4, looking for a Greenville man with an outstanding Superior Court warrant for failure to appear for a cost review hearing related to a drug possession charge. He said he knocked on the door of room #8 and Scott W. Poliquin, 54, of 680 Putnam Pike, answered the door. He was arrested without incident and processed at headquarters before he was transported to the ACI Intake Center in Cranston.

EXPIRED

Patrolman Richard Varan reports stopping a car for sporting a registration sticker that expired in September of last year. He said a routine check revealed that the car was unregistered for lack of an inspection sticker and that the driver’s license was suspended. Stephanie L. Palazzo, 27, of 59 Pine Hill Road in Scituate, was given a summons for no driver’s license and another for no registration. She was released at the scene and her car was towed by Anthony’s Towing after the license plates were removed.

FLORIDA KEYED

A 53-year-old Florida woman told Patrolman Michael Andreozzi her car was “keyed” while she was eating in the Ciara Restaurant and Lounge around noon on Oct. 5. Andreozzi said it was deeply gouged along the entire driver’s side and hood while it was parked in the lot of the Calef Elementary School. Andreozzi said he took pictures of the damage and uploaded a report. The woman said she wanted to document the incident as a matter of public record.