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SAID A MOUTHFUL

Sgt. Joseph Salvadore reports stopping a car on Killingly Street after he saw it cross the double yellow lines into the southbound lane around 10:50 p.m. on May 29. He said the driver explained that he veered into the southbound lane to avoid a large pothole in the pavement, but Salvadore said he was more curious about the passenger in the car, who had no identification on him but told Salvadore his name was Michael Yattaw.

Salvadore said he could find no license or arrest record for a Michael Yattaw, who told him he had been arrested in the past for non-support. He said he went around to the passenger side of the car and noticed that Yattaw would not open his mouth when he spoke and mumbled. The sergeant said he told the man to get out of the car and asked him if he had a job, and he replied, “Rego’s Auto Body in Providence,” at which time a small, clear plastic bag was reportedly visible under his tongue. The sergeant said he ordered Yattaw to spit it out, and that the bag contained a white powder that field-tested as positive for cocaine.

Salvadore said the suspect then admitted that his real name was Hubert Yattow. He said he did find a BCI record for Hubert, and he was additionally charged with obstructing an officer after he was arrested for felony possession of cocaine. Personal recognizance was set at $10,000.

STOLEN CAR

Patrolman Adam Parkinson reports that police got a tip about a stolen car that had been spotted in the parking lot of BJ’s Wholesale Club on Stonehill Drive.

A friend of the owner of the car told dispatch two women arrived in the vehicle and were in the store at that time. He said he and two other officers observed the car from a distance and watched as two women and a child returned to the car, and then followed it out of the parking lot before pulling it over. Parkinson said there was evidence of tampering to the VIN plate on the dash, and the ignition also showed signs of tampering. The VIN plates on other sections of the car came back as stolen out of Providence.

The driver of the car, identified as Kathiria M. Mojica, 27, of 35 March St. in Providence, was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and driving on a suspended license. Parkinson said he also discovered an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for a DUI charge out of Pawtucket, and that Mojica additionally had two other priors on her BCI.

Her passenger and the child were released at the scene. Mojica was later released on $10,000 personal recognizance.

FALSE PRETENSES

A woman who passed a phony prescription for 120 30mg oxycodone tablets on Aug. 29 of last year was finally located and turned herself in to Johnston police on May 28.

Patrolman David Galligan took the initial report last year after a pharmacist at the CVS Pharmacy on Putnam Avenue told him a woman presented her with the prescription on Aug. 29 and waited while it was filled. The woman who presented it reportedly provided her driver’s license for identification to receive the prescription.

The pharmacist told Galligan that Blue Cross called on Sept. 4 and told her the woman whose name was on the prescription was not taking that drug, and the woman who presented the prescription had forged the prescription. A check with the doctor confirmed that the script was phony and a warrant was issued for Bethany A. Riendeau, 25, of 33.5 Pond St. in Woonsocket, for obtaining a controlled substance with false representation.

Johnston detectives learned that there were two other warrants out for Riendeau from Coventry and Woonsocket for the same offense.

Riendeau turned herself in to Johnston police on May 28. She was later arraigned and later released on $2,000 surety bail on condition of getting pre-trial drug counseling.

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