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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
On Nov. 22 at approximately 11:03 p.m. Officers Jedidiah Pineau and Timothy Marshall started following a 2010 black Kia being driven by Christopher Cesario, 22, of 17 Lugent Lane, Bristol, as he was traveling on Airport Road after they saw he had no headlights on. They saw that he was weaving back and forth over the lane divider line, so they pulled him over.
Officer Pineau, while talking with Cesario and his passenger, smelt a strong odor of burnt marijuana and also observed an unopened beer can in the center console area, as well as a marijuana grinder and suspected bag of marijuana next to it.
Cesario told the Officer that he had picked up his friend from the Elks and was heading home. Officer Pineau observed that he had bloodshot, watery eyes, spoke with slurred speech, and had the odor of alcohol coming from his breath. Cesario told him that he had drank one beer about an hour earlier.
Cesario then agreed to the Officer’s request to complete a series of field sobriety tests on the side of the road. During the horizontal gaze tests, Officer Pineau observed four out of six clues indicating impairment, including a lack of smooth pursuit in both eyes. During the walk and turn test, the Officer observed four out of eight clues indicating impairment, including Cesario not putting his heel to his toe seven times in the 18 total steps.
During the one leg stand test, Cesario swayed and put his foot down twice, also hopping once and raising his arms above six inches off his side for balance. The Officer saw four out of four clues indicating impairment, although Cesario said he had balance issues when he was a kid, which might affect this.
Cesario then agreed to a preliminary breath test, which showed a reading of .098, above the legal driving limit of .08.
Cesario was placed under arrest and brought back to police headquarters, where he refused to take a chemical test.
The car was towed from the site. Upon being searched, a larger amount of marijuana, later determined to be 18 grams, was found in the center console.
Cesario was issued violations for DUI first Offense B.A.C. Unknown with a Third District Court Date of Dec. 12. He was also issued violations for Possession of Marijuana First Offense 1 ounce or Less with a Traffic Tribunal Court date of Dec. 8. He was also issued violations for Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test, Laned Roadway Violation, and Times When Lights Required with a Traffic Tribunal Court date of Dec. 8.
After being processed and issued summons, Cesario was released from police custody.
On Nov. 25 at approximately 12:25 a.m. Viktor Kozhanov, 45, of Brooklyn, NY, was pulled over by Officer Alfred Silveira after being caught speeding in his Porsche Cayenne at 58 mph in the 35 mph zone on Post Road.
Kozhanov told Officer Silveira that he was on his way to the hospital to check on one of the player son his hockey team, who had been injured in the game that day. The officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from Kozhanov’s breath. He also saw that his face was flushed and his eyes were moderately bloodshot. Kozhanov denied drinking any alcohol at all that night and told the Officer that he did not understand Kozhanov because he is Russian. Officer Silveira ran checks on Kozhanov and Officer Jonathan Reiff arrived shortly after to assist.
Officer Silveira suspected Kozhanov of driving under the influence of alcohol and requested that he do a series of field sobriety tests, which the suspect agreed to.
During the horizontal gaze test, Officer Silveira observed six out of six clues indicating impairment, including an inability to make eye contact with a moving finger.
During the walk and turn test, the Officer observed four of eight clues indicating impairment, including an improper turn and missteps.
During the one leg stand test, the Officer observed four out of four clues indicating impairment, including hopping several times to maintain balance.
Kozhanov was placed under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence and transported to police headquarters. While being transported back, the police cruiser filled with the odor of alcohol. Kozhanov continued to deny consuming any alcohol that night.
At headquarters, Kozhanov refused to submit to a chemical test.
He was issued citations charging him with DUI/Drugs/Alcohol – B.A.C. Unknown First Offense with a mandatory Third District Court date of Dec. 12. He was also issued for Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test First Offense and Speeding over Eleven Miles Per Hour with a Traffic Tribunal Court date of Dec. 8.
He was then processed and released to a sober adult.

LARCENY
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 24 Officer James Vible responded to the park and ride on Centerville Road for a report of a larceny from a vehicle.
He arrived and saw that the victim’s Chevy Silverado had its front drivers side window smashed, although there was no item around that could have been used to do this.
The victim told the Officer that he had parked around 7:30 a.m. in a spot and returned around noon to find his window smashed. He said the items missing from his car included a touch screen car radio valued at $400 and a bag of assorted tools, which was valued at $1,000.
The victim said he wished to press charges. There were no witnesses or suspects or any other parked vehicles that appeared to be damaged, and the case was forwarded to detectives.
On Nov. 25 at approximately 12:44 p.m. Officer Tammy Mello responded to Arooga’s Grille House on Greenwich Avenue for a report of 10 empty kegs being taken from the dumpster area.
The suspect vehicle was described as a late 1980s black Chevy pickup truck and a plate number was given by the reporting party, but did not match any vehicle in the system.
The reporting party said that a truck delivery driver had told him he noticed a man loading kegs into the truck.
After checking the area and finding nothing, Officer Mello told the restaurant that the kegs should be locked up in the future using some type of cable.

SHOPLIFTING
The Work n’ Gear on Bald Hill Road reported a shoplifting on Nov. 18 at approximately 1:07 p.m.
Upon arrival, Officer Rose Michel spoke with the reporting party while Officer O’Connell searched the area. Officer Michel was told that the suspect fled south on Bald Hill Road in a Ford Escape. The suspect was described as a male in his early 20s wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap.
It was reported that the suspect entered the store and went to the shoe section. He took a pair of boots, valued at $290, out of their box and put them on his feet. He placed his boots in the shoebox and put the box back on the shoe case. He then walked out of the store and got into the passenger seat of a black Ford Escape, while someone else drove the car away.
Officer Michel watched the surveillance footage to confirm this information. She obtained a written report and a store receipt for the stolen item, as well as the old boots of the suspect. The officers were unsuccessful in locating the suspect and they ran checks on the registration number given by the reporting party, but it did not come back to a Ford Escape.
The report was forwarded to Detectives.
On Nov. 22 at approximately 7:55 p.m., Officer Nicholas DiNardo responded to a report of shoplifting that had occurred on Nov. 21 at approximately 4:00 p.m. at the Best Buy store on Universal Boulevard.
The Loss Prevention supervisor at the store told Officer DiNardo that two males, who he recognized from a previous shoplifting incident, entered the store at 4:00 p.m. the day before and when they left the store, an employee said that a camera and two laptops were missing from their displays. Upon reviewing surveillance, the Loss Prevention supervisor saw that the two males had shoved two laptops down their pants and they were near the camera case, but couldn’t determine whether or not they took it.
The laptop display alarm went off but the suspects left soon after without paying for the items.
The 5D camera taken was valued at $3,199.99. One of the laptops taken was valued at $2,099.99 and the other one was valued at $1,599.99.
Best Buy said they wished to pursue charges and identify the subjects so they may be issued a No Trespass, as the district manager told the Loss Prevention supervisor that the two subjects had been seen in other stores shoplifting.
The surveillance DVD was entered into evidence at police headquarters. The report was forwarded to Detectives for a possible follow up for identification purposes.
At approximately 11:33 a.m. on Nov. 25 the Nordstrom Rack at the Warwick Mall reported a shoplifting. Officer David Boardman responded to the store, where the Loss Prevention and Mall Security had the suspect, identified as Charles Powell, 43, of 159 Bridgeham Street in Providence, in custody.
The Loss Prevention supervisor’s report stated that Powell had been previously documented for shoplifting shoes in the past. That day, he had selected three different pairs of Timberland boots and put them into a large shopping bag. He then left the store without paying, and was detained and taken back into the Loss Prevention office. He was trespassed from all Nordstrom properties for 24 months.
The total value of the boots came to $219.91 and all of them were recovered to the store. Powell had given a false name when first detained. He told the Officer that he had stolen from the Nordstrom Rack on multiple occasions before and he also admitted to stealing from the Express store that day, from which he had a large jacket with the tags still on it. The jacket was taken by security back to that store.
After running checks on Powell, Officer Boardman found that Powell had three warrants out of Sixth Division District Court. Powell was then placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters, where he was booked and processed.
Powell was given a summons for shoplifting and obstructing charges with a Third Division Court Date of Dec. 12. He was then transferred to the ACI in regards to the three warrants.

ARSON – 4TH DEGREE
On Nov. 22 at approximately 8:58 p.m. Officer Manuel Pacheco reported to the Delgiudice Ball Field on 282 Palmer Avenue for reports of a fire. Dispatch had told him that a portable toilet was on fire near the baseball field.
When he got there, he saw a porta-potty on Cliff Road, near the outfield of the baseball field, which was glowing from within and had smoke coming out of the top exhaust pipes.
The Fire Department then arrived on scene and extinguished the fire. Officer Pacheco talked with neighbors, but none of them had seen anyone in the area who had made the fire.
The Officer called the porta-potty company to alert them and provided them with the offense report phone number. The Fire Department deemed it unnecessary to call the arson investigator, but a report was taken. There are no suspects currently.

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