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Police Log 04-21-22

Posted 4/20/22

SUSPENDED LICENSE

Around 9 a.m., April 3, Warwick Police Officer Aaron L. Steere was on a fixed post at 10 Jefferson Boulevard when a vehicle drew his attention. According to the incident report, …

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Police Log 04-21-22

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SUSPENDED LICENSE

Around 9 a.m., April 3, Warwick Police Officer Aaron L. Steere was on a fixed post at 10 Jefferson Boulevard when a vehicle drew his attention. According to the incident report, the black 2011 Acura had “dark aftermarket tint, and the rear plate was not visible even during daylight hours due to a dark tinted plate cover.”

Steere initiated a motor vehicle stop southbound near 300 Jefferson Boulevard and made a passenger-side approach to the car.

“Again during daylight hours, Officer Steere was unable to observe inside the vehicle due to the dark aftermarket tint,” according to the incident report.

Steere knocked on the rear window and asked the driver to lower all four windows. The driver complied.

The driver was identified as Ray Burgess, 29, of 463 Greenville Ave., Johnston, and police determined his license had been suspended. Two female passengers were in the vehicle, according to police.

While speaking to the occupants, Steere said he detected “a strong odor of raw marijuana emanating from the interior of the vehicle.”

A background check also revealed that Burgess had two prior convictions for Driving on Suspended License (in 2015 and 2018), according to the police incident report.

Burgess was taken into custody for Driving on Suspended License (Third Offense), a misdemeanor. He was transported to Warwick Police Headquarters, processed and later released.

He will also RI Traffic Tribunal summons for alleged violations of Operating a Motor Vehicle with Unlawful Sunscreen Material and Visibility of Registration Plates.

“A search of the vehicle, based on the odor of marijuana, revealed 27 grams of packaged marijuana,” according to police. “It should be noted that the packages were consistent with sales. Burges was asked about the marijuana. He advised that he had a California medical marijuana card; however he did not have it on his person or in the vehicle.”

The marijuana was “seized for destruction.”

 

DUI

Around 2:38 a.m., April 3, Warwick Police Officer Connor R. Bemis was driving north on Post Road in the area of Vanderbilt Road when he observed a silver Hyundai allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed. Bemis estimated the vehicle’s speed at 55 miles per hour in a posted 35 mph zone.

“While approaching the intersection of Post Road and Airport Road, continuing northbound, I observed all traffic signals to be red for the northbound lanes of travel,” Bemis wrote in the police incident report. “I then observed the Hyundai to travel straight through the intersection on the red traffic light signal, with multiple cars traveling in the intersection. It should be noted the Hyundai did not slow down at any point, while accelerating northbound through the red light at the intersection of Airport Road. I then proceeded to activate my emergency lights and sirens and stop the vehicle for the observed violations.”

The driver was identified as Angel D. Neris, 25, of 1627 Elmwood Ave., Apt. 3, Cranston.

Bemis wrote that he “immediately observed (Neris) to have extremely bloodshot and watery eyes.”

“Neris also spoke with slurred and mumbled speech and a soft tone,” Bemis wrote. “I detected a strong odor of recently burnt marijuana to be emanating from Neris’s person, as well as a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage to be emanating from his breath.”

Bemis wrote that “Neris appeared to be extremely incoherent and had trouble forming sentences.”

“Neris advised me that he had a few drinks and smoked a ‘blunt,’” Bemis wrote.

Bemis requested Neris submit to Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and he agreed. Subsequently, police asked Neris to consent to take a chemical test, and he refused.

Neris was charged with DUI of Liquor (Blood Alcohol Concentration Unknown) and Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test (First Offense), and a traffic violation for Obedience to Traffic Control Devices.

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