DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
On January 10 just before 6 p.m. Patrolmen Gendreau and Levesque responded to Susan Elizabeth Drive for a report of an SUV off of the roadway.
At the scene, officers met with an eyewitness who stated they pulled into their driveway and observed a motor vehicle stopped on the street, which had not moved for a short period of time. Officers were then told that the vehicle proceeded through the dead end, off the road onto the grass, and into a front yard before circling around. The eyewitness then asked the operator to stop and turn over the vehicle’s keys. Police were then alerted.
Contact was then made with the driver, identified as David Buote, 49, of 2 Jasmine Lane, Johnston. In their report, officers indicated that the vehicle was parked on a large hill with the headlight still activated. They observed indentations where the motor vehicle had traveled and circled before coming to a stop.
When questioned, Buote allegedly told officers that he didn’t know he was parked in someone’s yard. He was asked to exit his vehicle and positioned on the roadway. Officers reported that Buote was incoherent, confused, and smelled of alcohol. Buote was asked how much alcohol he had consumed, responding with “not much” and “two nips”
A search of Buote revealed an emptied vodka nip in his coat pocket. A series of standardized sobriety tests were then initiated by officers, who determined based on their training and experience that Buote was incapable of safely operating a vehicle. Buote was taken into custody and transported to police headquarters.
A search of his vehicle prior to towing revealed an additional seven nips located inside of the front driver and passenger side cabin, six empty and one full. At the station Buote was given a breathalyzer test twice, which produced a blood alcohol content reading of .304 and .289.
Buote was charged with several offenses, including driving with an expired license first offense, laned roadway violations, and driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content of .15 or greater, first offense. He was later released with a Third District Court summons to appear on January 24.
BENCH WARRANT
On January 13 at approximately 5 p.m. while on a fixed post on Hartford Ave., Officer DeFelice observed a car pass his location traveling at 57 mph in a 35 mph zone.
A traffic stop was then initiated, and contact was made with the driver, later identified as Kenneth Snead Junior, 46, of 52 Lake St. in Providence. Background checks on Snead revealed he had an active bench warrant for failure to appear in reference to an arrest for reckless driving and other offenses out of the Lincoln State Police barracks.
Snead was taken into custody, transported to police headquarters and processed. He was issued an E-citation for speeding 11+ miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit, and driving with an expired registration. He was later transported to the ACI men’s intake center.
SHOPLIFTING
Officer Murphy reports that on January 15 at approximately 8:30 p.m., he was on a fixed post on Hartford Avenue when he observed a car traveling westbound with no front registration plate.
Murphy reports that the car came to a stop at a red light at the entrance to the Amazon fulfillment center before making a U-turn and proceeding eastbound on Hartford Avenue.
A traffic stop was then conducted and contact was made with the driver, identified as Sandro Crugnale, 51, of 2154 Hartford Avenue Apt. 9 in Johnston. While running checks on Crugnale, an active warrant issued by the Johnston Police Department was discovered. Crugnale’s license was also revealed to be suspended, with Crugnale having three prior convictions for the same charge.
Checks of the vehicle’s registration revealed that they did not match the vehicle they were attached to, and the car he was driving was not registered. According to several police reports, Crugnale had allegedly shoplifted on multiple occasions from the Season’s Corner Market located at 1680 Hartford Ave.
Crugnale was transported to police headquarters where he was processed and held pending arraignment. He was also issued a summons for operation of an unregistered vehicle, and a summons for display of plates,
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