Narragansett Police: Hit and Nearly Ran

The Narragansett Police Department made the following arrests recently:

Rebecca Bentley, 20, of 6 Gaspee Road, Narragansett, was charged with driving under the influence, refusal to submit to a chemical test and transport of alcohol by a minor after she reportedly hit a pickup truck on Jamestown Way and started to leave the scene before thinking twice and turning around.

Bentley was reportedly parked in her Chevy Trailblazer by the side of the road talking to a pedestrian at about 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. Reportedly without warning, she turned into the lane, hitting a pickup truck passing by in the travel lane. A witness reported Bentley then drove away, turning right onto Lincoln Way, before turning around and returning to the scene of the accident.

While interviewing Bentley, officers reportedly smelled alcohol on her breath and noticed her bloodshot, watery eyes. The underage woman was also slurring her words, according to a police report. Bentley told officers she had just one shot at a friend’s house in Eastward Look earlier that night, but she allegedly failed three roadside sobriety tests, leading to her arrest.

Anthony S. Zaruma, 27, of 29 Franklin St., Apt. 9, Franklin, MA, was charged with driving without a valid license Nov. 11 at about noon after he reportedly backed into a pickup truck in the Kingston Pizza parking lot on Knowlesway Ext. Zaruma gave officers an Ecuador identification card and reportedly told them he had no license. He was cuffed and brought to the station, where police issued him a District Court summons.

Barry G. Klapp, 51 of 710 Gravely Hill Road, Wakefield, was charged with driving on a suspended license Nov. 9 after being pulled over on Point Judith Road for having a headlight out.

Alan D. Sampson, 48, of 62 Potowomut Road, East Greenwich, was charged with driving with a suspended license Nov. 5 after he was pulled over on Kingstown Road after reportedly running a yield sign and cutting off another car in the Dillon rotary.

Meagan R. Wheeler, 28, of 32 Anne St., Newport, was arrested on a 4th District Court bench warrant on Nov. 9 at 103 Riverdell Drive, where officers were reportedly looking for her boyfriend.

Dylan D. Faucher, 22, of 8 Brailey St., Cumberland, was arrested Nov. 12 on a Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of disorderly conduct.