Thursday, March 28, 2013
Joshua Champlin, 28, and Merry-Belle Champlin, 50, are charged with neglecting the care of a 78-year-old family member.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. Joshua Champlin, 28, and Merry-Belle Camplin, 50, both of 42 Zinns Drive, South Kingstown, were arrested at about noon on March 18 and each charged with a single count of elderly abuse, a felony. According to South Kingstown police and investigators from the state’s Department of Elderly Affairs, the abuse took place from Aug. 9, 2011 to Oct. 9, 2011. Police said that during that time, Joshua and Merry-Belle served as daily caretakers for a 78-year-old female family member. Police said that on Oct. 9, they were called to the home the woman was living at after receiving an …
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Three unrelated local cases are dismissed after the attorney general's office decides not to prosecute.
Unless otherwise noted, files at Washington County Superior Court contain the information about the following court cases. You can review them at the McGrath Judicial Complex. According to files at Washington County Superior Court and Fourth Division District Court, the attorney general has decided not to proceed forward in three felony cases. Reasons for the dismissals were not included in court records. If we’re missing a case you’re interested in knowing about, feel free to leave a comment or to send Local Editor Stephen Greenwell a message at Stephen.greenwell@patch.com. We typically write up the summaries once a case has been resolved – a dismissal, a plea, or a guilty or not guilty finding. Want to be e-mailed when new police or …
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
According to Walsh, the process for selecting magistrates should be transparent.
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Thursday, January 17
Rep. Donna M. Walsh has submitted legislation to require merit selection and vetting by the Judicial Nominating Commission for magistrates in Rhode Island. Magistrates are court officers that generally preside over uncontested cases, though their duties vary from court to court. Currently, most of the 20 magistrates in Rhode Island’s court system are appointed by the presiding judges of their court, with confirmation from the Senate. Under Walsh’s bill (2013-H 5022), magistrates would be selected in the same manner as judges – the state Judicial Nominating Commission would submit to the governor a list of candidates it deems appropriate, from which the governor could choose a candidate to nominate on the basis of merit. That candidate …
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4800 Tower Hill Rd, Wakefield, RI
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
According to Narragansett police, URI students Blake R. Hinds and Alexander Mansi were subdued by the residents of 120 Sakonnet Boulevard.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the Narragansett Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. Blake R. Hinds and Alexander Mansi, 19, were arrested at about 11 a.m. Wednesday and charged with felony breaking and entering, felony assault with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy. According to police, they received a report of a break-in at 120 Sakonnet Boulevard. Police said when they arrived, tenants had subdued Hinds and Mansi, who were armed with a crowbar and brass knuckles. Police said that based on interviews, Mansi and Hinds were familiar with the home and targeted it specifically. Police identified Mansi and Hinds as University of Rhode Island students living at …
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Narragansett Police Department
40 Caswell St, Narragansett, RI
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Police charge a North Kingstown man with violating five no-contact orders on the way to court.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. On Way to Court, Man Charged With Five Domestic Felonies Keith W. Mongillo, 34, of 60 George Ave., North Kingstown, was arrested at about 9:25 a.m. on Oct. 31 and charged with five counts of violating a protective order. The charges were all elevated to felonies because of past offenses. According to police, they received a report from a Cranston couple that Mongillo had attempted to run them off the road, and also sworn at them. The couple told police that they and several children in the car all had no-contact orders with Mongillo. Police said a background check confirmed that …
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Friday, September 28, 2012
More charges are filed against Melissa Clark, 43, for obtaining prescriptions illegally, police say.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the Narragansett Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. Melissa Clark, 43, of 240 Railroad Ave., Slocum, was arrested at about 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 10 and charged with a felony – false representation to obtain a controlled substance. According to police, on Sept. 5 they were told by a pharmacist at Rite Aid that she had received a call from a nurse practitioner, claiming that Clark was a former employee and writing out prescriptions for herself. Police confirmed that Clark had gotten the prescriptions filled on Sept. 3 via a witness statement, and spoke with the nurse practitioner on Sept. 6. Based on previous arrests, police were …
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J. Howard McGrath Judicial Complex
4800 Tower Hill Rd, Wakefield, RI
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
According to police, Miles Daileader, 19, stole and drove a Narragansett woman’s car while drunk.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the Narragansett Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. Miles T. Daileader, 19, of 11 Cavalier Ave., Narragansett, was arrested at about 2:15 a.m. on Sept. 4 and charged with drunken driving and driving a car without the consent of the owner, which is a felony. According to police, an officer traveling about 40 miles per hour in his patrol car on Boston Neck Road was quickly overtaken by another car. The officer said he pulled to the side to avoid being hit, at which point the car speed up and passed him on the left. Police said a traffic stop was made near the Mormon Church on Boston Neck Road. Police noted that Daileader smelled …
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
South Kingstown police have charged Samuel R. Cummer, 21, with felony cocaine possession.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. Samuel R. Cummer, 21, of 179 Hunt Ave., South Kingstown, was arrested at about 11:25 a.m. on Sept. 6 and charged with possession of cocaine, a felony. According to police, they executed a search warrant at Cummer’s home on Sept. 6. The search revealed a suitcase on Cummer’s bedroom floor, and police said a small baggie of white powder was hidden in the suitcase. Police said that when asked about the powder, Cummer told them that he had forgotten about it, because it was “bad [weak] stuff.” According to police, the substance field tested positive as cocaine. Cummer was processed …
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Narragansett’s Christen M. Conley, 38, is charged with six felony counts of misrepresentation to obtain prescription pills.
Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. Christen M. Conley, 38, of 7 Shagbark Road, Narragansett, was arrested at about 4:22 p.m. on Sept. 4 and charged with six felony counts of false representation to obtain a controlled substance. According to police, Conley worked as a secretary for a nurse practitioner, and in her job duties, had forged prescriptions for a family member for Soma, Vicodin and other painkillers. Police said that when questioned about the prescriptions, Conley admitted to filing them with CVS, using the nurse practitioner’s number. The medication was used by Conley, she told police, not the family …
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South Kingstown Public Safety Complex
1790 Kingstown Rd, Wakefield, RI
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
According to Narragansett police, Westerly's Richard Buzon, 29, was arrested without incident on a Massachusetts police warrant for a bank robbery.
According to Narragansett police, a Westerly man was arrested without incident Monday morning on a fishing boat in Galilee for a bank robbery committed in Shrewsbury, MA on May 29. Police said the arrest of Richard Buzon, 29, happened at about 9:30 a.m., near the fishing vessel Provider. Narragansett police noted that there was also a South Kingstown police warrant out for Buzon's arrest, for two felony counts of violating a protective order. According to online records at the Rhode Island Judiciary, Buzon has more than 25 entries, stemming from 2000 to 2012. Some of those charges: At a hearing Monday, Buzon was ordered to be held without bail. A status conference was scheduled for today. For a Shrewsbury Patch article on the bank robbery…
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Govstench
8:59 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Magistrates should have been eliminated years ago. more ›