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Editor's note: The following is a partial account of the incidents Smithfield Police responded to during May 9-12: Thursday, May 9: Friday, May 10: Saturday, May 11: Sunday, May 12:
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The following arrest information was provided by the Smithfield Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
On Friday, May 10, at 12:51 p.m., Smithfield Police Officer Michael Proulx was called to the front of Alpine Motel at 485 Douglas Pike for a report of physical struggle. When he arrived, according to his report, he saw Derrick Pfeiler, 31, of 108 Underwood Ave., Warren, with a cane, walking away from a nearby bus stop, where a woman was sitting, crying. Proulx instructed Pfeiler to drop the cane and stop, and the man did so, seating himself on the grass nearby. He told Proulx he and his wife, who were estranged, had an arugment about money and he was walking away from the situation. He said the argument had not gotten physical. A witness at the scene contradicted that statement, saying Pfeiler had grabbed the woman and thrown her into a …
The following arrest information was provided by the Smithfield Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
When Smithfield Police Officer Paul Gilmore spoke with Robert Poholek, 68, of 28 Angelina Ln, Mansfield, MA about Rite Aid's charge he'd stolen erectile dysfunction pills, the pharmacist said he didn't see the "big deal." Gilmore was called to the Putnam Pike drug store May 7 at about 10 a.m. for a report from the store's loss prevention team that a pharmacy employee had stolen a small amount of erectile dysfunction pills. Gilmore met with the loss prevention team and Poholek in an office at the store, where the loss prevention employees said the Mansfield man had admitted to them he'd taken a small, undetermined amount of Viagra and Cialis pills. Gilmore read Poholek his rights, and arrested him, transporting him to Smithfield Police …
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Smithfield EMA asks residents to monitor weather and seek shelter in event of hazardous weather.
The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Special Weather Statement for the possibility of severe thunderstorms this afternoon. Thunderstorms have already been forming in Southern New Hampshire and additional storms are expected to develop across Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut and Northern Rhode Island during the afternoon hours. Some of these storms will produce damaging wind gusts, hail, lightning and heavy rainfall. The main threats will be gusting winds and heavy downpourts, according to the NWS. The Smithfield Emergency Management Agency (EMA) asks residents to closely monitor weather conditions during the afternoon hours and take shelter immediately should dangerous weather develop.
Take a look at some of the more compelling police reports from around the state. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Hulk Smash — Sink? Getting arrested can be an incredibly angering experience for some. For one New Jersey man, the rage that followed his arrest could be described as…Hulk-ish? Smithfield police arrested a 21-year-old man on DUI charges after he had allegedly crashed his car into a tree. At the police station, the man took a Breathalyzer test, then allegedly stood up from his chair, walked over to the sink and tore it from the wall, breaking the pipes attaching it. Police were able to subdue the man/Hulk impersonator with a Taser. When Your Alibi Needs an Alibi This week’s best fake alibi goes to a Providence man accused of robbery. When police caught up to the man who allegedly stole $341 from Kattan’s Market in Cranston, he told them …
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The following information was supplied by the Smithfield Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction:
Editor's note: The following is a partial account of the incidents Smithfield Police responded to during May 6-8. Monday, May 6: Tuesday, May 7: Wednesday, May 8:
The following arrest information was provided by the Smithfield Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
On May 27, at about 12:47 a.m., Smithfield Police responded to the volleyball courts at Bryant University for a report from Bryant Public Safety of a man refusing to leave the area. Officers arrived at the university campus and spoke with the Public Safety officers, who said Christian Losurdo, 21, of 735 Prentice St. in Holliston, MA, a Bryant student, had become agitated when asked to pour out an open beer container he was allegedly carrying, according to Smithfield Police Capt. Michael Rheaume. When the officers insisted, Rheaume said, they reported Losurdo struck one with a closed fist. Smithfield officers arrested Losurdo at about 12:58 a.m. without further incident, charging him with simple assault and disorderly conduct.
Winds are expected to pick up to at least 30 mph in the afternoon.
The National Weather Service is warning of the potential for brush fires in the state Thursday afternoon and night. Counties across Eastern and Central Massachusetts and Rhode Island are under the fire warning. Winds are expected to pick up to at least 30 mph in the afternoon. The wind coupled with “low relative humidities” will cause the risk of fire, according to the NWS.
Town Councilors on Tuesday night approved Fire Chief Robert Selzter's request to pay for two new Emergency Management Technicians as part of a roughly $70 million budget plan.
Following Tuesday night's town council vote to approve $78,000 from the town and $25,000 from the fire department to fund two new EMT positions, Smithfield Fire Chief Robert Seltzer said he was pleased at the decision. "That gives us what I was aiming for — I was trying to get two started this year, and that gives me money for 3/4 of the year because by the time we get them trained, three months will go by," Seltzer explained in a phone interview. "We had started off requesting four, and we ended up with two, but that's fine — we have an issue we need to address with the out-of-town rescues coming in and the very long times of waiting for them to arrive at scenes." Seltzer had previously explained that residents had to wait up to 15 …
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Entire additional $450,000 budgeted for schools in escrow pending department review.
Supt. Robert O'Brien walked into last night's Budget Hearing at Smithfield High School hoping for $300,000 added to the School Department's budget, but he got half — with a condition. Town Manager Dennis Finlay's $32,844,732 school budget appropriation had already added $300,000 in response to O'Brien's request to add $1.1 million to the budget, but the superintendent and School Committee Chairman Richard Iannitelli had hoped to convince the Council to add at least another $300,000 that they said would save 18 teaching jobs and add a full-time technology teacher and a half-time music teacher. But after about 20 minutes of deliberation, the Council denied the request for $300,000, then approved adding $150,000 to the budget, but …
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6:37 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
O'Brien is a snob in my opinion. He will end up running the district into the ground. more ›
Paul J
12:31 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Thanks for that useless information! Keep up the hard work.............. more ›