EAST GREENWICH, RI — A man who threw milk into the street after following a youth was arrested, police said.
An officer was sent to the area of London and Marlborough streets about 7:30 p.m. Sunday to investigate a report of man throwing two half gallon jugs of milk into the road, police said.
A woman there told the officer her son said he was followed by a man in a black jacket and black hat who was "acting 'weird,'" according to an East Greenwich police report.
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The son walked to Main Street Convenience, and when he left the store, the black-clad man appeared to be waiting for him, and headed in the same direction when the son walked toward Beso's restaurant, the report said.
The son "observed the male hide behind a bush by the Beso's parking lot," and he then "called his mother," who went there to pick him up, according to the report.
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On her way, she noticed a man in a black jacket and black hat, so she took a picture of him, which she provided to police, the report said.
Another officer then spoke to a woman who told of a man in the area of London and Marlborough streets asking her for cigarettes, according to the report.
The woman replied that she "did not have any cigarettes for the male where the male started to leave the scene," the report said.
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"Moments later, (the woman) said she observed the same male running with two (2) half gallon jugs of milk where he was throwing the opened milk in the middle of the roadway, then threw the jugs on the side of the road," according to the report.
"After I left Marlborough Street, I observed (the) same male shown by ... the picture walking on London Street towards Main Street," an officer said in the report.
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The officer placed the man, identified as David Jarrell, 31, in handcuffs and searched him, the report said, finding "what appeared to be ... two small crack rocks" and a capped syringe.
The apparent crack rocks were tested for cocaine and the results were negative according to the report.
Jarrell was charged with disorderly conduct and vandalism.
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