Police Log: Cars Damaged by Road Striping, Assaults, Loose Goats

TRUCK DAMAGED BY PAINT
On Aug. 4, an East Greenwich resident told police that his truck was damaged by wet paint from a road striping crew on South Road recently.

The man told police that on July 28, he was driving west on South Road when he came upon a striping truck that was painting the yellow center line. Since the road is windy, he didn’t come upon the truck until the last second and claimed there were no obvious warnings that the painting was ongoing other than a sign on the back of the truck.

The man drove around the truck noticed the damage to his 2014 GMC the following morning.

Police documented the incident.

Also on Aug. 4, another East Greenwich resident told police a similar story. He said that he was driving on Tillinghast Road at about 9:30 p.m. when he came upon a road striping crew.

The man drove around the vehicles without straying from his own lane. When he got to his destination a while later, he saw yellow paint on the bottom driver’s side of his car, a 2006 Ford.

ASSAULT
Police charged Cassandra Cochrane, 21, of 75 Cooper Lane, East Greenwich, with simple assault and disorderly conduct Aug. 5.

Police said Cochrane slapped and threw another woman to the ground on Union Street at around 1:30 a.m.

VEHICLE FIRE
Police responded to a vehicle fire on Aug. 5 at around 7:07 a.m. on New London Turnpike.

Police said the car, a 2000 Chrysler Sebring, reportedly caught fire after the driver, identified by police as a 72-year-old North Providence woman, put oil in the engine and forgot to put the cap back on.

A passing Coca Cola truck driver saw the fire, stopped and put the fire out with a fire extinguisher by the time police arrived.

Nobody was hurt in the fire.

NO TRESPASS
Police told a 57-year-old North Kingstown man to stay away from Main Street Coffee on Aug. 5 after he allegedly acted strangely and made other customers uneasy.

Police said the man was telling other customers that he was just released from jail and was a professional boxer.

Police responded at around 4:16 p.m. and told the man to stay away. He was given a ride by police to a Chepiwanoxet Way address where he said he’d meet a friend and take the bus home.

LOOSE GOATS
An East Greenwich police officer coaxed some goats back onto their property at 1422 Middle Road Aug. 5 after they got loose.

Police said they’ve responded to the area on multiple occasions for loose animals on the roadway.

This time, an officer was dispatched to the scene at around 7:27 p.m. where he met a woman who was standing near four goats on the edge of the road.

The woman told the officer that the animals were in the middle of the road before he got there and the officer was able to coax them back onto the property.

The property owner secured the animals behind an electric fence and pointed out where he believed the animals snuck out, securing that area as well.

Police reported that the officer saw five chickens loose on the property along with two small horses near where the goats were.

Police forward the report to the Animal Control Officer “due to the repeat offense of the animals in the roadway,” a police report stated.

DOG BITE
A 24-year-old Warwick woman told police she was bitten by a dog Aug. 5 at around 2 p.m. outside West Bay Laundromat.

Police said the woman reported the incident the following day, telling police that she was bitten by the dog on the right hand after she apparently startled it.

The woman said she walked around the corner of the building where a woman was sitting with the dog and believed the dog was startled, causing it to bite her.

The woman was treated for the bite at Garden City Medical Center and the injury was minor and did not appear to show signs of infection, police said.

CHEW AND SCREW
Police said a manager at Outback Steakhouse on Division Street told police on Aug. 9 that someone walked out on a $40 tab.

Police soon learned the man’s name after talking to staff at the restaurant and after a search, were able to get his phone number. Once they reached him by phone, the man reportedly apologized and came back to the store to square up the bill.

No charges were filed.

DOMESTIC
Police charged Patrick M. Winsor, 23, of 26 Valiant Drive, Coventry, with simple assault, domestic simple assault and domestic disorderly conduct Aug. 10 at 11:53 p.m.

Police determined that Winsor assaulted a woman in a McDonalds parking lot after an argument.