Man Charged With Receiving Stolen Goods

A suspicious looking Ford Escort caught the eye of two very observant East Providence police officers last Friday, Nov. 9. The driver now faces a charge of receiving stolen goods.

Bradford M. McIlvaine, of 29 Warren Ave., East Providence, was driving into the parking lot of the Watchemoket Bar about 1:25 pm. His vehicle carried only a license plate on the rear bumper.

Officers on routine patrol watched McIlvaine leave the vehicle and walk into the bar. They pulled over and decided to wait until he came back outside to question him about his vehicle and a license plate registered to another name.

After about 30 minutes, they decided McIlvaine wasn’t coming out anytime soon. They entered the bar and asked him to step outside.

The vehicle had belonged to a Hartford, Conn., man. McIlvaine told police that he purchased the vehicle with the license plate already on it. The second plate was inside the vehicle on the dashboard.

The officers seized the plates and the vehicle and arrested McIlvaine for being in possesion of license plates not registered to him.

He received a summons to appear in 6th District Court to face the charge. The vehicle was towed to the impound yard.