Police Log, Aug. 4, 2010

Middletown Police reported the following recent arrests:

• Lance Allen, 35, of Middletown, was taken into custody around 11 pm Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 for a misdemeanor charge of domestic disorderly conduct after police responded to a disturbance at 10 Lattu Court. According to police reports, the 35-year old victim, a Middletown resident, called police after Allen allegedly punched holes in the wall and bedroom door and threw the victim's cell phone following arguments over finances.

• Thomas Q. Murphy, 18, of Newport, was reportedly cited Tuesday night around 11:40 pm for underage drinking charge after police on routine patrol questioned him at Big Rock on Sachuest Point Road and allegedly found him and other individuals of legal drinking age in possession of beer. Murphy was ordered to appear before Municipal Court on Aug. 17, 2010.

• David Eric DelNero, 26, of Middletown, was arrested Tuesday around 4:42 pm on a felony charge of breaking and entering in connection with a case earlier in the week that involved a vacation rental at 30 Warren Avenue. This was the second arrest made in the break-in case. Police had arrested Kristopher Almeida, 31, also of Middletown, within hours following the incident Monday around 3 am, after allegedly linking a cell phone and bag of Tostitos tortilla chips found at the scene to Almeida. Police reported on Wednesday that DelNero was arrested after investigators' questioning of Almeida had allegedly implicated DelNero as an accomplice to the break-in and surveillance tapes at the Cumberland Farms where the Tostitos were purchased showed footage of DelNero walking with Almeida in the direction of the break-in site. DelNero was held overnight and arraigned at Second Division District Court Wednesday morning.