Alex and Ani Executive Accused of Breaking into House, Throwing Party, Stealing Jet-Ski, Crashing

A 31-year-old senior vice president of digital at a major Rhode Island company has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house in Jamestown, throwing a party and stealing a jet ski that was involved in a crash in Narragansett Bay that sent two women to Newport Hospital and prompted a U.S. Coast Guard response.

Ryan Joseph Bonifacino, of 5 Spring St., New York, N.Y., was arrested on Aug. 2 by Jamestown Police after authorities responded to the house on East Shore Road for a report of missing boaters.

Police said they arrived at the house and learned that there was a party going on inside. People at the house said that Bonifacino, along with three other people, left on a pair of jet skis and never came back.

The U.S. Coast Guard reported that the the jet skis were involved in a crash against a rock in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, causing serious injuries to at least two people.

All four came back to the house on one jet ski and two women who have not been identified were transported to the hospital.

Police said the investigation concluded that Bonifacino broke into the house and threw the party. Food and alcohol inside the house were served.

The jet skis belonged to a different resident of East Shore Road, police said, and the damaged jet ski was eventually located in the bay and towed back by the Jamestown Harbormastor.

Jamestown Police charged Bonifacino with misappropriation of a vehicle for taking the jet ski and breaking and entering.

Bonifacino is Alex and Ani’s chief marketing officer and senior vice president of digital, according to a biography posted on brand-innovators.com.

He joined the company in 2010.

Court records show Bonifacino is due to be arraigned in Second Division District Court on Aug. 14.