Cranston Man Allegedly Pushed Girl Friend & Threatened to Kill Her 2 Cats

NEWPORT, RI—Tommy Walaski, 39, of Cranston, turned himself into Newport police at 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday. He was charged with Domestic Simple Assault and Battery over an incident his girl friend reported at 1:30 that morning.

According to the arrest report, Walaski and the woman quarreled over the telephone. They had been sharing an apartment at Chapel Street. But after the argument, she told police, she was afraid to go home and went instead to a friend's house on Kilburn Street. There, Walaski allegedly showed up, banged on the door; and when she answered it, he grabbed her shirt, pulled her down the stairs, shoved her up against his truck and pushed her in the face. Then she said he told her he would kill her two cats back at Chapel Street.

She managed to get back inside her friend's home and called police.

Police contacted Walaski and asked him to come to the station. He declined and said he would be around Kay and Bull streets. Officers went to the area but did not find him. Later, Walaski decided to turn himself in. He was on federal probation for another matter, police said.