Crime & Safety
In Jail Cell, Prisoner Learns About One Extra Charge He Will Face
Ryan M. Dennis, 23, of Newport was charged again on Dec. 14 when his former employer accused him to stealing $900.
NEWPORT, RI— Newport detectives hardly needed any time at all to apprehend a suspect when a local restaurant called and said former employee Ryan M. Dennis was caught on surveillance tape allegedly stealing $900.
Police just walked back to the cell block and let Dennis, 23, of Newport, know he'd be facing another misdemeanor, larceny under $1,500.
He was in the cell block because police arrested him earlier that morning on two unrelated charges.
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Earlier that morning, police picked him up near the corner of Young and Spring streets after they spotted him carrying a set of head phones near a Sport Utility Vehicle that had apparently been broken into. He was charged with receiving stolen goods, a misdemeanor, when officers arrested him at 4:36 a.m. on Dec. 14.
He was also charged with felony drug possession for carrying a prescription pill, a generic for clonazepam, police said.
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He was booked on the third charge at 12:40 p.m. on Dec. 14.
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