Newport Police Log: Man Insists Others 'Learn Love,' Driver's Car Windows Smashed Out by Stranger

The following reports detail the arrests made by the Newport Police Department from Monday, August 2, through the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 3. Descriptions of all events are based solely on police officer reports provided to Patch.

Portsmouth Man Charged After Insisting Others "Learn Love"

John Marcel McVay, 21, of 181 Brownell Lane in Portsmouth, was arrested around 2:15 Tuesday on a charge of obstructing an officer.

Police say that at approximately 2:01 a.m., they responded to the front of Via Via on Thames Street for a report of two people fighting. When officers arrived, they began speaking to the victim, but say they were disrupted when McVay came over and started yelling "You need to learn how to love." An officer says that when he asked McVay if he had anything to do with the incident, he ignored him and continued to tell the victim to "learn love." The officer told McVay to leave multiple times, but he refused, and instead continued to interrupt with "learn love." According to the report, the officer grabbed him by the arm and pushed him out of the way, but McVay came right back to the scene to continue interrupting.

Massachusetts Man Charged with Smashing Out Car Windows

Michael Courage, 24, of 148 Squanto Road in Quincy, MA, was arrested around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday on charges of vandalizing property.

According to the report, officers were dispatched to the area of Pope and Spring streets around 1:30 a.m. The victim on the scene told police that he was driving up Pope Street when he noticed a heavy-set man with no shirt on nearby. When he approached the intersection with Spring Street, the victim told police he let his friend out of the car, then remained at the intersection for a moment. At that point, the victim says the heavy-set man, later identified as Courage, came up with a long object and began smashing out all the windows of the car. The victim said he ran for safety and that he'd never seen Courage before.

Officers reported that the front windshield, rear windshield, passenger front window and rear door windows were all smashed out. The A-post of the vehicle also had a small dent in it, and paint was missing.

According to the report, an officer looking around the area found a stick in the driveway of 18 Pope Street. Police approached the first floor apartment and knocked on the door. Courage answered with no clothes on, and police said when they offered to come inside to get some for him, Courage told them he had three dogs in the apartment who weren't friendly towards people in uniform. Officers then handcuffed Courage and left a message for animal control about his pitbulls.

Newport Man Charged with Threatening Officer

Ross H. Glazier, 26, of 32 West Evans Street in Newport, was arrested around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday for threatening a public official and driving under the influence.

Officer Joseph Lavallee reported that he was on Albro Street near Van Zandt Avenue around 1 a.m. assisting another officer on a disorderly report when he heard an engine revving and tires squealing on the south side of the street. When he looked toward the noise, Lavallee said he saw the vehicle accelerating toward them. When the vehicle didn't slow down as it approached, Lavallee said he took a few steps toward it while waving his arms and strobing his flashlight. According to the report, the vehicle then stopped accelerating, but still appeared to be maintaining its speed and Lavallee had to step out of the way to avoid being struck. As the vehicle passed, Lavallee said he kicked the passenger side fender while waving his arms and shouting "stop." The operator, whom Lavallee said he immediately identified as Glazier, then slammed on his breaks and began going in reverse. Lavellee yelled for him to stop again, which he did.

As he approached the driver's side of the vehicle, Lavallee said he asked Glazier why he didn't stop, to which he replied that he was trying to go home and didn't notice the officer. Lavallee said he noticed Glazier had severely blood-shot eyes and the odor of alcohol on his breath. He was instructed to get out of the vehicle for field sobriety tests, and based on his performance on those, officers said they had probable cause to arrest him for drinking under the influence.

When he was taken to the police station for booking, officers say Glazier remained agitated and kept yelling obscenities at officers that implied he was going to get them later. According to the report, Glaizer kicked the wall of his holding cell at one point while looking at an officer, and later kept whispering "I'm going to get you" while police searched him.

Warrant Arrest

Reginald J. Correa, 29, of 15 Meeting Street in Newport, was arrested around 4:40 p.m. Monday on a Superior Court bench warrant related to a violation hearing. Officers report they noticed Correa walking east on Eisenhower Road toward Hillside Avenue around 4:30 p.m. and that he kept looking back at them. When they approached him and asked what he was doing, police say Correa told them he had just come back from a friend's house, but wouldn't say who or where they lived. That's when officers ran Correa through the system and discovered his warrant.

Local Man Arrested After Vandalizing Door

Roshawn J.P. Massey, 25, of 5 Ranger Road in Newport, was arrested on a charge of domestic vandalism around 11:16 a.m. Monday.

According to the report, officers were dispatched to 15 Kingston Street Apt. F around 9:40 a.m. and upon arrival met with the property manager, who said she suspected the resident's ex-boyfriend had kicked in the door, splitting the wood frame and making the door unable to be opened from the outside.

Officers say they went around to the back door to speak to the woman living there, who told them she woke up to find the front door damaged, but wasn't sure who caused it. She later mentioned that the father of her children, Massey, had called earlier asking to pick up his work shoes and that they were now gone.

When officers told her they were going to put out a 24-hour pickup on Massey for domestic vandalism and domestic breaking and entering, the woman admitted that he hadn't broken into the apartment, but rather that she'd let him in the back door after hearing him banging on the front door. Officers then put out the 24-pickup for the domestic vandalism charge, and at approximately 1:20 a.m., Massey came to the police department to turn himself in.