NK Police Log: Dementia Patient's Friend Reportedly Harasses Care Providers

Dementia Patient's Friend Reportedly Harasses Care Providers

Health care providers for a 83-year-old dementia patient from North Kingstown contacted police after the man’s friend allegedly accused the providers of wrong-doing. According to an employee from A Peace of Mind Home Health Care, the man’s 65-year-old friend told the patient over the phone that his care providers were trying to poison him and that they should be servicing him sexually, among other untrue statements about his care.

The employee added that, the day prior, one of her colleagues (who has a Caribbean accent) had a conversation with the man over the phone in which he told her to “go back to Africa,” which “upset her a great deal.”

The patient, who suffers from dementia and short-term memory loss, told police that he didn’t recall his friend making any negative comments about his care providers and that he wished to continue having conversations with him. After contacting the patient’s grandson, who holds power of attorney, police ceased their involvement in the matter.

Alleged Drunk Driver Strikes Another Car

Lee A. Capalbo, 52, of 72 Haggerty Hill Road in Saunderstown, was arrested Nov. 28 at 8:41 p.m. on charges of drunken driving.

According to witness statements, Capalbo was turning from Ten Rod Road onto the onramp for Route 4 south when she struck an oncoming vehicle. The man in the other car was transported to the hospital after complaining of back and neck pain while officers moved Capalbo to a police cruiser for safety. According to officers, Capalbo appeared to be intoxicated, with slurred speech and bloodshot, watery eyes.

After reportedly failing her field sobriety test, Capalbo took a preliminary breathalyzyer test: Her blood alcohol content allegedly tested at .098 percent. The legal limit in Rhode Island is .08.

She is set to appear in Third District Court on Dec. 13.

EG Man Charged With Pot Possession

Wilson Gordon Saville III, 23, of 628 Ives Road in East Greenwich, was arrested Nov. 30 at 12:02 a.m. on charges of possession of marijuana.

An officer on duty pulled up to Saville’s car, which was the only car parked in the parking lot at the All-American Bar & Grille. According to the officer, as the passenger put up his window, a “large amount of white smoke” emerged from the window. While talking with Saville and his passenger, the officer allegedly smelled burnt marijuana and saw a multi-colored smoking pipe with a green leafy substance on the center console.

Saville allegedly admitted there was marijuana in the car, telling the officer, “It’s mine and we were both smoking it.” Saville was taken into custody while his passenger was released.

He is set to appear in Third District Court on Dec. 13.

Man Claims He Was Coming From 'The Old bee'

Justin Jon Morgado, 38, of 31 Grove Ave. Apt. A, was arrested Dec. 4 at 10:07 p.m. on charges of drunken driving and driving with a suspended license.

Police pulled Morgado over after he failed to stop at a stop sign at the corner of Devils Foot Road and School Street. In speaking with Morgado, police learned that his license was suspended. Initially, Morgado alleged that he had not been drinking that night but then told the officer that he had had one beer and was coming from “the projects in North Kingstown.” When asked to clarify, Morgado allegedly told the officer he was coming from a friend’s house near “the old bee.”

During Morgado’s field sobriety test, he allegedly asked the officer to drop him off at his house multiple times. At headquarters, Morgado’s blood alcohol allegedly tested at 0.176 and 0.163 in respective tests. At headquarters, Morgado allegedly admitted to having four beers that night and was coming from Kingstown Bowl.

He is set to appear in Third District Court on Jan. 10.

Other Arrests...

Jamie L. Pelley, 29, of 1075 Old Baptist Road, was arrested Nov. 29 at 1:41 a.m. following a bench warrant for her arrest.

Linda May Spencer, 52, of 28 Eisenhower St. in Coventry, was arrested Nov. 29 at 8 p.m on charges of driving on a suspended license. She is set to appear in Third District Court on Dec. 13.