NK Police Log: Man Planned to Shoot Birds...and Eat Them

NK Man Planned to Shoot Birds…and Eat Them

On the morning of Oct. 15, police received a call of a man dressed in dark clothing walking around Marine Road Bike Path with a rifle. Police found the man as he left the path without the rifle, which the man said he left in the woods. Officers found the rifle — which was actually a pellet rifle — in a bag, along with a container full of pellets and a dead robin.

Due to the Asian man’s broken English, officers were unable to ascertain why he had a pellet rifle and a dead robin in a bag. It wasn’t until a passerby, who was fluent in English, Taiwanese and Mandarin, offered to translate that police learned the man allegedly bought the pellet gun at Walmart to shoot birds in order to eat them. He was issued a court summons from the Department of Environmental Management for failing to wear orange, hunting without a license and shooting a songbird as a protected species.

Woman Charged After Alleged Drunk Shopping Spree

Belinda Sue Sidelinger, 51, of 6 Twinleaf Trail in Narragansett, was arrested Oct. 15 at 1:05 p.m. on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Police arrived at Consignments Goods on Post Road for a report of an intoxicated woman at the store. According to the store’s owner, Sidelinger was obviously drunk and was dancing aroundt, then began to curse and act inappropriately toward other customers.

When officers arrived, they found Sidelinger standing in the aisle, reportedly slurring her words and speaking loudly to two other women. Sidelinger allegedly ran out the store’s front door when she saw officers, hiding between two cars in the parking lot. When an officer approached Sidelinger in the parking lot, she reportedly told him, “I don’t have anything, baby doll” and added that she was lost because she wanted to be lost.

According to police, Sidelinger refused to provide identification and kept trying to walk toward the street, trying to push officers out of the way. When she was unable to pass by officers, Sidelinger allegedly threw her purse to the ground and screamed that she didn’t need to talk to the police, before digging through the purse and throwing items to the ground. According to reports, she handed a BJ’s card to an officer with her name on it.

Officers allegedly had to tell Sidelinger repeatedly not to touch or push them. After an officer told her she would be arrested if she touched them again, Sidelinger allegedly threw her purse down again and started to run away. Officers then arrested Sidelinger and transported her to the ACI as a bail violator. The North Kingstown Police Department also issued a no trespass order to Sidelinger for Consignment Goods.

Other Arrests...

Jessica Lynn Holland, 25, of 108 Grove Ave., was arrested Oct. 16 at 10:45 a.m. on charges of domestic assault and domestic disorderly conduct.

Christine Flanagan, 42, of 35 Meadowbrook Ave. in Warwick, was arrested Oct. 17 at 12:55 a.m. on charges of driving with a suspended license.