Police Log: Son Shoots Dad's Gun, Donuts Behind School, DUI

FIRING IN A COMPACT AREA
Police spoke with a North Kingstown father after his juvenile son used his rifle to fire rounds into an embankment across the water off Wickford Point Road on Christmas Day.

Police said the boy took the .22 caliber rifle owned by his father and took it to the shore adjacent to the road. Someone nearby overheard the shots and called police.

Police said the father was unaware his son took the rifle and promised it wouldn’t happen again.

DONUTS AT QUIDNESSETT ELEMENTARY
Someone drove onto the field adjacent to a walking path behind Quidnessett Elementary School on Dec. 27 and carved donuts, leaving behind torn-up grass and deep circular gouges.

Police were notified of the damage by a school maintenance official.

DUI
Police charged Christopher Lee Mensel, 49, of 189 Mesa Drive, North Kingstown, with driving under the influence and refusing a chemical test Dec. 30 at 12:02 a.m.

Police said Mensel was stopped for speeding on Post Road and an officer could smell alcohol. Mensel later failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody without incident.

DEALER PLATES STOLEN
Two dealer registration plates belonging to Tarbox Toyota on Quaker Lane were last seen on Dec. 19 when the dealership closed for the night, police said.

The plates, Nos. 400G and 400K respectively, could not be found when workers arrived the following morning.

RING MISSING
The family of a man residing at South County Nursing Center in North Kingstown reported to police on Dec. 29 that his wedding ring had gone missing sometime between Dec. 23 and 29.

The ring was snug and would have had to have been cut off to be removed, the family members said.

The facility is reportedly conducting an internal investigation in an attempt to locate the ring, police said.

FRAUD
A Fletcher Road woman told police on Dec. 29 that someone used her Macy’s American Express card to make purchases at Amazon.com and make a $5 dollar donation to the Wounded Warrior Project.

The woman said she discovered the fraud while at the Macy’s customer service desk in Warwick to pay her card balance -- which she does every month. The clerk asked if she wished to pay the remaining balance of $298.80, which is the amount the fraudulent purchases totaled.

DOMESTIC
Police charged Wayne S. Holbrook, 31, of 10 Midway Drive, North Kingstown, with domestic vandalism and domestic disorderly conduct Dec. 25 at 3:10 p.m.

Police charged Nicole Oliano, 41, of 133 Asqah Drive, North Kingstown, with domestic vandalism and domestic disorderly conduct Dec. 27 at 11:10 p.m.

PLEASE DON’T TAKE THE WOOD
A 23-year-old North Kingstown man who started to take wood from a pile outside his girlfriend’s apartment off North Cove Circle was told to unload his pickup truck after a property manager called police.

Police said a tree fell overnight on Dec. 11 and a crew cut the tree into sections that had been sitting in the area for the past two weeks. The boyfriend reportedly had seen the wood sitting there, figured nobody wanted it, and started to load up his truck.

He was warned and told to refrain from taking anything without first getting permission.

Officials for the property did not wish to press charges.