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Police Log 12-08-22

Posted 12/7/22

DUI

Around 8:59 p.m., Nov. 2, Warwick Police responded to the area of 3377 Post Road for the report of an “erratic operator in progress.”

A witness reported a white Lincoln …

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POLICE NEWS

Police Log 12-08-22

Posted

DUI

Around 8:59 p.m., Nov. 2, Warwick Police responded to the area of 3377 Post Road for the report of an “erratic operator in progress.”

A witness reported a white Lincoln traveling southbound on Post Road in the area of Cumberland Farms, 3335 Post Road, swerving in the roadway, possibly with two blown-out tires. A caller told police that there was “a possibly intoxicated female” in the car, and dispatch later advised the vehicle had pulled over into the parking lot of PieZoni’s Pizza, at 3377 Post Road.

Police approached and identified the driver as Kimberly Gilbert, 50, of 75 Cooper Lane, East Greenwich.

“I immediately observed Gilbert to have extremely bloodshot and watery eyes,” Warwick Police Officer Connor R. Bemis wrote in the arrest report. “I noticed that her speech was heavily slurred and I detected the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her breath. I turned the keys in the ignition off and asked Gilbert to exit the vehicle, to which she complied.”

Gilber told police she was coming from her boyfriend’s house in West Warwick, and allegedly said “she drank a few nips and a few beers,” according to the arrest report.

Bemis spotted an empty Bud Light beer can in the car’s cup holder.

“I also observed her vehicle to have two flat tires, both on the driver’s side,” Bemis wrote. “The tires were actively leaking with audible noise. While outside of the vehicle, I continued to detect the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Gilbert’s breath.”

Police asked Gilbert to consent to a series of standardized field sobriety tests. She agreed.

Following the test, police determined that Gilbert “was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and/or drugs,” according to the arrest report.

She was handcuffed, loaded into a cruiser and transported to Warwick Police Headquarters. Gilbert consented to a chemical breath test, according to police.

“She indicated her acceptance on the consent form, which she also signed,” Bemis wrote. “The fifteen minute observation started at approximately 2146 hours. It should be noted that when the breathalyzer was started, a RFI error was detected and the breathalyzer needed to be restarted to continue testing. At this time, Gilbert verbally stated ‘I messed up, I want to refuse,’ repeatedly in the presence of (the jailor).”

While conducting an inventory of Gilbert’s belongings, police said they found a plastic baggie in her purse, containing an orange pill. Police later identified the pill as amphetamines, a Schedule II controlled substance.

Gilbert allegedly told police the pill belonged to her daughter, and she did not have a prescription for the medication.

The pill was seized as evidence.

After a check of Gilbert’s criminal history, police charged her with DUI of Liquor (BAC unknown), Possession of Schedule I-V Controlled Substance (less than 10 grams), and Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test (first offense).


CRACK SEIZED

At 10:01 p.m., Nov. 9, Warwick Police Officer Connor R. Bemis was on a fixed traffic post near Airport Road and Dolores Court, when he observed a red Volvo traveling east at “an extremely low rate of speed.”

After running a check on the vehicle, Bemis determined its registration was suspended. He initiated a traffic stop and spoke to the driver, identified as Leonard J. Cady Jr., 49, of 195 Pawtucket Ave., Pawtucket. Police also identified a passenger in the vehicle.

“While speaking with Cady, I observed hi to be very nervous, as his hands were observed to be heavily shaking as he handed me his ID,” Bemis wrote in the arrest report. “I also observed Cady’s pupils to be extremely dilated, which is consistent with the use of stimulants. I then observed Chore-boy on the floorboard near his feet.”

“Chore-boy” is consistent with the use of smoking crack cocaine, according to police.

Both occupants were removed from the vehicle. Police asked Cady if there was anything illegal in the car, and he allegedly answered “I’m not sure.”

Another officer on the scene told Bemis that he spotted “a plastic baggie containing a white powdery substance in plain view in the driver’s seat visor where Cady had been visually target glancing,” Bemis wrote.

“I seized the plastic baggie, which I observed to contain a white powdery and rock like substance,” Bemis wrote. “”Through my training and experience, I identified the substance as suspected crack cocaine.”

Cady was handcuffed, read his rights and secured in the rear of a cruiser.

“Cady stated that he did not know what the substance was, but took ownership of it, as he stated that it did not belong to (the passenger),” Bemis wrote. “(The passenger) was released from the sceen without incident.

Police conducted a “probable cause search” of the car.

They allegedly found a white container, labeled “morphine sulfate 20 MG/ML,” in plain view in a box behind the driver’s seat. The bottle was sealed and not labeled with any patient information. It was seized as evidence.

Cady was transported to Warwick Police Headquarters, secured into a cell. The suspected crack was field tested, and tested positive for cocaine, according to police. It weighed 3 grams and was logged into evidence. The medicine bottle was sent to toxicology for testing.

“Further charges are pending the results of the toxicology report,” Bemis wrote.

Cady was charged with one count of Possession of Schedule I-V Controlled Substance (10 grams or less). He was also issued a citation for Operating a Motor Vehicle with Suspended Registration.

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