Large Fireworks Seizure and Arrest

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Created: June 26, 2015

WARWICK POLICE SEIZE $45,000 WORTH of ILLEGAL FIREWORKS

On 6/26/2015, the Warwick Police Department received information that a subject living at 270 Palace Avenue in Warwick was selling illegal aerial consumer fireworks.

Based on this information, members of the Warwick Police detective division conducted surveillance of the residence and confirmed the presence of fireworks. The suspect departed the residence in a minivan and was subsequently stopped by the Warwick Police. At that time, illegal aerial fireworks were located in the vehicle. Warwick Police then conducted a search of the residence at 270 Palace Avenue and found a large amount of the illegal aerial fireworks in the garage. The suspect, Javed Mohammad, age 50, was taken into custody and charged with one count of 11-13-1 Sale, use or possession of aerial consumed fireworks, a felony under Rhode Island law. He is being held at the Warwick Police Headquarters pending his arraignment.

Approximately 65 cases of illegal fireworks valued at about $45,000 were seized from the garage and transported to Warwick Police Headquarters. There they were inventoried and subsequently turned over to the Rhode Island Fire Marshal's office for storage and eventual destruction.

Male suspect robs Coastway Community Bank on Post Road

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Created: June 22, 2015

The Warwick Police responded to a bank robbery at the Coastway Community Bank, 3830 Post Road, at 9:48 am on June 16, 2015.

The preliminary investigation has disclosed that the suspect entered the bank alone, at approximately 9:45 am and demanded money from two tellers. The suspect fled on foot south on Post Road. The suspect is described as a white male, believed to be in his late forties or early fifties, approximately 5'7", slender build, wearing a black baseball hat, camouflage mask, sunglasses, black gloves, a dark blue or black jacket, believed to be "The North Face" brand, blue jeans, and sneakers. The suspect had dark colored shoulder length hair which may have been a wig. The male suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured as a result of this incident and no weapon was shown or mentioned by the suspect.

Any person with information related to the bank robbery is requested to contact the Warwick Police Department Detective Division at (401)468-4233 or Sgt. Eric Falcofsky at (401)468-4254.

2015 Gaspee Days Parade

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Created: June 13, 2015

Warwick PD Honor Guard looking strack at Gaspee Parade. Officers Tom Digregorio, Randy Francis, Steve Nelson, Damian Andrews and Leo Tetrault.

Colonel McCartney and his command staff lead the WPD in the parade.

Warwick Police Explorers at the Gaspee Days Parade:  Cameron Conroy, James Crosby, Danielle Andersen, Dallas Bullard and Joe Mee.

Warwick man connected to Boston terror suspects taken into custody

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Created: June 12, 2015

An FBI spokesperson in Boston told NBC 10 News that Nicholas Rovinski, 24, was taken into custody on Thursday, June 11, 2015.  Follow the link attached to the photograph to read the news story.