Warren police logs: Noisy rooster earns return police visit

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Monday, May 1
Two engines, a ladder truck and volunteers raced to a fire call to a Citizens Bank ATM on Metacom Avenue at 8:46 a.m. The smoke called in turned out to be from a faulty ventilation system.
A woman came into the station and asked that police remove a man from her home.
A Prudence Lane woman told the animal control officer that an animal was living underneath her stairs.
A caller reported being assaulted by an older man, who left in a van. He declined medical treatment.
A Mason Street man reported an ongoing cyber-harassment issue.
A caller told police he thought he saw Maraysha Hicks, a 16-year-old girl missing since late April, on Metacom Avenue. Police looked but could not find anyone matching her description.
A resident of Cole Street reported a raccoon wandering loose in the area.
A Seymour Street man reported being assaulted by a neighbor.
A Water Street woman who police said appeared to be drunk called to report that “a black male walked up to her window and asked if she wanted to smoke with him.” He then walked away.
A Greene Street woman reported getting into an argument with her boyfriend.
Tuesday, May 2
A Child Street resident complained that a neighbor was banging on the walls.
A Main Street man complained that his cell phone was either stolen or lost.
A coyote was spotted in the field behind St. Thomas the Apostle Church on Metacom Avenue.
Wednesday, May 3
A pizza delivery driver reported receiving a threatening phone call.
Brian A. Segal, 37, of Bristol, was arrested by Warren police on a Pawtucket warrant, after he was pulled over on Market Street at 6:24 a.m.
A Market Street apartment resident reported being harassed by another tenant.
Police got a call that a man was pacing angrily in front of the Dunkin Donuts on Main Street.
Police fond a bicycle abandoned on the East Bay Bike Path.
Police were called to Mason Street for an argument between a man and woman.
Thursday, May 4
The animal control officer released a raccoon that had climbed not a trash bin on Greenlawn Court and couldn’t get out.
A shoplifter was reported at Ocean State Job Lot.
Friday, May 5
A man and woman were reported fighting in a Broad Street apartment.
A woman called police to report finding a bag filled with drug paraphernalia.
A Metacom Avenue man complained about loud music from the second floor apartment.
A Long Lane man reported receiving harassing telephone messages.
Saturday, May 6
A motorist came upon a cow while driving down Serpentine Road. He called the animal control officer, who led the animal home.
A Seymour Street man called police at 3:40 p.m., complaining that a neighbor’s rooster had been crowing for hours. The owner was called and advised of the complaint, and said he would send his son over “to take care of the problem.” No clarification given.
Officers reminded the owners of a Long Lane home about the town’s noise ordinance, after police received a noise complaint at 8:58 p.m. However, officers noted that the noise was not excessive.
Sunday, May 7
Laura B. Maisano, 21, of Bristol, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, first offense, and refusal to submit to a chemical test, after police pulled her over on Metacom Avenue at 2:40 a.m.
Rooster lovers might be happy to know that the man who said Saturday that his son would “take care” of a crowing rooster on Seymour Street did not take the extremest of measures to quiet the animal. Others, like the neighbor who called in on Saturday and again Sunday at 4:40 a.m., might not be so happy. The animal control officer was called again by the same caller from a day earlier, complaining that the rooster, apparently alive and well, was crowing again.
Police dispersed a man using a metal detector at Burr’s Hill Park.
A Davis Street man reported neighbors arguing.
An officer was called and asked to keep the peace while a man retrieved his belongings from a Greene Street home.
A caller told police he was concerned about a juvenile hitchhiking on Child Street just after 7 p.m. The boy, 15, told police he was trying to get home but didn’t have a cell phone to call his mom. Dispatchers contacted her, and his dad came to pick him up.
A caller told police that a car rear-ended him while he was waiting in the McDonald’s drive through. The car took off, he said, and he noted the plate number.
Monday, May 8
A man complained that his car was either stolen or repossessed.
Police got a call about a past domestic incident on Davis Street.