Rhode Island: Former Cranston police officer Carmine Giarrusso charged with stalking woman

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Cranston ex-cop suspected in thefts from unlocked cars during Smithfield church service

A retired Cranston police officer who has also worked as a teacher in Johnston was arrested in a church parking lot Sunday morning after witnesses reported a man rifling through unlocked cars. Smithfield police officers were called to St. Philip Church, 622 Putnam Pike, at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, a news release from Lt. Gerald P. Pezzullo Jr. said. Witness descriptions matched those of someone seen stealing from unlocked vehicles. Officers found him in the lot, with a stolen wallet and more than 50 gift cards worth from $5 to $200. Identified as Carmine Giarrusso, 56, of Cranston, he was charged ...

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Retired officer arrested in church parking lot with wallet, gift cards taken from cars, police say

A retired Rhode Island police officer was arrested in a church parking lot Sunday morning after witnesses reported a man rifling through unlocked cars. Carmine Giarrusso was found by Smithfield officers in the lot of St. Philip Catholic Church, according to a news released from Lt. Gerald P. Pezzullo Jr. Police were called to the church on Sunday morning after witnesses saw a man stealing from unlocked vehicles. According to Smithfield police, Giarrusso, of nearby Cranston, R.I., had on him a stolen wallet and more than 50 gift cards ranging in value from $5 to $200. Giarrusso, 56, retired from ...

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Ex-Cranston police officer pleads no contest to stealing cash from cars in church parking lot

A 56-year-old former Cranston police officer who was accused of stealing purses and cash from vehicles parked outside a Smithfield church pleaded no contest Tuesday in District Court, Warwick. Carmine Giarrusso, who also worked as a teacher in Johnston, was arrested in the parking lot of St. Philip Catholic Church on Dec. 30 after witnesses had reported that a man had rifled through unlocked cars. Smithfield police charged him with larceny in the theft of pursues and cash from two women on Dec. 28, according to court records. Cranston police charged him with two counts of larceny in the theft ...

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Former Cranston police officer charged with stalking woman

A former police officer accused in December 2018 of stealing from cars in a church parking lot was arrested this week on domestic stalking and other charges . Carmine Giarrusso, 57, of 26 Gentian Ave., Providence, was arrested at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday by Smithfield detectives, according to a news release from the Smithfield police. Smithfield police Capt. Michael Rheaume confirmed that Giarrusso is a former police officer. News stories in the Providence Journal archives show a Carmine Giarrusso of the same address who worked as a police officer in Cranston. On Feb. 1, the Smithfield police took a complaint from ...

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