Rochester Man Charged with Bigamy

The following is an excerpt from the Portsmouth Police log from Wednesday, Jan. 23 through Saturday, Jan. 26.

Wednesday:

• At 2:33 p.m., police reported a theft on Woodbury Avenue after the caller said a cell phone was stolen from the Ocean State Job Lot store.
• At 4:23 p.m., police reported a theft on Woodbury Avenue after the caller said someone went through their unlocked car and stole some items.
• At 7 p.m., police reported a theft on Lafayette Road after the caller said someone stole his cell phone.

Thursday:

• At 7:44 a.m., police reported truancy on Lafayette Road after the mother of a 9-year-old boy said he refused to go to school.
• At 8:32 a.m., police reported a motor vehicle theft on Lafayette Road.
• At 5:08 p.m., police reported shoplifting at a Lafayette Road business involving two female suspects.
• At 7:57 p.m., police arrested a Dover man for shoplifting on Lafayette Road. Ernest W. Richards, 38, of 64 Sixth St. was charged with theft from a building.

Friday:

• At 5:45 a.m., police reported a theft of a snow plow off a truck on Lafayette Road.
• At 12:16 p.m., police arrested a Rye man who was wanted as a fugitive from justice after he was detained by Hampton Police. William Bates, 23, of 120 Lafayette Road, Apt. 32, in Rye was wanted for theft (removing merchandise from the premises).
• At 7:57 p.m., police arrested a Rochester man who was wanted as a fugitive from justice after he turned himself in to police. Joseph Gibson, 41, of 45 Charles St., Apt. 1 was wanted for bigamy and making a false statement on vital records.
• At 9:43 p.m., police arrested a Dover woman following a domestic incident on Edgewood Road. Amber E. Demaray, 24, of 1 Mill St., Apt. 328 was charged with criminal threatening and simple assault.

Saturday:

• At 8:54 p.m., police reported a robbery on Lafayette Road after a female suspect left a store with a shopping cart full of merchandise and left in a maroon Chevy sedan.