Crime & Safety
Four Charges in One Stop, Needs a Backup Key
The Warren Police Department provided the information for this article. Where an arrest is noted, it does not indicate a conviction.

TheĀ Warren Police DepartmentĀ reported the following arrests and incidents for Sept. 3 through 9:
Arrested:
- Rachel Benoit, of 11 Barney St., on Sept. 3 at about 4 p.m. onĀ a Superior Court warrant for failure to appear at an August hearing on felony larceny and selling stolen goods charges. She is next due for a determination of attorney hearing on Sept. 18.
- Alan Jacobs, of 13 Mulberry St., andĀ Amy Conti, of 27A Asselin St., on separate charges following a traffic stop on Market Street on Sept. 4 at about 1 a.m. Officers arrested Jacobs on a court warrant and an obstruction charge, and Conti on a driving with a suspended license charge.
- Timothy Mendes, 54, of Swansea, MA, on charges of drag racing, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct on Aug. 6 at about 6:15 a.m., following a stop on Market Street. Mendes pleaded no guilty at arraignment, and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Sept. 27.Ā
- A resident of Asselin road told police on Sept. 4 at about 2:30 p.m. thatĀ someone had climbed in a nearby home through the window. The responding officer noted that the female had forgotten her keys and used the window to get inside.
- Officers responded to a case ofĀ a driver falling asleep behind the wheelĀ on Sept. 8 at 12:20 a.m. after the car apparently hit parked cars on Truman Avenue.
- Responding to a report ofĀ smoke near Asylum Road, a local officerĀ found wooden pallets left on top of a still-hot clambake pit.
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