Man Arrested After Police See Cocaine Sticking Out of Pocket

Two Newport residents were arrested after police responded to Evarts Street on Sunday around 4:40 p.m. for a report of a male that pushed a female to the ground.

Xavier Perry, 19, of 12 Champlin St., was charged with a felony drug possession charge and domestic simple assault. His 17-year-old girlfriend was charged with simple assault. The girl allegedly slapped Perry who then pushed her to ground a few minutes later. Police said a small glassine baggie was sticking out of Perry's pants pocket with white powdery substance, that later tested positive for cocaine.

Other Arrests

• Rahman Vages, 4 Elliot Place, was arrested on Monday around 2:26 a.m. on a felony receiving stolen goods charge and for driving with a suspended license.  Vages was stopped because the car he was driving had a expired registration, said police.  Police said during questioning, the passenger was deleting information off a MacBook laptop.  He allegedly told police he bought the laptop from some “crack head” for $200.  Police later determined the laptop had been stolen last August.
  
  
• Luis Marty, 29, of 252 Maple Ave was arrested on Sunday, around 1:10 a.m. on charges of domestic simple assault.  Police were called to 2 Princeton St. for a complaint that two males were fighting in the street.   Perry allegedly hit a 32-year-old Warwick male who was bleeding from the head.
  
  
• Patrick Meehan, 32, of 123 Trout Dr. was arrested on Sunday around 1:30 a.m. on disorderly conduct charges.

• Stefon Douglas Jenkins, 21, of 18 John Chafee Blvd was cited on Saturday for urinating in public around 1:41 a.m.