Police Arrest Davisville Middle School Break In Suspect

Police have arrested Joseph Howell, 27, of West Allenton Road in North Kingstown, of breaking into Davisville Middle School early Monday, May 13. He's been charged with breaking & entering and vandalism.

Police were called to the school on Monday after school officials reported to work and discovered unspecified damage to the school. Video from a surveillance camera captured images of a man wearing a white mask, carrying bolt cutters. .

Extensive damage to school department equipment as well as the school building was reported. The police investigation found that the school, students, and staff were not targeted; rather, this appears to be a random act of vandalism.

Howell was arraigned by the Honorable Judge Woodcock-Pfeifer at Third District Court Thursday morning on one count of breaking & entering and one count of vandalism.