State Trooper Log: Troopers Arrest Court Scofflaws

Editor's note: The following reports were posted on the RI State Police website this week:

Troopers arrest Smithfield man for failing to appear on suspended license charge

On Thursday May 9, at 7:20 a.m., a trooper arrested Mark Lafleur, age 43, of 42 River St., West Warwick, Rhode Island on a Sixth District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Arraignment on the original charge of Driving After Suspension of License out of Smithfield Police Department.

The arrest was a result of a motor vehicle stop on East Avenue in the City of Warwick.

Lafleur was transported to the Wickford Barracks where he was processed and later turned over to the Sixth District Court.

Troopers arrest Woonsocket man for failing to appear on suspended license charge

On May 9, at 10:30 a.m., Troopers, arrested Thomas Farrell, age 44 of 744 High Street, Cumberland, RI for Sixth District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Sentencing for Driving with a Suspended License originating out of the Woonsocket Police Department.

The arrest was the result of a commercial motor vehicle stop on Route 1 in the Town of South Kingstown. Farrell was transported to the Wickford Barracks where he was processed and turned over to Sixth District Court.