Man Monitored Prior to Assault Court Date June 2

WARWICK, RI — A Warwick man is being monitored by District Court Pretrial Services until his court screening June 2 on a charge for assault of a person older than 60.

The charge stems from the March 1 Warwick Police arrest of Anthony Olink II, 33, of 3174 Post Road, Warwick, at about 3:45 p.m., after officers Kaity Cabrejo and Jonathan DiPietro investigated a reported assault at 3166 Post Road.

The man who made the report, a 67-year-old,  told Cabrejo that he had been working on his truck in the back parking lot of his home when Olink approached from the right side of the truck, yelling, “Are going to talk to me now!” and began throwing his tools an oil onto the driveway and was gesturing toward him with a folding knife.

Report: Olink admits assault after yelling through fence

The man said he didn’t know Olink or what he was talking about, and asked who he was and what was going on, according to Cabrejo’s report. The older man backed away from Olink, who continued to approach him and wrestled him to the ground, striking him in the face. The older man pinned Olink on the ground until he calmed down, then released him, and Olink returned to his neighboring home.

The officers also spoke with a neighbor who discovered the the men wrestling and attempted to  separate the men. He noticed the knife on the ground nearby, and tossed it away, he said, according to the report.

The officers also spoke with Olink’s mother, 58, who told them he is on medication. They also spoke with Olink about the incident, according to the report.

Olink told the officers he had been trying to yell through the fence at the older man, but he got upset when the man didn’t answer and then walked to the truck. He said he opened his red folding knife to “scare” the elder man, but didn’t hold it towards him. He also admitted to throwing the tools and oil prior to wrestling with the man.

The officers arrested Olink and transported him to Warwick Police Headquarters, 99 Veterans Memorial Drive, where they charged him with one count of assault of a person older than 60 and one count of disorderly conduct.

Olink was later released on $1,000 personal recognizance that day, and arraigned March 3 in Third District Court and then released on $5,000 personal recognizance, on the conditions including a Non-Domestic No Contact Order and Pretrial Services Monitoring for Mental Health.