WARWICK, RI — A driver straying outside her lane in a white 2003 Nissan south on Bald Hill Road Jan. 1 at 7:13 p.m. drew the attention of Officer Aaron Steere when she abruptly turned into the Target plaza without signaling, who stopped her and arrested her passenger on a felony larceny warrant.
Steere asked the driver’s license, but the woman, who identified herself as Ashley Baker, 33, told him she didn’t have a license, only a Rhode Island ID card. A juvenile in the back seat and adult man in the front seat did not have IDs, according to the officer’s report.
Steere checked on Baker’s license, learning it had been revoked in MA. When he asked the adult man’s identity, Baker and the man each separately initially gave him the same name, which did not appear to match the picture in the RI DMV database. When pressed for his social security number and if he had warrants for his arrest, the man admitted that he was Christopher Trotter, 35, of 101 Kenyon Ave., Pawtuckt, according to the report.
Trotter was in the system with a photo matching the man, and also with an outstanding arrest warrant on a felony larceny charge.
Steere arrested Trotter and transported him to Warwick Police Headquarters, 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.
The officer gave Baker a summons for a Third District Court hearing for Driving with a Suspended or Revoked License. He instructed her to have a driver with a license move the car from the lot.
Author: Rob Borkowski
Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.
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