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Road Rage Driver Threw Car Hinge

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.
The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police responded to a road rage report Aug. 29, arresting a woman.
The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police responded to a road rage report Aug. 29, arresting a woman.

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police were called to the Post Road & Sandlewood Ave. intersection Aug. 29 at 2:48 p.m. for a road rage attack where a driver threw an auto part at another car, arresting the woman.

Yanessa Diaz, 24, of 34 Youngs Ave., West Warwick, faces one count of  throwing articles at moving vehicles, is free on $1,000  personal recognizance bail, with an Oct. 18 date to answer the charge in Third District Court, according to RI  court  records.

According to Officer  Acciaioli’s report, officers arrived to find a silver Toyota Camry down the road  on Sandlewood from a blue 2019 Kia Optima. The Optima’s driver told Acciaioli the Camry had stopped in front of his car and didn’t move. He beeped his horn to signal the driver, later identified as Diaz, should pull forward. The he  pulled around her.

Road Rage attack item found in street

He said Diaz pulled alongside his car and threw an object at the right side of his car during the road rage incident, scratching the right rear passenger’s quarter panel.

When Acciaioli spoke with Diaz, she denied throwing anything at the other car. She  eventually admitted that she had thrown a metal car part at the Optima.

When an officer inspected the area, he found a metal car door hinge, then  showed it to Diaz, who confirmed it was the object she’d thrown.

Acciaioli  arrested her and placed her in his cruiser, then transported her  to Warwick Police Headquarters, 99  Veterans Memorial Drive, charged her with throwing articles at moving vehicles, and later released with the court date for the road rage charge.

Rob Borkowski
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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