Crime & Safety
Tiverton Police: Not-So-Neighborly Confrontation
The following arrest information was supplied by the Tiverton Police. Arrests do not necessarily indicate a conviction.
Tiverton Man Arrested For Not-So-Neighborly Confrontation
Arthur Girard, 54, of 152 Hayden Ave., Tiverton, was arrested on Oct. 1 and charged with simple assault. Girard allegedly shoved his Hayden Avenue neighbor and threatened to punch him after his neighbor approached him to discuss an ongoing property dispute between the two homeowners. According to reports, Girard's neighbor claimed Girard damaged his lawn earlier in the week and he had to pay for supplies at Home Depot in order to repair it. The neighbor wanted Girard to pay the bill. Girard declined and allegedly put all his force into shoving his neighbor three times.
Girard was released on a court summons.
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Jared Coelho, 30, and Matthew Abrantes, 22, both of Westport, MA, were arrested on Sept. 29 at 6:33 p.m. after Tiverton Police stopped their car on Route 24 because neither man was wearing a seat belt.
The driver, Coelho, of 32 McCaddy Court, Westport, MA, did not have a valid driver's license and was charged with driving with a suspended license. His vehicle registration was also suspended.
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Abrantes, of 201 Davis Road Apt. 1, was taken out of the car and when he exited the car police found a small pill bottle with 41 Alprazolam pills on the floor of the car. Police charged Abrantes with possession of a controlled substance - a felony. Police transported Both men to headquarters where a justice of the peace arraigned them. Both were released on $1,000 bail with surety.
29-Year-Old Tiverton Man Violates No Contact Order
David Truver, 29, of 20 Main Road Apt. 1 was arrested on Sept. 30 on a Second Division District Court bench warrant and charged with violating a no contact order. According to reports, an officer who knows Truver saw him speaking with a female with whom he has an active no contact order in place. After confirming the order was active, police arrested Truver and learned he was wanted on the warrant. Truver was arraigned the next day and released on $2,000 bail with surety.
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