Assault Charge, Boat Rescue, Dead Squirrels, Live Coyote

Bristol Police reported the following arrests and incidents for Sept. 9 through 16:

Arrested:

• Meryl McGaw, of Tiverton, on charges of assault, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, on Sept. 11 at about 4 a.m. According to police reports, a resident of Bradford Street first called Bristol Police at 12:40 a.m. and said a man and woman had been arguing for about an hour. They dispersed once officers arrived, then returned to the same place and started arguing again at 3:50 a.m. Ptlm. Timothy Gallison reported that he responded to the scene and took an "intoxicated female" unto custody. Gallison was later brought to Newport Hospital for evaluation of unspecified injuries. Officers brought McGaw to Sixth District Court later on Sept. 11 for arraignment on the new charges, as well as for violating probation set in two previous cases. Judge Robert Pirraglia sentenced McGaw to 30 days in prison with 11 months suspended and 11 months' probation for separate counts of obstructing police brought by Portsmouth Police and simple assault brought by Bristol Police, and imposed a year's probation and a one-year suspended sentence on the new charges.
• Nasser Alkhadi, of 617 Hope St., on a charge of falsely reporting a crime, on Sept. 12 at 7:10 p.m. Alkhadi told officers that he had been robbed the day before, but review of surveillance video did not support his claim, according to police.
  

• A resident of Elbow Street reported a case of check fraud on Sept. 9 at about 11:30 a.m.
• On Sept. 9 at about 2:30 p.m., officers responded to Francis Street for a report of a stolen check.
• A nurse from Kent County Hospital called Bristol Police on Sept. 9 at about 10:45 p.m. and said she had treated a 7-year-old for a dog bite to the face. According to police reports, the nurse said the incident happened on Evelyn Drive earlier that night.
• Bristol Animal Control officers responded to Annawamscutt Drive on Sept. 11 at about 5 p.m. for a report of a dead woodchuck.
• Bristol Harbor Patrol picked up three people following a water rescue on Sept. 11 at 6:25 p.m. about a mile north of the Mt. Hope Bridge. They were returned to Portsmouth, according to police reports.
• Officers responded to a home on Hope Street on Sept. 12 at about 10:30 a.m. for an allegation of a threat made by the resident's girlfriend. Police reports show that officers checked the residence and found "no issues."
• Fire and police personnel responded to a report of heavy smoke in a Mallory Court home on Sept. 13 at about 2:30 a.m. A dehumidifier may have been the cause, according to police reports.
• At 8:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sept. 13, officers went to Wendy Drive and Hopeworth Avenue to remove dead squirrels from the road.
• Officers cited three men for underage drinking at a house party on Lincoln Avenue on Sept. 14 at about 2 a.m. Cameron Hanify, of Massachusetts, and Connor O'Brien and Sean Miller, of Connecticut received summonses.
• An employee of a Metacom Avenue liquor store reported on Sept. 14 at about 12 p.m. that a 17-year-old had tried to buy liquor with a fake ID. Officers arrested the juvenile.
• On Sept. 15 at about 1 a.m., officers stopped a Roger Williams student who was trying to walk across the Mt. Hope Bridge to get to Portsmouth. RWU Public Safety sent a shuttle bus to pick up the student.
• A resident of Roosevelt Drive reported seeing a coyote in the backyard on Sept. 15 at about 6:30 p.m. Officers notified the state Department of Environmental Management.