NORTH SMITHFIELD – North Smithfield Police early Tuesday morning arrested three people on various charges outside the Travelers Motor Lodge on Eddie Dowling Highway.
3/31/2021
Rising water levels force property owner to abandon home
Michael Mongeon stands in the backyard of his property at 199 Eddie Dowling Highway, where a swampy wetland has left him with few options for using the house. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem)
NORTH SMITHFIELD – When Michael Mongeon first bought the property at 199 Eddie Dowling Highway in 2010, he said, the backyard was a grassy area, and the tenants who lived there liked to play badminton outside.
Since then, it’s become a swamp where cattails and other wetland vegetation have taken over the property right up to the back door.
“When I got this property, the whole backyard was grass. Now, you can’t walk out there without sinking a foot into the mud,” he said during a visit to the home last week.
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3/10/2021
Laura Heinzmann and Antonio Freitas were arrested at the Sunoco on Eddie Dowling Highway.
NORTH SMITHFIELD – The North Smithfield Police Department on Tuesday arrested two individuals after they received a tip someone was allegedly selling narcotics out of a motel room.
Antonio Freitas and Laura Heinzmann were arrested after police found them sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Sunoco on Route 146. Police said they had received information that two individuals with a vehicle matching the one they were discovered in were allegedly selling narcotics out of a room at the nearby Traveler’s Motor Lodge.
The two also had bench warrants out for their arrest, and Freitas had an expired license, according to police.