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A man suspected in a string of thefts in three communities is being held without bail as the police complete investigations that stretch from Cranston to Warwick to North Kingstown.

Jason Bruno, 38, whose last known address was in Warwick, faces charges in a series of thefts in buildings, boats and at least one car, authorities said today.

He was arrested in Cranston on Nov. 8 on charges that he broke into several boats at the Port Edgewood Marina and the Rhode Island Yacht Club, and he has since been charged with multiple counts of breaking and entering in North Kingstown and one count of larceny in Warwick.

His arrest helped the Cranston police in another case, one involving two incidents of breaking and entering at a condominium complex on Hoffman Avenue, said Maj. Ronald T. Blackmar. The suspect broke into the basement of the complex, rummaged through 19 storage areas and used a small kitchen area to make dinner, helping himself to, among other things, some Barilla bow-tie pasta, the police said.

Police detectives lifted a fingerprint from the pasta box, but they could not trace it to anyone until they arrested Bruno and discovered they had a match, Blackmar said.

In the Cranston incidents, Bruno is charged with larceny over $500 and receiving stolen goods over $500, breaking and entering, vandalism and resisting arrest, said Blackmar and Michael J. Healey, a spokesman for the attorney general's office.

In the North Kingstown incidents, he faces multiple counts of breaking and entering into a building at night, one count of larceny over $500 and multiple counts of vandalism, according to court records.

In the Warwick case he is charged with larceny over $500, for allegedly stealing a laptop computer and a GPS system from a motor vehicle, Healey said.

Bruno is being held a as a probation violator because he pleaded no contest earlier this year to unlawful appropriation over $1,000. He received a three-year suspended sentence and four years probation in that case and also had to pay back the victim, Healey said.

Bruno has scheduled violation hearings for Nov. 25 in Kent County Superior Court and Dec. 1 in Washington County Superior Court, Healey said. If deemed to be a violator, the attorney general's office can ask that he serve up to the three years he received as a suspended sentence, Healey said.

Bruno also has a prearraignment hearing scheduled for Jan. 9 in Providence County Superior Court.

-- Journal staff writer Randal Edgar

 Tags  Bruno Cranston North Kingstown RI thefts Warwick

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David Henault said:

He is fortunate that the police caught him . Many people would be far less than compassionate considering he was stealing the things that they are passionate about . In this economy few people have the ability to replace these items , to sell them for a few hits of crack is a real crime .

Link | November 21, 2008 8:54 AM
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