Man With Plastic Bag Over Face Poured Gasoline On Warwick Restaurant Fence: Cops

WARWICK, RI — A man with a plastic bag covering his face poured gasoline on the fence of a Warwick restaurant and fled when he was confronted by an HVAC maintenance man, police said.

Officers responded to Captain's Resto-Bar on Waterfront Drive shortly after 1:15 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a report of a "suspicious male pouring gasoline on the fence of the business," the Warwick Police Department said in a media release.

"The reporting party, who was on the roof performing maintenance on the building's HVAC system, observed a
male approach the property with a plastic bag concealing his face," the release said. "The suspect proceeded to pour gasoline along the business's fence before fleeing the area after being confronted by the reporting party."

The incident remains under investigation.

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