East Greenwich Resident Nabbed on Multiple Warrants Across Rhode Island

On the night of Oct. 13, just before the clock struck 10:30 p.m., a routine traffic stop on Route 6 turned into something a lot less routine. State police pulled over a silver sedan and discovered its driver, 54‑year‑old Wendi Withrow of East Greenwich, had a stack of unpaid warrants hanging over her head.

According to a press release from the Rhode Island State Police, Withrow was booked on seven warrants that originated in five separate municipalities. Three of those warrants were for shop‑lifting – one each in Warwick and Smithfield, and another in Providence. It’s a little odd, the way the law can chase you around the state like that.

But the list didn’t stop there. She also faced two failure‑to‑appear warrants tied to earlier shop‑lifting cases – one from North Kingstown and another from Cranston. Add to that a charge of fraudulent use of a credit‑card stemming from a Smithfield incident, and you’ve got a pretty full docket.

After the stop, officers escorted Withrow to the state police headquarters for processing. From there, she was handed over to the Warwick Police Department, which will presumably handle the local shop‑lifting counts. The whole episode underscores how a single traffic stop can unspool a web of legal troubles that have been building up for months, if not years.

Local officials didn’t comment on the specifics of the cases, but the incident serves as a reminder that warrants don’t respect town lines – they follow you wherever you go. If you’re ever unsure about an outstanding case, it might be worth checking in with the court before you find yourself on the side of a police cruiser.