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Woman, 64, charged in multiple thefts
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Journal Staff Writer
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The police say a 64-year-old local woman stole Tiffany lamps, computers, televisions and thousands of dollars in jewelry from homes and other buildings in the Kingston area and the University of Rhode Island over the past several years.
Margo A. Caddick, of 70 Cherry Rd., faces six felony charges of receiving stolen goods over $500 and six misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen goods less that $500, according to Capt. Jeffrey Allen.
Those charges are added to others filed against Caddick in March, when URI sorority sisters found her looking into the refrigerator at the Sigma Delta Tau house at around 5 a.m. She was charged then with burglary, possession of burglary tools and receiving stolen goods worth less than $500.
The South Kingstown and URI police later served search warrants at Caddick’s address and a family home at 108 Peninsula Rd., and seized other items believed to have been stolen, Allen said. They included backpacks belonging to URI students and stacks of electronics equipment, he said.
Officers tried to match the items with URI police theft reports, Allen said. South Kingstown and URI officers returned to the houses with Caddick’s lawyer, Lise Gescheidt, to try to identify other potentially stolen goods, he said.
It appeared the family had been hoarding and collecting items for decades, he said.
Caddick was charged last week with two possessing mission-style chairs and three Tiffany lamps stolen from URI’s International Engineering Program house, multiple stolen TVs and thousands of dollars in jewelry from her neighbors’ homes.
“We don’t believe she was doing it for money,” Allen said, suggesting mental heath issues might be a factor. “It’s one of these cases where it looks like she took things just for the sake of taking them.”
A World War II soldier’s letters home to his family during the war were among the stolen items that have been returned to their owner, he said. She was not charged with that theft.
Judge William C. Clifton released Caddick on personal recognizance after an appearance in District Court, Wakefield, last week, court records show. She was ordered not to trespass on the property of the 12 victims named in the charges.
Gescheidt could not be reached for comment by press time last night.
Police have an album filled with other potentially stolen items that people can make an appointment to view with detectives, Allen said.
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The woman alleged to be a one-woman crime wave in Kingston and Matunuck has been arrested on 12 additional counts of receiving stolen goods.
On Tuesday, police charged Margo Caddick, 54, of 70 Cherry Road, Kingston, and 108 Peninsula Drive, Matunuck, with six felony counts of receiving stolen goods of more than $500 and six misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen goods of less than $500.
In March, University of Rhode Island Police charged Caddick with burglary, possession of burglary tools and receiving stolen goods worth less than $500, after she was allegedly discovered in the kitchen of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority house on March 12.
During the March arrest, police found burglary tools, including needle pliers, a seat belt cutter, latex gloves, two mini-mag lights and slip joint pliers, and garden gloves and a mask in her car. Police executed a search warrant on her homes, where they seized nearly 200 items they believe were taken from the university, the Greek houses near campus and her neighbors’ homes in Kingston and Matunuck. Since that time, they have been matching the goods to their owners and investigating further charges.
Caddick was arraigned in Fourth Division District Court in Wakefield on Tuesday, where she entered no plea, as is custom in felony cases at the District Court level. She was ordered to have no contact with the victims and to continue receiving mental health evaluations. She continues to be free on personal recognizance until June 24.
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Hey, just in case you check in. Detective Wheatley responded to my email today. This is what he had to say,
“Sorry it took me a while to respond. We have been receiving an incredible amount of emails and phone calls regarding this case and of course we still get new cases daily. I understand you believe your information is credible because it was provided by people who “witnessed the event” ; however, the information is still misleading. There were several people who were standing around outside when we conducted the search warrants. An officer may have said “there’s like 20 to 30 cats in that house” not meaning it literally but simply as an exaggerated expression. Somehow, someone, printed a flyer saying that there were 20-30 cats. This simply was not the case.
That being said, there were however, hundreds of stolen items recovered from the house. These items include, but not limited to, jewelry, electronics, nic-naks, tools, DVD’s and keys. I have put together a photo note book of all unclaimed items we have at the police station. If you wish to view the book, you may call me to set up an appointment. I have finally caught up on my voice mails so my in-box should accept new mail now. I can tell you that we found no evidence indicating that you were a victim in these series of crimes (we did not find your name or address among any items) but I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility.
I can be reached at 783-3321- Ext. 318
Detective Jason Wheatley”
I thought that you might be interested in what he had to say about the cat situation.
