State v. Russell, 02-0730a (2003)

DECISION

On September 3, 2002, Warwick Police were dispatched to defendant's home in response to a telephone report of a domestic disturbance. Defendant's wife, Linda, had made the report. After arriving at the scene, officers spoke to Linda Russell who described a heated argument with her husband wherein defendant allegedly demanded that the family home be sold and threatened that if was not sold that he would destroy it. Defendant allegedly threw a piece of furniture from the porch into the yard and flipped over the dining room table. It does not appear that defendant struck his wife nor did…