State Police arrest two for heroin possession in I-195 bust
NORTH SCITUATE — Rhode Island State Police arrested two Massachusetts men Friday, March 14, on heroin charges following a traffic stop in East Providence. State Police announced busts Saturday. The...
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Portsmouth police charge 8 with DUI over weekend
PORTSMOUTH — It was a busy weekend for the Portsmouth Police Department, which arrested eight people for driving while intoxicated from Friday night through early Sunday morning. One of the drivers was...
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Police: Mom tried to sell daughter’s meds
Lisa DonahueWestport police had two drug suspects in custody at the police station on Saturday, March 14, when a cell phone belonging to one of the two rang. A detective answered and spoke to man who...
View ArticleState Police make arrests, issue citations during St. Patty’s Day weekend
NORTH SCITUATE — The Rhode Island State Police annouced Monday, March 17, the arrests of 13 subjects for Driving While Intoxicated over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. In addition to the DWI arrests,...
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Barrington mom trying to close law’s loophole
Barrington’s Debbie Lewis stands outside the Rhode Island Statehouse before offering her testimony.Debbie Lewis wants closure. She wants to turn the page, as much as she can, on Feb. 22, 2012 — a...
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Bristol man banned from Barrington library for a year
Barrington Public Library officials ordered a 33-year-old Bristol man out of the building on Monday, March 10, after the man was caught viewing pornography on a library computer. Library officials...
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Portsmouth High students caught with beer in car
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Thursday, March 13 A 17-year-old Warren boy was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after police...
View ArticleTension emerges between East Providence Council, Manager over police...
EAST PROVIDENCE — For the first time since he was hired as acting city manager four months ago, fissures emerged publicly in the relationship of Paul Lemont and the City Council when late in the body’s...
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Barrington man boots squatters out of his basement
Two men who had been living in the basement of a Charles Street home without the owner’s permission were ordered out of the residence last week. Police, who were tipped off to the situation by a...
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Barrington police respond to threats from Maine man
A 19-year-old Barrington resident contacted police on Wednesday, March 12, after he received threatening text messages from a 22-year-old Maine man. The Barrington teen said he was dating the Maine...
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Man sentenced for Tiverton drive-by shooting
Scott Campbell will serve three-and-one-half years of a 20-year term in prison, the rest will be suspended.TIVERTON — A 44-year old Fall River man has been handed a 20-year prison term by a Superior...
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Barrington teenager busted for underage drinking
A 17 year-old Barrington boy who was house-sitting for his aunt over the weekend is now in trouble with the police. Officials said the boy decided to host a party at his aunt’s home on Bullock Avenue...
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Barrington police nab Red Bull robbers
A mother and her son allegedly stole cases of Red Bull energy drink from the Shaw’s Supermarket in Barrington on Monday, but were eventually detained after a slow-speed police chase. At about 9:47...
View ArticleGrand Jury indicts Jett for 2012 Busby murder in East Providence
PROVIDENCE — The office of Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced Tuesday, March 25, a Providence County Grand Jury reported out an indictment charging Andrew Jett with one count of murder in the...
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Portsmouth police: Fight over ‘duster’ leads to arrest
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Thursday, March 20 Jalen D. O’Loughlin, 20, of 57 Beacon St., Apt. 2, Middletown, was charged with making...
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Parking Ban Issued Throughout Bristol
The Bristol Police Department has issued a parking ban throughout the town as another winter storm moves in. The parking ban begins at midnight tonight and continues indefinitely to allow emergency...
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Barrington police and fire respond to head-on crash
Photos by Rich Dionne A tow truck operator...
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Portsmouth school bus, snow plow collide
PORTSMOUTH — Police are investigating an accident involving a school bus and a snow plow that caused minor injuries to three Portsmouth Middle School students this morning. At 7:50 a.m. the Fire...
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Snowplow driver cited in accident with school bus
PORTSMOUTH — The driver of a snowplow truck that struck a school bus transporting students to Portsmouth Middle School this morning has been cited for running a stop sign, police said. Brian Wheeler,...
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Barrington police searching for elderly woman, son
Barrington police are looking for information about two Salisbury Road residents: 84-year-old Annette Myerson and her son, Steven Myerson. Neighbors to the Myersons called police on Friday, March 21...
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