Portsmouth police charge man with domestic assault
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Wednesday, May 21 Steven B. Cox, 55, of 19 Chapel Terrace, Apt. 514, Newport, was arrested on a bench...
View ArticleBarrington police: Do you recognize this car?
Police believe this vehicle was used as a get-away car in a larceny in Barrington on Monday, May 25.Two men — white males in their mid-20s — were seen carrying a trash bag full of stolen items out of a...
View ArticleDisoriented Barrington teen draws police response
Barrington police responded to a 911 call on Friday night, May 23, for a teenager who appeared extremely disoriented, staggering down the bike path near the Barrington Shopping Center. Three teenagers...
View ArticleState Police arrest two Fall River men following traffic stop on I-195 in...
EAST PROVIDENCE — “Heroin Highway” continues to live up to its ignominious moniker. Rhode Island Troopers arrested two Fall River men for possession of heroin after conducting a motor vehicle stop on...
View ArticleWoman charged with DUI following Portsmouth crash
Portsmouth police released this photograph of the Jeep Wrangler that struck a utility pole on East Main Road early Friday morning. PORTSMOUTH — Police said a Little Compton woman is lucky to have...
View ArticleMan charged with attempting to sell drugs in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Police seized heroin, cocaine and cash from a Providence man who allegedly tried to sell the drugs in Island Park on Tuesday, May 27. Police photo shows stash of drugs and cash that was...
View ArticleBristol arrest log: Disorderly, resisting, warrant arrests
Hannah White, 23, of 43 E St., Apt. 2, Bristol, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and Richard Charbonneau, 24, of 8 Quentin Lane, Bristol, was charged with domestic assault...
View ArticleBristol Police log: Erratic school bus, graveyard golf
Monday, May 19 A caller reported a school bus driver driving erratically, weaving over the center line and the fog line, on Metacom Avenue near Woodlawn Avenue. Officers made contact with the bus...
View Article‘Click it or Ticket’ in Warren
The Warren Police Department wants to remind motorists to “Click it or Ticket.” In order to enforce this reminder, the Warren Police Department will be stepping up enforcement beginning Monday, May...
View ArticleBarrington boy struck by car on Sowams Road
A 12 year-old Barrington boy suffered a laceration to his left elbow after he was struck by a car on Friday, May 30. The boy was walking south on Sowams Road between Sowams School and Kent Street at...
View ArticlePortsmouth police: Bartender had one too many
PORTSMOUTH — Here are the highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Wednesday, May 28 Tara M. Almeida, 32, of 86 John St., Apt. 2N, Fall River, was arrested on a bench warrant...
View ArticleBarrington police seek leads in tool heist
Police believe this vehicle was used as a get-away car in a larceny in Barrington on Monday, May 25.The day after two men were seen fleeing from a newly built home on Washington Road while carrying a...
View ArticleBristol man gets 7 years for DUI death
A Bristol man is facing seven years in prison after killing another man in a drunk driving accident last year. Joseph Kalen, 50, with a last known address of 99 Peck St., Bristol, pleaded no contest...
View ArticleBristol Police: Flying clock, rogue porn
Monday, May 26 Officers responded to a nuisance complaint of teenage boys throwing wood chips on the Town Common. They were advised to stop. A caller reported a dog left in a car with the windows up at...
View ArticleEast Providence man arrested on DUI charge with toddler in car
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island State Police arrested two East Providence men on Saturday morning, June 7, at 12:45 a.m., one on a drunk driving charge and another on an outstanding warrant after conducting...
View ArticleBarrington family’s cleaning lady cleaned them out
Leather boots, a purse, perfume and other assorted items that had gone missing from a Riverside Drive home in Barrington were allegedly stolen by a Bristol woman who had been hired to clean the house....
View ArticleBarrington police chase man seen lurking around homes
A suspicious man seen lurking near a home on Mathewson Road late Monday night, June 2, sprinted away from police officers and eventually disappeared in the area of Melrose Avenue. Police received a...
View ArticleBarrington Rite Aid evacuated after bomb threat
On Monday, June 9, at 6:36 p.m., the Barrington Police Department received a call of a bomb threat that was phoned into the manager of the Rite Aid Pharmacy on County Road in Barrington. According to...
View ArticleBarrington police called for after-hours shopper
An intoxicated Warren man sneaked into the Shaw’s Supermarket in the Barrington Shopping Center after the store had closed on Wednesday, June 4, and refused to leave after he was confronted by the...
View ArticlePolice: Drunk guest refused to leave Portsmouth home
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Wednesday, June 4 Kenneth J. O’Brien, 47, of 498 Park Ave., was charged with domestic assault following an...
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