Portsmouth residents report fraudulent tax returns
PORTSMOUTH — Imagine filing your tax return only to be told by the Internal Revenue Service that someone had already done so in your name — using your Social Security number. Police received four...
View ArticlePortsmouth police break up another college party
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the police report from over the past week. Friday, April 17 Christen P. Weaver, 47, of 139 Preservation Way, Tiverton, was charged at midnight with driving...
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Barrington woman charged with Medicaid fraud
Nayatt Road resident Priscilla Pascale, the owner and operator of St. Jude Home Care, allegedly placed unlicensed certified nursing assistants in patients’ homes and fraudulently billed Medicaid...
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Accident in Barrington snarls traffic, sends two to hospital
The driver and passenger of this vehicle were transported to the hospital for minor injuries following an accident on Monday, April 21.A pickup truck and another vehicle collided near the intersection...
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Barrington mom seeks help in alleged bullying case
A Barrington woman told police on Tuesday, April 14, that her young daughter was the victim of bullying. The woman, who stopped by the police station at about 9:25 a.m., told an officer that the...
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Report recommends new 2-story police station for Portsmouth
Above: Police Chief Thomas Lee points to a plaque marking the year when the current police station was built: 1975. The department has long since outgrown the current building, he says. PORTSMOUTH —...
View ArticleSecond suicide takes place in East Providence Wednesday
EAST PROVIDENCE — Residents of the city were rocked by the news of a second suicide by self-inflicted gun shot Wednesday, April 22. Earlier in the day, a middle-aged gentleman took his own life in...
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Bristol arrests: Domestic assault, larceny, disorderly
The Bristol Police Department made the following arrests last week: Chancey Nealy, 30, of 242 Douglas Ave., Providence, was charged with vandalism and disorderly conduct after police were called to a...
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Bristol Police: Domestic disputes, wayward wildlife
The Bristol Police Department responded to the following calls between April 13 and April 19: Monday, April 13 A driver called to report a landscaping company was blowing sand into the road at passing...
View ArticleGrand Jury indicts East Providence teen on federal sex trafficking charges
PROVIDENCE — A federal grand jury in Providence has returned a six-count indictment charging Reginald “Reggie” Chaney, 19, of East Providence, with conspiracy, sex trafficking of a child and...
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Barrington’s Earth Day effort marred by vandals
A broken pine tree rests on the ground inside Veterans Park.Helen Tjader and a small group of Barrington High School students spent hours on Tuesday, April 21, planting four white pine trees along a...
View ArticlePortsmouth starts first spay/neuter program
PORTSMOUTH — A new town program will allow local residents to receive a significant discount to get their dogs and cats spayed or neutered. Under Rhode Island law, a portion of what a municipality...
View ArticlePortsmouth police: More ‘huffing’ from Reddi-wip
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights taken from the Portsmouth police log over the past week. Wednesday, April 22 Brett A. Marshall, 25 of 79 East Beardsworth Road, Tiverton, was charged with...
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Barrington police respond to rowdy RIPTA riders
Sorry folks, no boozing on the bus. That was the message from a RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) driver to two men who boarded a bus on Friday, April 24, while carrying plastic cups...
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Police, minority relations take center stage at East Providence forum
EAST PROVIDENCE — At the same time as Baltimore literarily combusted following the latest tragic incident involving police and an African American male, local law enforcement and community leaders...
View ArticleMt. Hope student, 16, dies of possible overdose
Counseling was available to Mt. Hope students this week after one of their classmates died suddenly over the weekend. A 16-year-old girl was rushed to St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River Friday...
View ArticleBristol arrests: Domestic strangulation, larceny
The Bristol Police Department made the following arrests in the past week: Jose Capeles, 43, of 589 Cranston St. Apr. 1, Providence, was charged with larceny under $1,500 and vandalism on April 20....
View ArticlePolice: Driver sped over 50 mph on school soccer field
Above: Ryan Deblois PORTSMOUTH — A 34-year-old man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly drove a vehicle at speeds exceeding 50 mph on the Portsmouth Middle School soccer field as students...
View ArticleBristol Police: Juvenile vandals, aggressive squirrel
The Bristol Police Department responded to the following calls between April 20 and April 26 Monday, April 20 Police found a construction barrel and cone at a home on Wood Street that some juveniles...
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Barrington police: Man exposes himself on bike path
A woman called police on Saturday, May 2 at about noon, after a man riding his bicycle on the East Bay Bike Path near the Bayside YMCA allegedly exposed himself to her. The woman told police that the...
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