Police: Portsmouth woman poured milk in neighbor’s driveway
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Seth A. Medeiros, 30, of 215 Holly Circle, Tiverton, was charged with driving while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barrington police help woman stuck in car with feral cat
Barrington police were called to an unusual emergency on Saturday, Sept. 26. At about 9 a.m., a Warren woman phoned the police and asked for help. She said she had trapped a feral kitten near the...
View ArticlePolice seek applicants for Bristol’s Citizens Police Academy
The Bristol Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy, which will begin a new class in October, still has spaces available. Now in its 10th year, the class remains one of the department’s strongest...
View ArticleSmoke ‘em if you got ‘em — in jail
A Market Street man who didn’t want to or couldn’t pay for his woman friend’s cigarettes instead got a trip to jail Thursday morning. Warren police said Jeremy Kilduff, 39, of 162 Market St., walked...
View ArticleBristol Police Deputy Chief Contente retires after 20 years on his hometown...
Bristol Police Department Deputy Chief Steven Contente retired on Sept. 11, capping a 20-year career that began in the patrol division and ended on the command staff. He described his job as a...
View ArticlePortsmouth police officer honored with Justice Award
PORTSMOUTH — Police Officer Scott Sullivan’s good deeds have not gone unrewarded. On Thursday night, “Officer Sully,” who was recently named Portsmouth’s school resource officer, was honored by R.I....
View ArticlePolice arrest Massachusetts man for driving wrong way on I-195 in East...
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island State Police and East Providence Police arrested a Massachusetts man for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs while traveling the wrong way on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barrington boy allegedly bullied at middle school
Barrington police are investigating a bullying complaint filed on Monday, Sept. 28 by a Barrington Middle School student. The 12-year-old boy told an officer that he was playing football with some of...
View ArticlePortsmouth High resource officer finds unwelcome graffiti
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from the past week. Friday, Oct. 2 Samantha L. Werner, 24, of 43 Hodges Ave., Taunton, Mass., was charged at 5:27 p.m. with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barrington pizza shop fails police alcohol compliance check
A Barrington restaurant failed an alcohol compliance check conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 30. According to Barrington police, a server at Piezoni’s restaurant on County Road served a Budweiser to an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police issue official accident report on Deputy Chief Frank Sousa’s fatal crash
Police have released the official crash report on the accident that killed former Bristol Fire Department Deputy Chief Frank Sousa. The State of Rhode Island Uniform Crash Report, issued yesterday,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barrington police: Swastikas scrawled into golf course
Officials at Rhode Island Country Club contacted Barrington police on Friday, Oct. 9, after discovering vandalism on the fifth hole of the golf course. According to police, a course maintenance worker...
View ArticleWarren police logs: Suspected heroin use at fast food restaurant
Monday, Oct. 5 Someone complained about a possible rubbish fire on Birch Swamp Road. It turned out to be wood. Police got a call about kids being disruptive on Market Street. A worker at a Metacom...
View ArticlePolice: Man rifled through files at Portsmouth restaurant
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week. Tuesday, Oct. 6 Randy S. Bostock, 48, of 2 Debra Drive, was charged with breaking and entering into a...
View ArticleLittle Compton Police: Surfers’ cars dealt trespass notices
Tuesday, Oct. 5 At 9 a.m., a Quaker Hill Farm resident reported that surfers were parking their cars on private property. Officers issued trespass notices to all of the car owners. At 10:09 a.m.,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barrington road work is killing car tires
A road repaving job on Middle Highway and Washington Road in Barrington has been partly to blame for a series of blown out car tires. According to officials at the Rhode Island Department of...
View ArticleTiverton Police: Hound training leads to howling complaint
Monday, Oct. 5 A Lake Road resident at 8:57 p.m. called to report that a neighbor “is in her yard yelling about her chickens.” Tuesday, Oct. 6 At 1:20 a.m., Shelbi L. Provencher, 25, of 447 Stafford...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barrington vandal targets benefit pumpkin sale
An unknown individual or group of people reportedly stole pumpkins from the display in front of Barrington’s St. John’s Church late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, Oct. 10 or 11, and then...
View ArticleWarren police: Man charged with stealing generator
Monday, Oct. 12 Police went to Hope Street to mediate an ongoing parking complaint. A Water Street business owner called police with concerns that kids were loitering about. A landlord/tenant issue...
View ArticlePortsmouth police: Student took, crashed roommate’s car
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police report from over the past week. Tuesday, Oct. 13 Jessica S. Veth, 31, of 58 Chase Road, Portsmouth, was arrested at 7:57 a.m. on a bench...
View Article