WARWICK, R.I. -- District Court Judge Frank J. Cenerini on Friday ordered Michael J. Patino, 27, accused of fatally injuring 6-year-old Marco Nieves of Cranston, held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending trial, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release.
Marco died of an internal [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has convicted Roger Morin, 49, of 300 Front St., Pawtucket, of child molestation in a case dating to 20 years ago, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release Friday.
The jury cleared Morin of a second charge of child molestation. The [...]
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WASHINGTON _ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse assailed Republicans for "refusing to show up for work'' on the global warming bill that Democrats pushed through a key Senate committee Thursday with only one dissenting vote.
The Rhode Island Democrat said in a news release that California Sen. Barbara Boxer," [...]
NEW BEDFORD Mass. -- A suspect in a drug raid on Thursday fired at and struck a Massachusetts state trooper, whose body armor protected him from harm. That suspect was slain in turn, the state police said in a news release.
Neither the trooper nor the dead man was identified immediately. [...]
A rash of larcenies in North Smithfield
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Police Department is urging residents to keep their cars locked after a rash of larcenies.
Capt. Tom R. Lafleur said in a news release that on Friday night and Saturday morning several residents reported the theft of GPS units, loose [...]
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Lynn Pasquerella, a former member of the faculty of the University of Rhode Island with a doctorate from Brown University, has been appointed as the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College.
The college said in a news release that Pasquerella was the unanimous recommendation of [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs suggested Tuesday that people use Sunday's seasonal change of time as a reminder to check batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
The organization said in a news release that in 53 percent of fires in homes equipped with smoke [...]
