CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Detectives are questioning a Glocester man, 25, who was found hiding in a shed after police from two states chased a stolen car early Monday afternoon, Cumberland Police Chief John R. Desmarais said.
Liam Lambert is being charged with one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, [...]
BRISTOL, R.I. -- A 71-year-old Bristol man walking his two dogs died Monday after he was struck by a car at the intersection of Griswold Avenue and Church Cove Road, according to the police chief.
Lawrence Davis was walking his dogs on Griswold Avenue near the Church Cove intersection around [...]
By Kate Bramson
Journal Staff Writer
The superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police said Tuesday his department is fully capable of reviewing the Thanksgiving morning arrest of a veteran federal prosecutor by the Warwick Police Department, even though the Warwick police chief on Monday had expressed doubts any agency [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- As the Police Department continues to investigate what happened early Thanksgiving morning when a veteran federal prosecutor was arrested and charged with refusal to submit to a chemical breath test, Police Chief Stephen M. McCartney said Monday he's glad he didn't have to turn to the Rhode [...]
SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) -- Somerset police say a woman has admitted she falsely claimed that a stalker broke into her home and shot her, prompting a massive manhunt in southeastern Massachusetts.
Somerset Police Chief Joseph Ferreira says 33-year-old Jennifer Smith accidentally shot herself in the arm with her own weapon Friday. [...]
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the town of Johnston and the police chief, alleging illegal release of a firefighter's driver's license information to a town councilman during a public dispute between council and fire department.
The suit by the ACLU's' [...]
WARWICK -- The Warwick police chief launched an internal investigation Wednesday into whether his officers acted appropriately early Thanksgiving morning when they charged a veteran federal prosecutor with refusing to submit to a chemical-breath test but not with the more serious, criminal, charge of driving under the influence.
Gerard [...]
On the local front:
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Deer have run into three of Tiverton's police cruisers in the last 10 days, smacking the front of one and causing minor damage to the sides of two others. The repair bill will exceed $5,000, according to Police Chief Thomas Blakey. He warned [...]
By Maria Armental
Journal Staff Writer
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- The police are searching through missing persons reports to identify a man whose body was found Sunday wrapped in a rug and left in a vacant lot.
Police Chief Michael P. Gould Sr. said a woman who lives in the area found [...]
By Philip Marcelo and Amanda Milkovits
Journal staff writers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city approved an entertainment and alcohol license for a Brown University dance on Friday sponsored by a student arts association, after Police Chief Dean M. Esserman backed away from his opposition to the event.
Police Lt. John Ryan, who [...]
The front page of Wednesday's Providence Journal reports on a rowdy weekend party at Brown University that prompted Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman to say his department will oppose future parties at Brown.
The man who died after jumping from an overpass onto Route 95 [...]
