Rhode Island – A Missouri man pleads guilty to sex trafficking when he took a 17 year old with disabilities from Massachusetts to Rhode Island. Stephen Ardrey, 30, admitted that he met the girl online and contacted her for several months, until last September when he met her in Medfield, Massachusetts where he later took her […]readmore
Rhode Island – A man from Swansea, Mass. who robbed five banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts over a period of 26 days in 2012 was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison. Scott Niemic 36, pled guilty to charges of bank robbery in October. Authorities said Niemic handed threatening notes to the teller in […]readmore
Within the last eighteen months, a small group of children have been admitted to hospitals in California with polio-like symptoms, but without the disease. Cases have occurred in a diameter of 100 miles, so the research team does not believe the virus outbreak represents a single or group. However, the possibility remains that many more […]readmore
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on February 26, 2014, members of the State Police Financial Crimes Unit arrested Thomas J. Primeau, age 56, of 30 Trappers Lane, East Greenwich for the alleged crimes of Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses and Forgery. […]readmore
Rhode Island – The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU for its acronym in English) has filed a lawsuit fees charged by the state authorities and correctional police by public records. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of a group of residents of Olneyville to which they are being charged $ 2.0000 per […]readmore
Rhode Island – Block Island Residents remain divided regarding the proposal to install wind turbines on its coast. More than 100 residents came to the public meeting last night at which exposed the Deepwater Wind project $ 300 million, some favoring the project say that this would reduce the high prices paid for energy, while […]readmore
Rhode Island – A state panel said that Rhode Island should join most other states provide some mental health records to the national background check system for firearms. The panel was created by lawmakers after the fatal shooting in Newton, Connecticut to examine because Rhode Island does not report any of the mental health records […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – The City of Providence is executing an aggressive program to systematically repair potholes throughout the city. Severe winter weather, including multiple snowstorms and daily cycles of freezing and thawing, has made this a challenging winter to combat potholes. Work crews are systematically repairing potholes throughout Providence based on daily surveys of roadways […]readmore
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Health officials say 7 more people died from drug overdose in 5 days, bringing the total deaths so far this year to 45. Dr. Michael Fine, Director of the Department of Health of Rhode Island, announced the deaths on Wednesday during a community meeting on the prevention of overdose held […]readmore
Rhode Island – Warwick resident, Leonard O’Neill 58 years has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for the crime of possession of child pornography. O’Neill pleaded guilty to the charges last October. Court documents show that in 2012 authorities seized from the O’Neill residence nearly 20,000 images of child pornography showing minors having […]readmore