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CRIME & SAFETY
NEW: Biker Gang Shoots Woman in Providence
Providence Police are investigating a shooting reportedly involving a biker gang in the city on Thursday. A female victim was shot and injured off of Chalkstone Avenue. Police responded to a call for shots fired on Hooper Street shortly after 9 PM Thursday night. According to police, they found a...
Man dies after pulled from water in Narragansett
(WJAR) — A Narragansett man has died after he was pulled from the water on Friday. Fire officials said they responded to a report of a man in the pond near a residence on 24 East Shore Road near the Block Island Ferry Dock at around 1:24 p.m. Crews...
Two Rhode Island men sentenced to prison after 16 kilos of fentanyl, 2 ghost guns, $20,000 seized
Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that a pair of Providence men have been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve a combined 41 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions for trafficking 16 kilograms of fentanyl and possessing two ghost guns. At a hearing on July 11, 2024, Superior Court...
36-year-old Rhode Island woman killed in fatal crash remembered as genuine, loyal, inspiring
A Rhode Island woman who died this week in a collision is being remembered. 36-year-old Michaela Greatorex of Greenville was driving home from work Wednesday night around midnight when she crashed an SUV into a pole on Hartford Avenue in Johnston. It was pouring at the time of the crash.
He used addiction recovery patients to defraud the government. Now, he's pleaded guilty.
PROVIDENCE – Michael Brier was on probation after serving time for tax evasion when he began defrauding the government and private health care insurers out of millions of dollars – and using people needing drug treatment services to orchestrate his scam. On Thursday, Brier, the owner of Rhode Island-based Recovery Connections Centers of America, Inc., pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and other insurers while shortchanging patients with substance abuse disorders. ...
Fall River police officer placed on leave after arrest on multiple charges
An officer with the Fall River Police Department was placed on leave with pay last week after an arrest. According to court records, 32-year-old Marc Correia was arraigned Friday in Fall River District Court and is charged with Felony Witness Intimidation, Felony Improper Storage of a Large-Capacity Firearm Near a Minor, and Misdemeanor Assault and Battery on a Family/Household Member.
Man Who Shot Providence Police Officer and Killed Park Ranger Granted Parole
Demetrius Jackson — who shot and killed Roger Williams Park Ranger William Abrahamson and shot and seriously injured Providence Police Patrolman Brian Quirk in 1995 — has been granted parole, GoLocal has learned. Jackson had been sentenced to prison for 100 years in 1997. "I can remember not...
Three from New York and Rhode Island held on ICE detainers after shots fired at robbery victim
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – Three have been arrested on a list of charges after an alleged shooting and robbery. East Providence police were alerted to a robbery where shots were fired at the victim around 9:00 am Tuesday morning in the area of James Street. The victim approached an officer working a traffic detail and gave a description of the suspects and the vehicle they were in. Several officers and detectives responded to the area and located a red Honda CRV that had crashed at the intersection of James Street and Blanding Avenue. Neighbors confirmed hearing gunfire and directed officers to the vicinity of where the three suspects fled on foot.
Hopkinton man allegedly fired 41 rounds in seconds at Vermont troopers in desperate flight
A Hopkinton man wanted by police in Rhode Island apparently used at least two guns to fire 41 shots at Vermont state troopers Sunday, according to an affidavit filed by the Vermont State Police. A Kevlar helmet that Brenden Sackal was wearing might have also saved his life since police...
Suspects held without bail in death of woman pulled from Woonasquatucket River
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Two suspects charged in the death of a woman whose body was pulled from the Woonasquatucket River in Providence appeared in court Wednesday. A grand jury indicted 34-year-old Aja Lovett and 25-year-old Dusti Turner with murder and conspiring to commit murder in the death of 30-year-old Katherine Gascoigne.
Police reports, bodycam video reveal new details in Hopkinton domestic murder-suicide
(WJAR) — Newly released bodycam video from May 2024 shows an incident six weeks before Stephanie Francis was shot and killed by her estranged husband, Joseph Francis. Hopkinton police responded to the couple's family home back in May. The footage and newly obtained police records reveal more information on...
Crews searching for missing swimmer in South Kingstown
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) — The U.S. Coast Guard Point Judith is currently searching for a missing swimmer at East Matunuck Beach in South Kingstown. The female swimmer went missing around 9:30 a.m. with a land search wrapping up around 1 p.m. Department of Environmental Management and fire crews...
VIDEO: Body Cam, Police & Court Records - The Story of the Francis’s Murder-Suicide
Through video, photos, police, and court records, GoLocal worked to unveil the tragic story of the murder of Stephanie Francis by her husband in front of their two children. It begs the question, why didn't the legal system protect her?. GoLocalProv has written nearly 100,000 stories over its 14-year history....
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