Prosecutors said Brittany Rakia Shawnai Lasley, 32, scammed a 96-year-old Coventry man out of $80,000.
Two men from Brooklyn, New York, and another from Hartford, Connecticut, were also accused of using fake money in East Greenwich.
The following people were arrested by Coventry police between Jan. 8 and Jan. 14.
Coventry police said a foot chase and a perimeter search involving a police K-9 led to the arrest of two men from New York City.
Authorities were called to Carbuncle Pond around 8:30 a.m. when a body was found.
Coventry police said the scammers are falsely claiming to be selling merchandise to benefit the department. See a text example of the scam.
Gilbert Dion, 81, of Coventry, was charged with threatening to place a bomb in a public building.
Deanna Alston, 34, admitted she fraudulently received more than $17,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief.
A Coventry homeowner called police and told them they heard two gun shots and found a dead whitetail deer on their property.
The crash involved a single ATV and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the suspects led police on a chase before the three suspects crashed at the intersection of Routes 9 and 135.
The incident remains under investigation, police said.
It took firefighters six hours to battle the flames and clear the scene at the Coventry home.
Eric Lindsey shot at police officers that responded to him wielding a gun outside Assembly of God Church in Attleboro.
Christopher Warrener, 36, struck a police cruiser that was closing a highway lane from another crash, State Police said.
Richard Allen, 56, is accused of using stolen personal information to apply for benefits across several states.
The child died in September 2021, the department said. The family had no previous involvement with DCYF.
Coventry firefighters warned residents to use extreme caution when burning yard waste, to avoid uncontrolled burning.
Central Coventry Fire Chief Frank Brown said that although it was a small fire, it produced a lot of smoke.
Barry LaFleur is accused of making "tens of thousands" of electronic threats to shoot, kill, attack or otherwise injure his targets.
Kyle Wilkinson's girlfriend told police he threatened her with a gun. He later barricaded himself inside the house for hours.
Dauda Elegushi, 25, is facing several charges for the Nov. 27 crash, which claimed the life of a 77-year-old Coventry woman.
The student did not have any weapons and was charged with disorderly conduct, police said.
The 5-month-old's family had no prior involvement with the department.
Firefighters responded to a fire at a pet grooming business in Coventry on Tuesday morning.
A West Warwick man is accused of pepper-spraying employees at Bill's Liquors before stealing cash from the register.
The man was pulled from Johnson's Pond after he may have had a medical emergency on the bank, police said.
Shannon Holden, 27, pleaded no contest to allegations that she left the scene of a crash, resulting in death.
Police found equipment for cooking crack cocaine and more than $58,000 in cash.
A fight became physical, police said, sending one man to the hospital with stab and slash wounds.
The man was indicted on one count of first-degree sexual assault by the Statewide Grand Jury.
Craig Chapman also threatened to shoot family members if officers forced their way inside, police said.
Here's a look at who was arrested in Coventry over the past week.
The farm's owner faces 10 counts each of cruelty animals and mistreatment of animals.
Yong Zhuang Chen, 49, of West Warwick, was pulled over in West Greenwich just before 3 a.m.
Nikkilas Jones, 30, worked at the facility from Nov. 2016 to Oct. 2019, and is accused of assaulting an underage patient twice in 2018.
Nearby residents were asked to shelter-in-place for several hours.
The man robbed the Bank Newport at the Centre of New England.
There are 24 sex offenders living in Coventry.
The victim was identified as Russell Nauta, 68, of Wesport.