An arrest does not necessarily indicate a conviction.
We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.
Richard Nunez was charged with being a fugitive of justice, simple assault and battery, and second-degree robbery.
Advocates say Rhode Island is one of the highest ranked states for drunk driving fatalities during Saturday's holiday awareness campaign launch held at East Providence Lanes.
According to resident reports, GPS units, money and Marine KA-BAR knives were stolen from unlocked vehicles.
The city manager said East Providence can't afford to hire 12 full-time firefighters.
One officer needed stitches after he hit his head while chasing after a suspect.
A U.S. Homeland Security grant would provide the East Providence Fire Department a total of $3.56 million over a period of two years to buffer the department's staff roster.
According to Major Charles Swenson, police are still conducting interviews with family members.
Heavy Rescue Incorporated facilitated trainings at Phillipsdale Landing.
Barrington police held a vicious-dog hearing Monday morning after a boxer/pitbull mix registered to an East Providence owner maimed a cockapoo and its owner last July.
Saturday's Prescription Drug Take-Back Day held at the East Providence Police Station collected close to 100 pounds of materials.
The East Providence Fire Department responded to fire in a single-family home on Monday morning.
Police responded to 94 Hazard Ave. Tuesday morning to find Jeffrey and Amber Arruda dead in the residence.
Police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman that allegedly occurred in a Hazard Avenue home on Tuesday.
Police are investigating the death of a man and woman that allegedly occurred in a Hazard Avenue home.
Rescue crews responded to the accident that left a worker with serious leg injuries.
East Providence Police responded to a I-195 collision that sent a vehicle 100 feet on its roof early Friday morning.
Angel Lopez, 49, of 25 Fleming St., was charged with disorderly conduct and assault of police officers and other officials.
Glen Duprey was killed during an accident this morning on I-95 South.
An alert Portsmouth resident called police after witnessing two men wearing sweatshirts on a hot October afternoon. One of the suspects wore socks on his hands, police say.
Carlos Alvarez was charged last summer in connection to an emaciated dog that was left outside the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Joseph Botelho was charged with domestic simple assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Eighteen individuals were affected by the blaze.
Officers in the East Providence Police Department battled two-dimensional perpetrators in a firearms exercise last week.
To comply with state law, many restaurants, bars and other 'places of assembly' will want to send someone to a free 'crowd manager' training session in October.