Police are stepping up patrols this Labor Day weekend.
Police said the public helped them identify a man who was caught on camera breaking into the iconic Matunuck ice cream shop three times.
A child walking home from school along Highland Avenue said he was approached by a man in a van who stopped and asked if he wanted a ride.
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The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wants to find the owner.
The fire heavily damaged a sport fishing boat but firefighters were able to douse the flames and prevent it from sinking.
The skunk attacked a person on Sunday and officials are concerned there might be people or animals who have had unreported contact.
Police the 20-year-old fell after climbing the cell tower in a remote area in Exeter.
Police said he broke into a Jamestown house, threw a party and stole a jet ski that was involved in a crash in Narragansett Bay.
The state police said Jason August, 32, of South Kingstown, was arrested Thursday.
The two men are recovering in the hospital.
The town's fire department will get money for specialized training and to buy a new boat.
No official information is available yet.
He is being held without bail.
State officials said a gas buildup was caused by a old copper cable.
Christoper Forlasto, 28, allegedly raped a woman he met in Narragansett on July 16.
Maia Stanton, 14, was a luminous soul, a beam of light, someone who "has impacted more lives than many do in a lifetime."
The girl, 14, was from Southfield, Mass.
The girl, 14, was from Massachusetts.
Initial reports are that a young female was snorkeling with her father off Newton Rock.
Officials said they might never figure out what happened at Salty Brine State Beach when a woman was launched out of her beach chair.
The 25-year-old was arraigned at Rhode Island Hospital on Monday.
The beach reopened Sunday despite no known cause of Saturday's blast that sent a woman flying into the air.
The beach is expected to reopen tomorrow.
Salty Brine Beach was evacuated as a result of the investigation.
One boat sunk, two others have been towed away as evidence.
Multiple boats caught fire in the Port of Galilee on Friday morning.
The woman suffered critical injuries to her legs after a car struck her in a Tower Hill Road parking lot.
Plus, a power outage shuts down the ACI and DMV, and two local universities get some national recognition.
Plus, a restored Newport home could be the last of its kind.
Someone got a substandard paving job and paid cash, police said.
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Also, a Massachusetts man tries to hit the RI Lottery without getting a ticket.
Tamerian Tsanraev was married to Katherine Russell of North Kingstown.
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Anthony Delfarno, 53, the former owner of SoHo Ristorante in Narragasett, will be sentenced in September and could face decades in jail.
A roundup of some of the notable police reporting on Patch sites in Rhode Island last week.
Police said William Schock, 20, was soliciting a 13-year-old Coventry child.
The state GOP said the mailer, which was sent to residents in Rhode Island's House District 33, was "cowardly and downright dirty" garbage.
Police said the 63-year-old woman may have fallen into the pit after suffering a medical emergency.