The accused man allegedly targeted girls traveling to school and back. Three go to Thompson in Newport.
The new boat will be named "William H. Connerton, Jr," and the official christening is Saturday, May 5.
The base requested mutual aid from Newport for station coverage. But Naval Station Newport did not respond to questions about what happened.
The accident was cleared around 1:18 p.m.
Former City Councilor John Florez settled his case in Newport District Court last week.
National Grid will be working on Bellevue Avenue at Prospect Hill Street, and traffic from Memorial Boulevard will be redirected, police say
The victim was struck in the head with a glass bottle, police allege.
A Bay State man was charged with two misdemeanors after he and his girl friend quarreled during a night out in Newport, police said.
Providence police arrested Isabel Reyes, 18, who allegedly was trafficking a 15-year-old girl from the same Newport group home.
Police say a driver going north on Broadway at 12:38 a.m. failed to turn on his headlights, then he led them on a chase into Middletown.
A Providence man gave Newport police the wrong name when officers asked him for identification, police said.
Video evidence prompted police to bring new charges after a fight on March 1 at Festival Field.
The 8-year-old was suspended Monday for writing a threatening message on a bathroom stall. But police determined there was no danger.
Fishermen reported a drifting kayak on Wednesday morning, and a search was conducted.
The St. Patrick's Day Parade revelries reportedly prompted a woman to snatch a fire lieutenant's dress hat. He wants it back.
Ian Barnes will face charges he molested a child, the state Attorney General's office said.
The crime was reported back in 2015, but the accused wasn't caught until last week, police said.
Dr. Jerrold N. Rosenberg, 63, of Warren, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's office said Friday.
A defendant in a domestic case allegedly violated a no contact order when he started talking outside the courthouse to his alleged victim.
Edgar J. Cordero, 20, of Festival Field apartments is accused of giving liquor to an underage female who was visiting in his apartment.
A Newport water department worker is accused of removing the registers from the meters in his home, helping himself to free water service.
In a reversal of fortune, a repo man lost his car after Newport police charged him with an illegal use of plates and other violations.
A tree went down in a front yard on Ruggles Avenue and killed a man, WJAR-TV is reporting.
Here are recent arrests in Newport. Information comes from the police log.
An East Providence man was arrested after he allegedly ran his Chevy Malibu at Newport police in an attempt to escape. His car broke down.
News sources are reporting a woman went to the hospital after a fire on Girard Avenue.
Carlton James Purdy, 45, of Newport, is accused of swiping a cellphone and two Bluetooth speakers.
Michael Lynch pleaded guilty to charges he billed Dr. Pepper for more than $1.7 million in fraudulent invoices.
Here are recent arrests. Information comes from the police log.
An accident on the second level of the Wyndham parking garage sent one patient to the hospital.
Police arrested a Newport man who was allegedly leaving in an Orange taxi.
The Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued four people from a boat off Martha's Vineyard.
National Grid will be working on the gas main near Sharon Court and Thames. Traffic will be detoured.
National Grid will be excavating in the middle of the street starting at 9 a.m., police said.
Two East Providence women will pay more than $1,000 apiece in restitution for painting a seawall along the Cliff Walk.
Marcus Venson, 29, of Coventry, showed the silver gun twice and was arrested on Memorial Day.
A distributor from Scituate, Mass., on the South Shore, was selling eight pounds of marijuana in Newport, but police caught the delivery man
Former Newport Councilor John Florez was due in court Tuesday for a pretrial conference. His hearing has been continued to Feb. 14.
The second leak is also in the area near The Elms.
Only northbound traffic is being diverted. Bellevue will remain open to southbound traffic.