Police have turned to social media to ask citizens for help finding an individual.
The fire in the attic at 560 Aquidneck Avenue took about an hour to control, and Jamestown and Newport firefighters helped in the effort.
Theodore Gathmann has pleaded guilty to Child Molestation in connection with a 2015 incident.
The Newport Police on Wednesday charged a local man with grabbing three purses between Oct. 18 and Nov. 22.
The Attorney General will ask state lawmakers to put some teeth in the DUI laws, his office says.
It's detour city on Broadway today.
Rachel M. Thaw left some mail addressed to her in a box with drywall building materials and tossed them in a trash barrel .
Alexander L. Perry, 29, pulled over to eat a slice, and an officer alleges he was under the influence.
Kenneth Milo Lemoi faces a felony charge, but the victim is denying he touched her.
The Providence County Grand Jury reported out indictments, according to Attorney General Peter Kilmartin's office.
Police on Nov. 5 charged two men with violating the noise ordinance.
Police allege Alexander Arcila, 26, of Pawtucket, was carrying a concealed weapon, a folding knife larger than three inches.
There was no damage, but police have charged a 15-year-old juvenile, with fifth-degree arson.
A Rhode Island man was clinging to a sailboat for two hours when Jamestown police and the Coast Guard came to the rescue.
Police arrested Marc Anderson Adams, 63, of Newport on Wednesday at 9:45 p.m. on Broadway near Rex's Liquors
Police broke up a fight on Gould Street and charged one man with simple assault and battery,
The 53-year-old was charged with willful trespass after he curled up in an empty hotel ballroom, police said.
Emmanuel Hernandez, 20, of Newport was charged with larceny under $1,500, police said.
Christian Orlando Febles, 21, of Middletown, was arrested Oct. 19 at 4:55 p.m.
One student allegedly punched another boy in the eye after they left the bus on the return trip home.
Newport police are asking citizens to call detectives if they recognize the person in this surveillance footage.
Terrence Simmons, 19, is due in a New Hampshire court today to face charges he stabbed three people.
A man who was rescued from the rocks below the Cliff Walk told his rescuers yesterday he had jumped.
The man was wearing a hoodie and carrying a green bag. He allegedly followed one victim up the stairs and tried to force his way inside.
A man fell off the Cliff Walk this afternoon and was taken to the hospital by helicopter.
Police officers faced a crowd of angry people and threats of gunfire on Monday when they attempted to arrest Isaiah Brooks, 18, of Newport.
Police went to Chapel Terrace Housing twice Monday night and charged the same woman after she allegedly was fighting.
Shane Wyre, 27, was arrested Oct. 4 around 5:21 p.m. in front of the Mainstay Inn, after a patrol car followed him from Broadway.
Jihad Nelson, 20, faces multiple charges after a quarrel during a walk down Shimoda Way.
Police found a kitchen chandelier ripped off the ceiling, a glass coffee table and a big screen TV in shards and a broken kitchen window.
The wily coyote was successfully tranquilized this morning and relocated in Rhode Island.
Two people were arrested after a fight at Festival Fields apartments, police said.
Weather charts for the hurricane season have arrived.
An 18-year-old Watertown, Mass., man was arrested Sunday morning near the corner of Spring Street and Narragansett Avenue.
A 36-year-old Newport woman was charged with domestic disorderly conduct, police said.
A 32-year-old Newport man faces multiple charges after his arrest early Sunday morning.
Police stopped a driver near the corner of Bliss Road and Eustis Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday.
A standoff has caused police to close Boyd's Lane.
After some back-and-forth jabs through press releases and social media Monday morning, a debate between Mike Smith and Lauren Carson is on.
The state police won't release thousands of pages from an investigation that is now inactive and led to no criminal charges.