All residents made it out of the fire without injury, but a cat was treated for smoke inhalation.
Prosecutors say Edmilson Rodrigues, 26, was also caught with materials used to steal mail from large U.S. Postal Service receptacles.
Ryan McElwee, 23, was arraigned at Second Division District Court and was charged with possession of child pornography.
Police say Juan Carlos Montepeque-Albizures, 24, of Newport, and Alvaro Gomez-Alvarez, 33, sexually assaulted a 27-year-old man.
Police say scammers are spoofing their calls with a computer program to make their caller ID appear to be coming from Newport police.
Glenda Mendez, 48, and Edgardo Torres, 26, both of Newport, were charged with possession with intent to sell a controlled substance.
Tyrese Poulsen, 22, of Newport, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for stabbing and killing Maximus Julian, 22, of Little Compton.
Prosecutors say Matthew Hoard, 40, of Smithfield, thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl, but she was actually an undercover officer.
Newport police say Charles Fenwick, 31, had an 18-month-old child with him when he crashed his moped into a parked car.
Newport police say one of the men was also caught with a gun he legally was not allowed to own.
Federal prosecutors in RI say Richard Allen, 52, of Citrus Heights, California, stole and sold gear worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Newport police say the scammers tell their victims they are being subpoenaed in order to steal people's information.
Anyone with information is asked to call Det. RJ Cooper at 401-845-5759, or email him at rcooper@cityofnewport.com.
Newport police charge two more people in connection to a shooting on Jade Way that sent one person to the hospital.
Newport police say they are still looking for information that can aid in the investigation of Friday morning's shooting.
The man went missing in the water on the north end of Brenton Point, reports say.
Prosecutors say Nelson Yocute, a Guatemalan national, has lived in Newport for the last nine years, even though he was deported in 2014.
Prosecutors say Kyle Patrick Tormey, 39, of Newport paid an underage girl $200 to engage in sex acts in his van.
Prosecutors say Jose Vega, 52, of Newport, molested a child five times between May 2012 and May 2017.
A two-month-old was found unresponsive at the Festival Field Housing Development Thursday night, police said.
Police say someone walking on the East Bay Bike Path discovered the 44-year-old man's body along the shoreline of the Providence River.
Foster Krupa, 25, is accused in the string of crimes that began overnight Wednesday in Newport.
Newport police say a large fire broke out when a tractor-trailer transporting gasoline ignited in the Ruggles Avenue area.
On Oct. 25, 1991, Brent Davis, 20, of Newport, was shot and killed in New Bedford, MA. More than 30 years later, the case has been solved.
Newport police say four people are facing assault charges in the latest arrest log.
Newport police say two people were charged with selling tobacco to minors and one was charged with the illegal sale of a concealed firearm.
The Newport police arrest log includes three domestic violence charges.
The Newport police log also includes a hit-and-run crash charge, providing false information to 911, several warrant arrests, and more.
One apartment residents was taken to the hospital because of difficulty breathing, Newport fire officials say.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Oct. 11 and Oct. 13.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Sept. 28 and Oct. 5.
Newport Police Chief Ryan Duffy thanks nine officers for sacrificing Thanksgiving with their families to arrest Zachary McCray, 24.
Newport police say the fentanyl-laced cocaine was supplied by Jason Sumner, 49, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Sept. 20 and Sept. 27.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Sept. 15 and Sept. 20.
Marcus Cochran, 42, pleaded not guilty to embezzlement and fraudulent use of a credit card after being accused of stealing from his union.
Newport police say they seized 40 grams of cocaine, 489 packages of THC edibles, a half pound of marijuana, 21 THC vape pens, and more.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Sept. 12 and Sept. 15.
The following people were arrested by Newport police between Sept. 10 and Sept. 11.