Stepped up efforts to crack down on drug dealing in the city is paying dividends.
Also, a Massachusetts man tries to hit the RI Lottery without getting a ticket.
Police said she almost drove between traffic barrels.
Newport police arrested Roderick Q. Baptiste Jr. after he allegedly stood in the middle of the road and then became upset when beeped at.
Tamerian Tsanraev was married to Katherine Russell of North Kingstown.
The diver was near Ida Lewis Yacht Club and pulled from the water at around 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Police said the 42-year-old Quincy, Mass., man is facing charges for punching another man in the head.
The 58-year-old was diving near Ida Lewis Yacht Club.
Miss some of the police stories reported around Patch in Rhode Island this week? Catch up with this list.
Police said Oneka Michelle Ardrey, 34, stole a Bluetooth speaker and a blood pressure monitor from CVS on Thursday.
A roundup of some of the notable police reporting on Patch sites in Rhode Island last week.
The DOT is reporting steady progress in both the Broadway streetscape and America's Cup and Memorial Blvds. projects.
Police said Lindsay Anne Potts shoved a 14-year-old and smashed a computer tablet early Friday.
Calls reporting the smoke came from as far as Bristol and Tiverton, firefighters said. Nobody was hurt in the fire.
The U.S. Coast Guard said David Howe of Jamestown was intoxicated while operating his powerboat early Thursday morning in local waters.
Nelson Sanchez, 21, said he wanted to do the right thing after fleeing Newport in 2012 and living in Puerto Rico for the last three years.
Police arrested Carrissa L. Kenyon, 23, of Newport, after she allegedly assaulted a 4-year-old after the child put glue on a pet bunny.
Alan Bradley, 53, of Middletown, got behind the wheel despite his doctor telling him not to and ended up killing a Navy detective in 2013.
A roundup of some of the notable police action that happened in Patch towns across Rhode Island last week.
Also: Newport police arrested two brothers after they allegedly beat up a relative for stealing prescription drugs and a kid's bike.
Police said they arrested two Aquidneck Island men who allegedly were selling heroin in Newport.
A woman attacks two relatives, a man threatens to gun down another man and a hospital patient goes into a rage over meds, police report.
Police said the 52-year-old Meeting Street man got angry when another man looked at his knife on Tuesday afternoon.
The promotions and swearing-in ceremony was held last week.
A majority agreed: there should only be one kind of butt strewn across Newport's city-owned beaches.
Police arrested a 20-year-old Newport man who was carrying a handgun near the scene of the shooting.
The Oak Street man was arrested on Friday after a raid at his apartment by members of the RI Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
The elementary school students didn't get into trouble. They won a raffle and a chance to "Ride with Newport's Finest."
This won't come as a surprise to Rhode Island drivers.
A charge of domestic breaking and entering was dismissed.
Jessica Costa, 30, was arrested by Newport police on Thursday for allegedly attacking the man in his place of business.
An upcoming City Council resolution could pave the way for the city to take steps to equip officers with body cameras.
Police said Lee Vertis Smith III, 31, punched a sleeping man in the face and cut his back with a kitchen knife in a Broadway apartment.
For the second time in three days, a car has crashed into a Newport commercial building. Nobody was hurt.
Police said Gregory McFrederick denied drinking but smelled like alcohol and failed a field sobriety test.
Police are looking for a dark SUV that caused the accident and sent a Mercedes into Adria Bird Bride.
James William Bell was wanted for allegedly molesting three girls in Middletown and has been wanted since he failed to show in court in 2004
Police said Randy Rissmiller, 34,entered the apartment by crawling through a living room window.
Police said Christopher Jeffrey Monroe, 29, jumped out of a second-floor window while carrying a loaded handgun and right into handcuffs.
Baltimore Police, in the wake of uprisings in that city, say gang members might target law enforcement officers with violence.