Several fire department marine vessels were unable to respond due to icy conditions in the bay.
The 22-year-old Middletown man was cited and given a Municipal Court summons.
Kenneth Adamczyk, 33, was arrested Thursday after he allegedly posted child pornography to Twitter.
Police responded to the Connell Highway Walmart twice on Monday.
Police said Rafael Munoz-Escobar allegedly sideswiped a tow truck and drove away before he was stopped by police.
Newport police charged a local man with a weapons law violation Friday night as they investigated a report of a fight and shots fired.
Police said Christian Winthrop, 42, hit and threw a Newport man down a flight of stairs after entering a Spring Street apartment last week.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the man suffered a burn while serving on the 654-foot cargo ship Cougar Ace.
The City Council will vote on a one-year agreement for Newport firefighters next month as negotiations continue for a new contract.
George Reddick of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded no contest in November and was sentenced today.
Officers Joseph C. Carroll and Robert M. Salter are now police sergeants.
Police said Kenneth Cigany, 61, of Solon, Ohio, also failed to notify Newport police that he is a registered sex offender.
Police said the woman allegedly sent a series of taunting and threatening emails to another woman over a mutual love interest.
Newport police say Robert Edward Corry, 26, was under the influence of prescription drugs when he was stopped for erratic driving.
Police charged Robert C. Leeming, 39, with two felonies for allegedly beating and strangling a woman Wednesday night.
Police said they arrested Chancey Eugene Nealy Jr. after he allegedly was in the company of a woman he has been barred from seeing.
The American Red Cross is helping a family of two.
A male passenger was hurt and transported to Newport Hospital for facial injuries.
Police charged Ryan J. Allen, 25, of 156 Park Holm, with simple assault on Monday.
The juvenile is not supposed to be out past 6 p.m. on weeknights as ordered by the courts.
Jeffrey Souza fled to Newport after allegedly killing Kyle Brady, 28, in Fall River on New Year's Day.
Police said the 31-year-old concealed items in her purse at the Walmart on Connell Highway.
A 55-year-old Portsmouth woman allegedly crashed into three parked cars in Newport early Tuesday and was charged with DUI.
Newport Police said a Warwick woman became enraged after she woke up to see her boyfriend kissing another woman in their hotel room.
Police said the 27-year-old suffered a severe laceration to his neck after the MetroPCS window was smashed.
Police said Alexander Lee Morgan of Providence kicked down the door to a woman's Spring Street apartment on Saturday.
A local man is facing domestic assault charges after he allegedly struck his girlfriend in view of a police officer.
Officers would get raises but give up some perks and pay more for health care.
A Pawtucket man upset with a woman who ordered him out of her car took out his frustrations with a crowbar.
Police said the man became violent after an argument.
Police said Soane Malia Lui was intoxicated and busted his way into the woman's apartment against her wishes.
Newport Police said all but one city liquor store passed a recent compliance check.
Officers would get raises but give up some perks and pay more for health care. City Council to review behind closed doors next week.
One man was bitten in the shoe, but none of the six people who reportedly interacted with the animal came in direct contact.
Newport police say 38-year-old Kenneth S. Brasher of Middletown has been dealing cocaine on Aquidneck Island and is now facing charges.
Police said the man fought with officers in the parking lot who were responding to an argument.
Police said the man she claimed had hit her was in fact the victim -- and had the welt to prove it.
Coincidentally, a chimney sweep was on the premises when the fire in the tavern chimney got out of control.
Police said Stephen-Lawrence Ellis of Newport had a collection of child porn that he was sharing on the Internet.
A family of three was lucky to escape uninjured when a sheet of ice flew off a SUV and crashed through their windshield.