Police said the victim was held at an apartment against her will for more than two days after the violent attack.
Police said a good Samaritan watched her drive onto the sidewalk on Hope Street, got out of her own car, walked over and took away the keys.
Fifteen first responders will be awarded the 2014 Rhode Island Lifesaving Medal.
It will be the second time the task force has deployed this year. Officers charged 11 people with DUI during the first deployment in May.
The following arrests and incidents were reported by Newport Police. They do not indicate a conviction.
The disabled vessel had an overheated engine, causing smoke but no flames.
Alfred Pennine committed suicide in July. Days later, authorities found the remains of eight people at his funeral home.
Two Fall River, Mass. women are facing felony larceny charges for stealing from homes they were working in across Aquidneck Island.
Get the chance to dunk the mayor and several Newport police officers and firefighters tonight and much more.
It will be the second time the task force has been deployed this year. Officers charged 11 people with DUI during the first deployment.
Police said the Middletown man, who has been "confrontational" towards police in the past, blocked in a police cruiser in a parking lot.
Two men from Connecticut were hurt, one seriously, after they crashed near the downtown exit.
Duane Gomes, of 3 Prescott Place, allegedly molested a child 14-years-old or under between June 1 and July 31 of 2013.
The following arrests were reported by the Newport Police Department. They do not indicate a conviction.
Newport Police have also identified the victim of a fatal hit and run Saturday night near the Route 138 overpass Saturday night.
A 33-year-old New York woman was charged after hitting a man on Route 138 Saturday night.
A security officer working at the Wyndham Inn at Long Wharf was reportedly training two new officers at the time.
Numerous violations were found at the concession areas connected to a State Police investigation into state contracts.
Westport (Mass.) Police Det. Jeff Majewski's dog, Siren, died in April. A recent autopsy showed rat poison in the dog's liver.
The following arrest and incident reports were reported by Newport police. They do not indicate a conviction.
Police said the man was upset over a his girlfriend's efforts to track down the phone number of her ex-boyfriend.
State Police charged the Newport City Councilor with simple assault on Wednesday after their investigation into an alleged fight between himself and a contractor working on a house next door over a ladder.
The following incidents were reported by Newport police. They do not indicate a conviction.
The pair reportedly rode the wrong way on Thames Street and then turned into traffic on America's Cup Boulevard, nearly causing an accident, police said.
A Croton-on-Hudson man was charged with disorderly conduct after throwing a sandwich from 7 Eleven at an officer's cruiser in apparent retaliation for not giving him a free ride.
The ruling came after a lengthy investigation into several complaints about the dog attacking people outside its owner's property on Bliss Road.
Police were called to the scene after a library staff member said the man had been sitting in the parking lot all day and had become increasingly agitated as the day wore on.
The nurse suffered minor injuries to her face.
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Thanks in part to the work of Newport Police, it will be a lot harder to get Crazy Monkey, Bizzarro, Scooby Snax, K-2, or amphetamines in East Greenwich.
Suspect didn't bring any burglary tools for this crime, stealing everything needed: a hammer, a screwdriver, even the gloves, swiped from a first-aid kit.
The CVS on Bellevue Avenue was handed a citation today for selling cigarettes to a minor after a clerk sold a pack of Marlboros to an undercover agent on Monday.
Newport Police are asking for anyone with information about the incident to call detectives. The victim, 21, was shot in the leg and was treated at Newport Hospital.
Police said a Park Holm man got into an altercation with cops after he was stopped while driving a go-kart on Hillside Avenue with a three-year-old on his lap and a four year old in the passenger seat, neither wearing helmets.
Nobody was hurt in the fire at 64 Bedlow Ave.
John T. McKone, 46, of East Main Road, Middletown, is now facing felony drug charges after the Newport Police vice squad watched him begin a drug deal in the RK Towne Center lot on Wednesday morning and promptly arrested him.
The victim suffered minor injuries and said he didn’t want to press charges.
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