A look at the more unique police stories from around the state.
State cops want to reunite owners with their stolen property.
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the North Kingstown Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
The ongoing effort to eliminate theft from the critical support system has netted dozens of arrests throughout the state. More are expected.
The arrests were the culmination of a five-month-long investigation.
Michael Iarocci, of Coventry, is accused of stealing from his company, Johnson Bros. of Rhode Island.
The 22-year veteran reportedly had a relationship with a woman who had been a state trooper candidate.
Shannon “Bear” Cothran, who scared off a would-be robber by showing a gun in Nashua, NH, got fired for having a gun at the Shell gas station convenience store.
More fires start in the kitchen than in any other part of the home.
The drill, which took a year to plan, started at Wickford Junction and moved to Providence.
The station, which is closed on weekends, will be used by first responders as an anti-terrorism training exercise between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday.
Reports say one injured at Capitol Hill shooting.
Says the town engaged in “unlawful behavior” when it unilaterally imposed 24-hours shifts; the town will try to delay the ruling.
Aynis Vargas, who was shot and killed on June 15, attended Quidnessett Elementary School in .
Aaron Alexis, the gunman who killed 12 people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C, said he believed a "microwave machine" was penetrating his body.
He took the “extraordinary” step to rid the community of dangerous, but at the time legal, drugs by going to retailers and purchasing them himself, with his own money, to get them off the street.
Six of the boaters were from Barrington, one was from East Providence.