After police said they saw Nevarez completing a drug deal on camera, a warrant was issued for her arrest.​
Officer Amanda Weaver conducted the operation Thursday and Friday near Portsmouth High School by posing as a mother pushing a baby carriage.
Ford, 57 is replacing Michael Cranson. Cranson retired this summer after serving 27 years with the Portsmouth Fire Department.​
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These cameras will record video and audio of police officers' interactions with the public.
The Portsmouth Police Department started the investigation after a number of recent drug overdoses in the area.
WPRI-TV is reporting a car crashed into a stone wall on Middle Road Saturday night.
Police conducted a traffic study on Prudence Island and found the average was speed was 16 mph.
Here are recent arrests and citations. Information comes from police.
Two people were arrested Friday in connection with alleged heroin sales in town, police said.
Rebecca Cottle was charged with driving under the influence, police said.
Crews took one patient to the hospital, police confirmed.
He was charged with one felony and two misdemeanors, Newport police said.
In Newport Superior Court on Thursday, Lisa Almeida (Laureanno) pleaded guilty to manslaughter.for shooting her husband.
Police said a man broke into a house on Petonanowet Lane on Thursday afternoon.
Police arrested a Portsmouth man who allegedly assaulted a woman in a domestic violence incident.
Here are recent arrests and citations. Information comes from the police log.
One of the accused surrendered to Bristol police.
The fire started around midnight.
The man who fired at police and wounded an officer is from Portsmouth, police said Monday.
Police say three juvenile donned masks and gloves and used a ladder in an attempt to steal a gaming console from an East Main Road home.
Here are recent arrests and citations. Information comes from the police.
The Portsmouth Fire Department confirmed the accident happened around 12:35 p.m.
A 79-year-old woman died from injuries suffered in a crash Wednesday morning.
The Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force searched along the Sakonnet River for a boat in distress after a digital distress signal went out.
The fire department on Wednesday afternoon conducted a controlled burn on the southern end of Prudence Island. It was done for training.
The two-alarm fire was at 7 Eyler Drive.
Police say no explosives were found after a bomb threat at Portsmouth High. The school was evacuated.
Here are recent arrests and citations.
The 29-year-old man is a Portsmouth resident, police said. He was arraigned in Newport on Tuesday.
Police allege a Portsmouth man stole a lawnmower, a generator and two cars from two separate homeowners.
The two accused, both from Providence, allegedly were selling fentanyl/heroin in the Portsmouth area.
The fire on Dexter Street on Friday morning has been ruled arson, the state fire marshal's office said.