Here are recent arrests and citations. Information comes from the police log.
Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the back and side of the house but managed to confine the fire to one room.
The woman's car rolled down an embankment near Patriot Park and West Main Road. She lost control coming off the Route 24 exit ramp.
A fifth alleged drunk driver was arrested this past weekend, Portsmouth police said.
A fire was reported Sunday night on Dighton Avenue.
The section between Village Way and Child Street was closed for emergency repairs.
Except to cite an ongoing investigation, state police were mum on Monday about a raid on a Niantic Avenue body shop; now the story is out.
A driver had more than 700 marijuana candies in his car when he was pulled over, Portsmouth police allege.
Here are recent arrests and citations. Information is from the police log.
Police say Cheyanne Brannen is due in Newport District Court on Monday.
Not to be outdone by Cranston, Portsmouth also harbors a porch pirate. Police say they are looking for the suspect in this video.
The gun was reported missing on March 6 but may have been taken earlier, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives.
A local woman escaped injury Monday when another driver slammed her head-on.
A high speed chase led to the arrest of Ryan White, 19, of Exeter, on Feb. 16. He is one of three accused of an Exeter home invasion.
The Monday, Feb. 5 crash happened on the Escape Bridge off Point Road. The cause is still under investigation, police said,
The body of Richard Kanauss was found at the site of a fire on Narragansett Boulevard, the state fire marshal's office said.
A search of the three burned houses on Narragansett Boulevard turned up one body.
A 61-year-old man was flown by helicopter to Rhode Island Hospital after his car collided with a dump truck, police said.
Det. Lt. Michael Arnold said police made an arrest.
Fire on North Drive destroyed three mobile homes on Sunday, police said.