Lugo is charged with simple assault and battery after video captured him punching political opponent Jennifer Rourke at a Roe v. Wade rally.
The Rhode Island State Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who was at the scene of the recent violence.
The crash happened overnight Wednesday on Salisbury Road in rural Foster, according to a report.
The man and three of his friends were at the Pawtucket Town Landing when the man accidentally fell in the water, police said.
Investigations are underway after video of an arrest over the July 4 weekend shows an officer slamming a man's head into the pavement.
The scheme defrauded more than a dozen seniors out of $350,000, officials said Tuesday.
One of the residents reported to police that he recognized the woman who allegedly set the fire from a prior relationship, police said.
Three Providence men were sentenced to at least 10 years in state prison for their roles in a 2021 gang-related shooting.
Jeann Lugo is already facing criminal charges, but now faces internal charges for violating department rules.
The leader of a check fraud scheme which cost Rhode Island banks tens of thousands of dollars was sentenced on Monday.
Jeann Lugo is charged with assault after video captured him punching his political opponent, Jennifer Rourke, at Friday's Roe V. Wade rally.
Two climbers needed assistance getting down from a route on Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire over the weekend, officials said.
Police said Robert Komhlan, 36, killed a 30-year-old woman outside a Providence nightclub.
A former Burrillville priest is the fourth indictment out of an investigation of clergy child sexual abuse allegations, the AG says.
Authorities said Nathan Cooper, 53, shot his girlfriend Sherbert Maddox, 40, while she was in the shower and then hid her body in a fridge.
Roberto Cruz Rivera, 30, will serve 23 years in prison after robbing a 7-Eleven and shooting at a police officer pursuing him.
The robbery happened Friday at the Harbor One Bank on Warwick Avenue.
Paul Diogenes, 50, defrauded businesses out of $831,572 worth of lobster, sea bass, shrimp, scallops, filet, rib eye steak, and wild boar.
Darwin J. Gonzalez Reyes, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl and heroin.
The circumstances surround the child's death are unknown. Officials are waiting for the results of an autopsy.
Police said a Snapchat video of Jared Soltys, 23, with an underage victim led to his arrest.
Fire officials are still on scene at the Hillcrest Avenue home, as several cats remain missing from the house.
The man was one of four people from Georgia to pay Providence homeless people to cash fake checks for him.
The fire started in a fourth-floor bedroom at Charlesgate Nursing Center, according to Providence fire officials.
Jesse Hazard, 31, of Providence, admitted to making fraudulent unemployment claims in Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado and Nebraska.
"As soon as I saw it was not my boyfriend, I screamed and jumped and ran out of the house." the victim said.
Rhode Island State Police seized more than 2,200 grams of cocaine from two packages, prosecutors said.
The incident stemmed from the arrest of three teens who police said shot BB guns at people and led officers on a chase.
Nathan Cooper, 53, of Providence, is accused of murdering his girlfriend Sherbert Maddox, 40, and stuffing her body in a fridge.
Prosecutors said the package contained a sound speaker, which had the fentanyl hidden inside it.
Terrence Richardson, 32, admitted to stealing more than $60,000 with some fake checks used in the fraud scheme.
State Police said Andre Biggs, 32, of Providence, led troopers on a chase down I-95, before catching him in Mansfield.
Nathan Cooper, 53, of Providence, was charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend Sherbert Maddox, 40.
Providence police say they are looking for the shooter who fired through the seventh floor hospital window.
John Amaral, 29, admitted to possessing videos and pictures of prepubescent children being sexually abused.
The store clerk told police Justin Kulas, 40, threatened him with a rock, saying "I will hurt you."
“Here in Providence, we are always looking for ways to make City services more accessible to our residents,” said Mayor Jorge Elorza.
Providence, RI- Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Commissioner of Public Safety Steven M. Paré, Chief of Police Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr., Pres ...
As people become more isolated, particularly the elderly, they become more susceptible to falling victim to these fraudulent schemes.
Providence, RI – A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), will complete an e ...