By Amanda Milkovits
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police said Friday that a body pulled from the Seekonk River is that of a 43-year-old East Providence woman.
Her name was withheld pending notification of her next of kin, said Capt. James Desmarais of the Providence police. Desmarais said foul play [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The 16-year-old boy who was shot after a fight outside a birthday party in Elmwood died Wednesday morning.
John Carlos Tavarez was shot by a man who'd just shot and wounded his older brother, said Capt. James Desmarais. Tavarez is the 21st homicide victim in the' [...]
By Kate Bramson
and
Thomas J. Morgan
Journal Staff Writers
NEWPORT, R.I. -- State police have identified the man believed to have jumped from the Pell Bridge on Wednesday.
Capt. James Swanberg said he is Richard Wicher, 37, of Warwick.
No body has been recovered. A search began when a 911 caller reported [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police on Tuesday identified the teenager who was shot early Sunday at a house on Public Street where the homeowner was throwing a birthday party for a 15-year-old.
John Carlos Tavares was shot once in the abdomen after someone shot Kennber Paulino, Tavares' older brother, Capt.' [...]
By Amanda Milkovits
Journal staff writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man wanted in three Providence bank robberies in a week was arrested Monday afternoon still wearing the blazer and Yankees cap described in all three robberies, the police said.
Capt. James Desmarais said that the man had been apprehended only two [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Police have charged a man with domestic felony assault, saying he beat his girlfriend, Capt. Jeff S. Allen said on Monday.
Shane Patrick Sutherland, 33, of 37 Whitford St., Wakefield, was taken into custody Saturday and is to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Washington County District Court, [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Investigators from several communities were questioning a break-in suspect Monday after Narragansett police arrested him early in the morning.
Scott Gavitt, 28, of 31 Sykes St., Warwick, is charged with breaking into two gas stations in South Kingstown, according to Capt. Jeff S. Allen of the South [...]
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- St. Mary Academy Bay View is closed for the day after school officials found a white powdery substance spread through a hallway early Monday morning.
The powder was found to be nontoxic, said Fire Marshal Capt. Oscar M. Elmasian, but its discovery by workers just after 6 [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence police worked overnight Sunday and into Monday morning following up leads into a shooting that killed two men and critically wounded another early Sunday in downtown Providence.
Nobody has been arrested.
Capt. James Desmarais said Monday morning he's unable to share any new details about what may [...]
After nearly two decades of service in Rhode Island government, Michael O'Keefe has decided to retire.
His title, House fiscal adviser, doesn't fully capture the responsibility and influence of the 65-year-old man known for his bow ties and dry humor. O'Keefe has influenced the state budget process perhaps more than any' [...]
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Eighteen people accused of dealing drugs on the streets throughout the city were swept up in a three-month investigation.
Seventeen adults and one teenage girl were arraigned on Thursday on charges of dealing crack cocaine, and police Capt. James Mendonca said more arrests are pending.
Most of [...]
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A pedestrian who was fatally hit by a minivan Friday morning as she crossed Route 146 north has been identified as Anita Marie Magnifico, 54.
State police Capt. James Swanberg said Magnifico had gotten off a RIPTA bus and started to cross the road when she was [...]
By John Curran
Associated Press Writer
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Richard Phillips, the ship captain toasted as a hero after he was taken captive by Somali pirates, ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, [...]
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The high school was locked down for about two hours Wednesday and munitions-sniffing dogs were called in after four rounds of ammunition were found on a floor, police and school officials said.
North Smithfield Police Capt. Tom R. Lafleur said the ammunition would go in [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence police say an elderly Lincoln woman jumped to her death at Providence Place mall last week.
Capt. James Desmarais said Creuz Elen Dehoyos, 79, jumped from an upper level of the mall's Stateside parking area Tuesday and landed in an interior section of the [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- An Oakland Beach man was arrested Thursday for allegedly dealing marijuana out of his home.
Juan J. Scott, 23, tried to flush a pound of marijuana down the toilet, as detectives with a search warrant came into his rental home at 723 Oakland Beach Ave., said Capt. Sean [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- A local 17-year-old boy is accused of robbing the Coastway Community Bank branch at 2089 Warwick Ave. late Thursday morning.
Capt. Sean Collins said the boy had cut school that day and walked into the bank with a note for the teller. The handwritten note, riddled with misspelled [...]
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The state police are helping the Woonsocket police with an investigation into the removal of two hard drives from computers from the city administration.
Capt. David Neill of the state police said, "We're assisting the Woonsocket Police through our computer crimes unit to do a forensic audit on'" [...]
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that a Barrington man was captain of the Maersk Alabama when pirates tried taking over the ship for the second time in seven months.
By Kate Bramson and Tom Mooney
Journal staff writers
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- The family of the Barrington man serving as captain of the Maersk Alabama was relieved to learn Wednesday that Paul M. Rochford is safe after an attack on the ship earlier in the day by Somali pirates.
This April 22, 2009, AP file photo shows the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama, leaving the Port of Mombasa, Kenya.
By Kate Bramson
Journal staff writer
A Barrington man was serving as captain of the Maersk Alabama early Wednesday when Somali pirates attacked the ship for the second [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- David Rohde, the New York Times reporter who earlier this year was held captive by the Taliban in Pakistan for seven months until he escaped, will speak about his experiences there on Monday afternoon at Brown University.
Rohde, a 1990 Brown graduate, won the Pulitzer Prize for a [...]
