Coventry Man Faces Animal Cruelty Charges for 5 Malnourished Dogs
By: Rob Borkowski on February 13, 2026 in Police, Coventry, RI news, Police News & Fire News in RI
COVENTRY, RI — Coventry Police are reminding the community that animal cruelty is a serious crime, unacceptable, and avoidable, after charging another local dog owner with animal cruelty for a […]
Hanz Survives Animal Cruelty, Seeks Home
By: Rob Borkowski on January 14, 2026 in News to You, Coventry, RI news, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
COVENTRY, RI — Hanz, the German Shepherd, found in a Circle Drive sunroom, emaciated and in need of immediate care from animal cruelty Dec. 19, is now healthy and available […]
WPD Charges Negansett Ave. Man for Killing Animals, Assault
By: Rob Borkowski on May 29, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI— On May 27, Warwick Police responded to 200 Negansett Ave. following a 911 hang-up call, finding a combative 30-year-old man, the only person there, a dead parrot and […]
Warwick Man Faces Animal Cruelty Charges for Dead & Malnourished Dogs
By: Rob Borkowski on August 27, 2024 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick man faces animal cruelty charges after they found three dogs dead and four malnourished at 222 Sand Pond Road Monday. Warwick Police were called to […]
Wandering Warwick Dogs Bound for Ohio Shelter
By: Rob Borkowski on April 29, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI —Warwick Animal Shelter reports the famous black wandering dogs secured during the animal cruelty arrest of their owners have the crates needed to send them to a shelter […]
WPD Charges Wandering Dogs’ Owners With Animal Cruelty
By: Rob Borkowski on April 20, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police and the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RI-SPCA) members seized two dogs and 13 cats at 429 Seaview Ave. Thursday […]
Pet Custody, Cruelty Bills Aim to Aid Animals
By: Rob Borkowski on June 15, 2022 in News to You
STATE HOUSE — Four bills submitted before the RI House would establish pet custody process for separated couples, create an animal cruelty registry, and award pets to victims in domestic […]
Coventry Police Charge Warwick Man With Animal Cruelty, Mistreatment
By: Rob Borkowski on January 16, 2021 in Coventry, RI news, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick man turned himself in to Coventry Police Jan. 14, after which they charged him with 10 Counts of Cruelty to Animals and 10 Counts of […]
Veterinarian: ‘Kiki,’ Cat Shot With Pellet Gun Sunday, Will Recover
By: Rob Borkowski on May 11, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Kiki, a black cat shot with a pellet gun in Warwick Sunday, suffered injuries to his kidneys and spleen, but is recovering well at the Companion Animal Welfare Society (CAWS) veterinary hospital and is expected to return home Monday.
Warwick Man Recorded Flipping Shih Tzu Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charge
By: Rob Borkowski on April 17, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK — A Grove Avenue man recorded grabbing his 15-year-old Shih Tzu by the neck, then throwing it in the air, causing it to flip head-over-heels, twice, then kicking it, is […]
WPD Arrests Van Buren Street Man for Mistreating 10 Dogs
By: Rob Borkowski on September 22, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick Police arrested a Van Buren Street man Tuesday morning on 20 charges of cruelty and mistreatment of animals after a joint investigation with the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA) investigation led them to 10 dogs kept at his home.