Fraudulent Firearm Buy Draws WPD Charges
By: Rob Borkowski on February 20, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — A 38-year-old Cranston woman faces fraudulent computer access and fraudulent firearm buy information charges after using fraudulently obtained gift cards to buy a Christiansen Arms CA5five6 rifle […]
Warwick Man Among Six Indicted on RICO charges by US Attorney
By: Rob Borkowski on October 30, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI – Six men alleged to be associated with a criminal enterprise generally known as “the Chad Brown Gang,” including one from Warwick, have been charged by federal indictment with violating […]
Warwick Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison on Meth, Firearms Charges
By: Rob Borkowski on April 20, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Jon Cascella, 49, of Warwick, convicted in December for selling methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm while drug trafficking, learned he’s been sentenced to 10 years on Thursday.
ATF Arrests Eight for Illegal Firearm Purchases
By: Rob Borkowski on March 31, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
ATF agents working with local police assigned to the the Rhode Island ATF Task Force have arrested and charged eight people, including a Warwick man, with providing false information and/or made false statements on ATF forms provided to licensed federal firearms dealers in Rhode Island to buy 44 firearms.
Warwick, Cranston Men Admit Involvement in Butane Hash Oil Dealing
By: Rob Borkowski on August 29, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Two men, from Cranston and Warwick, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to their roles in the operation of a butane hash oil (BHO) manufacturing laboratory inside a former warehouse in Providence.
Warwick Man Arrested in Meth Bust by ATF, WPD, Pawtucket Police
By: Rob Borkowski on May 8, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Warwick man faces charges of methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearm possession after an ATF task force including Warwick Police detectives and Pawtucket Police caught him and another Pawtucket meth dealer, seizing 174 grams of meth, last week.
Cranston Man Pleads Guilty to Detonating Bomb Made from Parts Bought in Warwick
By: Rob Borkowski on June 2, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Cranston man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to detonating a pipe bomb he built from parts purchased in Warwick Oct. 18, 2015 then used it to destroy a refrigerator in a gravel pit in West Greenwich.