Suspects in Multi-Town Chase Jailed on Prior Charges
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on August 14, 2019 in Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick man and woman arrested on May 31 for leading Cranston police on a chase through several local communities are serving jail time for prior arrests […]
Warwick Couple Flee CPD, Crash Car in EG
By: Rob Borkowski on May 31, 2019 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — This morning Cranston Police arrested two Warwick residents in a silver Nissan who ran over an officer’s foot while leading them on a chase through Scituate, Coventry, […]
Warwick Man Subdued By Crowd During Cranston Road Rage Assault
By: Rob Borkowski on May 25, 2019 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, R.I. — Cranston Police arrested a Warwick man for felony assault and disorderly conduct Friday at 2:42 p.m. at the 1282 Elmwood Ave. Mobil after he rammed his car […]
Two Indicted for Sex Trafficking Minor in Warwick, Queens Hotels
By: Rob Borkowski on May 12, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment Tuesday alleging that two Rhode Island men sex trafficked a 17-year-old Rhode Island girl at hotels in Warwick and […]
Man At Warwick Gas Station With Slit Lip Charged With Domestic Strangulation
By: Rob Borkowski on May 9, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Cranston Police report the man who entered the Speedway gas station on Post Road in Warwick bleeding from a sliced lip at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday was wounded while attacking his girlfriend, and that they have charged him with domestic strangulation and domestic vandalism.
Cranston Police Arrest Woman in Stabbing After Man, Lip Sliced, Enters Warwick Gas Station
By: Rob Borkowski on in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Cranston Police arrested a Cranston woman at her home early this morning, charging her with felony domestic assault and domestic disorderly conduct for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend after he entered the Speedway station on Post Road in Warwick bleeding from a sliced lip at 1:15 a.m.
Cranston Police Arrest Larceny Suspect Wanted on Dec. 7 Warwick Police Warrant
By: Rob Borkowski on December 21, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, R.I. — Cranston Police located Thomas Brown Dec. 16 and arrested him on the Warwick Police Department’s arrest warrant issued after he and a woman stole a woman’s belongings from her car as she was being treated for a medical emergency at the Jefferson Boulevard Mobile station across the street from Motel 6 on Dec. 7.
RI Trooper Log: DUI Arrest in Warwick; Drivers Wanted in West Warwick, Cranston
By: Rob Borkowski on November 26, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – This week’s Rhode Island State Police activity in and nearby Warwick involved an arrest for DUI reckless driving stemming from a crash on Rte. 95 in Warwick, as well as traffic stops catching people wanted on warrants from the West Warwick, Coventry and Cranston Police Departments.
Warwick Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Distribution, Faces 20 Years in Prison
By: Rob Borkowski on November 7, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Sami-Joe Daou, 27, of Warwick, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence Thursday to possessing and distributing child pornography, and faces 5-20 years in federal prison at his sentencing in February.
Warwick, Providence Men Detained on Drug, Conspiracy Charges in FBI, CPD Case
By: Rob Borkowski on July 29, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — The FBI and Cranston Police Department cooperated in the arrest of two men, one from Providence and another from Warwick, on July 26 following electronic surveillance of six […]
Lexus Stolen from Warwick Mall Found Torched in Cranston
By: Rob Borkowski on July 15, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick Police received a report June 19 at 1:51 a.m. from a Fall River man who said his gray 2015 Lexus had been stolen from the Warwick Mall outside Macy’s June 1 sometime after 10 p.m. the previous night while he enjoyed a night out with his girlfriend.
Providence Man Admits to Role in Kerry Mello’s Murder
By: Rob Borkowski on May 24, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI — A Providence man, one of four indicted April 21 in the murder and dismemberment of Kerry Melo of Cranston at a Warwick home, has pled guilty to conspiring to the crime. […]
Four Indicted for Murder, Dismemberment of Kerry Mello
By: Rob Borkowski on April 22, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Three Warwick men and one Providence man were indicted Thursday in the murder and dismemberment of Kerry Melo of Cranston following a months-long investigation including RI State Police, Massachusetts State Police, US Coast Guard, Cranston and Warwick police.
Cranston Officer Stops Driver on Rte. 95, WPD Arrests Him for DUI
By: Rob Borkowski on April 13, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Uncategorized
Cranston Police Officer Nathan Bagshaw pulled over a blue 2006 Toyota Corolla March 18 at 1:51 a.m. after following its swerving path from Rte. 10 onto Rte. 95 south into Warwick, as it nearly strike a construction crew, calling in Warwick officers who arrested the driver on a DUI charge.
Four Warwick Men Arrested in Cranston Prostitution Sting
By: Rob Borkowski on March 12, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Cranston Police Chief Col. Michael J. Winquist announced Friday that a CPD-led prostitution sting had resulted in the arrests of 17 people, including a Providence woman for prostitution and human trafficking of a 16-year-old girl, and four Warwick men for soliciting sex.
Cranston Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin, Crack Trafficking in Warwick, Cranston
By: Rob Borkowski on October 21, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Cranston man arrested in June pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to trafficking heroin and crack cocaine in Warwick and Cranston.
West Warwick Man Crossing Rte. 295 on Foot Struck, Killed by Car
By: Rob Borkowski on October 4, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Warwick motorist struck and killed a West Warwick man as he crossed Rte. 295’s high speed lane on foot early Sunday morning, State Police report.
Cranston Man Arrested by Warwick, Cranston Police for Selling Crack Confined to Home
By: Rob Borkowski on June 29, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Cranston man arrested by Cranston and Warwick Police June 25 on federal drug trafficking charges for selling crack cocaine to a Warwick detective has been ordered held on home confinement with GPS monitoring during an initial appearance this morning in U.S. District Court in Providence.
Schools, Police on Alert after Johnston Receives New Threat Letter
By: Rob Borkowski on October 22, 2014 in Breaking News, News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – Police in Warwick, Cranston and Johnston will return to heightened patrols of local schools this week after Johnston Police received a letter on Tuesday similar to the one threatening physical violence against students Oct. 7.
Police Continue School Watch, Search for Threatening Letter Writer
By: Rob Borkowski on October 13, 2014 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Schools
Warwick, RI – Police Departments in Warwick, Cranston and Johnston are still looking for the author of a letter threatening the communities’ school children, and will keep guarding local schools this week.
Cranston Woman Charged With Hit & Run in Post Road Crash
By: Rob Borkowski on June 17, 2014 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – Warwick Police got some help from Cranston officers tracking down a hit and run suspect following a crash on Post Road June 6.