Road Rage Driver Charged For Illegal Pistol, Magazines
By: Rob Borkowski on July 15, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — Officer Gian Micheletti was called to the Cranston Public Library June 12 at 4:28 p.m. for a firearm displayed during a road rage incident in Warwick, arresting […]
Pedestrian Arrested on Airport Road with Crack, Cocaine, Adderall
By: Rob Borkowski on August 22, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Uncategorized
Warwick Police arrested a Coventry man on Airport Road Aug. 10 on a handful of drug possession charges after finding crack, cocaine, adderall and heroin on him, alerted by a caller warning of a man stumbling into the street at 7:28 p.m.
Traffic Stop on Post Road Yields Women’s Arrest For Heroin Possession, Seven Cats
By: Rob Borkowski on July 18, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick Officer Aaron Steere was traveling east on Rte. 37 near Post Road when he spotted a maroon 1999 Plymouth Minivan with expired inspection stickers and, he soon learned, plates registered to another car, so he stopped it and found the two women inside in possession of dozens of hypodermic needles, heroin, and seven cats in poor health.
West Shore Road Man Charged With Firing Gun While Intoxicated
By: Rob Borkowski on April 3, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick Police responded to the area of 3260 West Shore Road Sunday at 12:22 p.m. for a report of shots fired, arresting a 40-year-old man for firing a hand gun while intoxicated, a felony.
WPD Charges Former School Building Director With Misappropriating 70K in Equipment
By: Rob Borkowski on December 23, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
David LaPlante, 48, the former Director of Warwick Schools Buildings and Grounds fired by the School Committee Dec. 8, for “purchasing irregularities” has been charged with five felony counts of Wrongful Conversion by Municipal Employee after misappropriating more than $70,000 worth of equipment, Warwick Police report.
State Trooper Log: Bail Violation, Felony Assault, Driving to Endanger Warrants
By: Rob Borkowski on June 28, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Members of the Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested James Bohan, 26, of 185 Stafford Road, Tiverton June 24, on three charges including a Washington County Superior Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Violation Hearing on an original charge of Felony Assault with Device Similar to Firearm by the South Kingstown Police Department and leaving the scene of an accident from the Warwick Police Department.