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[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH.

Coventry Man Indicted for April 22 Fentanyl Trafficking

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH. By: Rob Borkowski on May 22, 2025 in Police, Coventry, RI news, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE – A Coventry man has bee indicted on two counts of fentanyl trafficking stemming from an April 22 arrest following warrant searches of his Providence and Coventry homes. Rhode […]

Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police report a Northup Street man arrested after firing a BB gun indoors, while intoxicated.

WPD: Black Market Marijuana Kills Woman, 27

Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police report a Northup Street man arrested after firing a BB gun indoors, while intoxicated. By: Rob Borkowski on April 4, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police urge extreme caution with black market marijuana after a 27-year-old woman died after using unregulated marijuana laced with fentanyl. The woman  was found unresponsive in […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

Driver Asleep At Wheel Jan. 30 Faces Fentanyl Charge

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on March 18, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — A West Warwick man arrested for fentanyl possession Jan. 30 after Warwick officers found him sleeping in his gray 2003 Nissan Maxima at Marathon Gas Station, 2400 […]

RI Trooper Log arrests, including Warwick arrests. The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks throughout Rhode Island.

RI Trooper Log: 9 Warwick Arrests – Crack, Fentanyl, Assault

RI Trooper Log arrests, including Warwick arrests. The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks throughout Rhode Island. By: Rob Borkowski on March 1, 2025 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick arrests in the Warwick RI Trooper Log Feb. 14 – 28 involved charges including  DUI, simple assault, crack cocaine and fentanyl possession, larceny and domestic violence. Here […]

[CREDIT: WPD] Warwick Police report three Canfield Ave. arrests for fentanyl and firearms possession.

WPD: 3 Canfield Ave. Arrests for Firearms, Fentanyl, Narcotics

[CREDIT: WPD] Warwick Police report three Canfield Ave. arrests for fentanyl and firearms possession. By: Rob Borkowski on January 14, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police SWAT, patrol and Detective officers executed two search warrants, making three Canfield Ave. arrests for firearms and fentanyl possession at about 7:15 a.m. today. Officers […]

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Man Admits Selling Fentanyl-Laced Fake Oxycodone Pills

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski on December 12, 2024 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE – A Cranston man admitted to a federal judge that he led a conspiracy that sold and delivered tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced fake Oxycodone pills,  US Attorney Zachary […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

Sleeping Driver Arrested for Fentanyl Oct. 12

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on December 5, 2024 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Officers Andrew Chretien and Nicholas Manocchio were called to Canfield Ave.  home Oct. 12 at 11:02 a.m. for a report of a man asleep in a black […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

Driver Asleep in Traffic Arrested for Fentanyl

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on May 24, 2024 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Officers responded to a call for a driver asleep in Centerville Road traffic April 24 at 9:26 a.m., arresting the man for fentanyl possession. Officer Jackson Acciaioli […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

Car Stops on Warwick Ave. Nov. 20, Passenger Carrying Fentanyl

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on December 20, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Officer Connor Bemis noticed a green Toyota stopped in the right north lane of  Warwick Avenue Nov. 20 at 12:58 a.m. stopped it on Lindy Avenue when […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH.

Warwick Heroin Trafficker Sentenced to 9 Years

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH. By: Rob Borkowski on November 17, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Warwick heroin trafficker caught with heroin, a loaded pistol, drug packing tools, and smuggling spaces in his car  was sentenced to nine years in federal prison […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH.

Woman Admits Fentanyl & Cocaine Trafficking

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH. By: Rob Borkowski on May 31, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE – A Providence woman today admitted to a federal judge her part in a fentanyl & cocaine trafficking conspiracy in which she was paid by co-conspirators to accept and […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

WPD Makes Motel 6 Fentanyl Possession Arrest May 2

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on May 30, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police stopped a the driver of a gray 2018 Hyundai Tuscon with a obscuring license plate cover as it pulled into the Motel 6 on Jefferson […]

[CREDIT: CSPAN] Sen. Jack Reed questioned federal law enforcement officials about the impact of Speaker McCarthy's proposed $4.5T budget cuts on the opioid epidemic and public safety.

FBI: GOP Budget Cuts Would Worsen Opioid Epidemic

[CREDIT: CSPAN] Sen. Jack Reed questioned federal law enforcement officials about the impact of Speaker McCarthy's proposed $4.5T budget cuts on the opioid epidemic and public safety. By: Rob Borkowski on May 11, 2023 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WASHINGTON, DC — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Dist. 23) uses conservative lawmakers’ refusal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling to negotiate $4.5 trillion in GOP budget cuts, Sen. Jack […]

Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police have identified the woman in a single-vehicle fatal Moped crash April 6.

Man Charged in Teen Fentanyl Death

Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police have identified the woman in a single-vehicle fatal Moped crash April 6. By: Rob Borkowski on April 17, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE, RI –  A Providence man has been arraigned in Third Division District Court on charges stemming from the teen fentanyl death of a 15-year-old girl. Juan Pizarro, 34, was […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Panhandler Faces Fentanyl Charge

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on February 27, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI —  On Feb. 7 at about 10:40 p.m., Officer Nathaniel Gray, patrolling near Trader Joe’s at 1000 Bald Hill Road,  arrested a panhandler at the entrance to the […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Woman Arrested for Fentanyl Possession

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on December 12, 2022 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — On Nov. 20, 10: 25 p.m., Officer Nathaniel Gray was near the Mobil at 15 Jefferson Boulevard when he investigated a woman sitting in a black 2007 […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Driver Stopped With Fentanyl, Unregistered Truck

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on August 26, 2022 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Uncategorized

WARWICK, RI — Officer David Boardman spotted an unregistered black F-150 headed north on Bald Hill Road Aug. 3 at 11:58 a.m., then found fentanyl inside during a traffic stop […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Fentanyl Charge Follows Missed Court Arrest

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Warwick Post Staff on June 2, 2022 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Officer Nathaniel Gray added a possession of fentanyl charge to a woman’s record after arresting her for missing court outside Walmart at 650 Bald Hill Road May […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

Officer Arrests Driver at Seasons Station with Crack & Fentanyl

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on May 16, 2022 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Officer Brittany Crabtree stopped at the Elmwood Seasons station on Elmwood Avenue at 1:58 a.m. April 15 for a drink when the clerk pointed out a man […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Post Road Traffic Stop Turns Up Fentanyl

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on April 11, 2022 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — A reckless exit off Rte. 37 onto Post Road south March 21 earned the attention of  a Warwick Police officer for the driver of a brown 2006 […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

WPD Arrests Woman Sleeping in Stolen Acura Jan. 23

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on February 17, 2022 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick officers were called to Dollar Tree, 1800 Post Road at 12:32 a.m. Jan. 23 for a report of a woman slumped over the wheel of a […]

[CREDIT: RI Foundation] The Rhode Island Foundation is located at One Union Station in downtown Providence.

RI Foundation Grants $250K for Narcan Kits

[CREDIT: RI Foundation] The Rhode Island Foundation is located at One Union Station in downtown Providence. By: Rob Borkowski on October 20, 2021 in News to You

PROVIDENCE —  The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to the University of Rhode Island’s Community First Responder Program (CFRP) for thousands of Narcan opioid overdose prevention kits […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

Woman Arrested for Shoplifting at Target Possessed Fentanyl, Meth

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation. By: Rob Borkowski on September 28, 2021 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police called to the Bald Hill Target Sept. 9 at 1:34 p.m. for a woman shoplifting clothes, electronics and beauty products found the stolen items in […]

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Man Sentenced to Six Years in 2017 Warwick Drug Trafficking

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski on June 22, 2020 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison after admitting to drug trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and heroin in Warwick in 2017. According to United […]

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Dominican Man Sentenced in Admitted Cocaine, Fentanyl Trafficking

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski on May 19, 2020 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE – A Dominican national, one of more than two dozen arrested in “Operation Panamera,” a sweeping investigation in 2017 and 2018, into the importation, fentanyl trafficking and cocaine trafficking […]

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Warwick, Coventry Men Admit Fentanyl Distribution

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski on March 6, 2020 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

PROVIDENCE – Two men, one from Warwick, one Coventry, charged in separate, but related, criminal cases were each sentenced Thursday to just over 2.5 years in federal prison, following fentanyl […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Traffic Stop Yields Arrest for Possession of Cocaine, Fentanyl Mix

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on September 17, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI  — Officer Matthew Caradimos stopped and arrested a Cranston man driving a white 2015 Mitsubishi sedan Aug. 29 at 7:33 p.m. on Shawomet Avenue with no lights during […]

WPD Arrests Man For Dealing Fentanyl

By: Rob Borkowski on August 10, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police arrested Robert Menezes, 24 of Warwick at a traffic stop the evening of Aug. 9 on  arrest warrants for delivery of fentanyl charges. The investigation was […]

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Erratic Driver Arrested for Switchblade, Fentanyl Possession

The Warwick Police Department is located at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. By: Rob Borkowski on April 5, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

Warwick Police responded to a report of an erratic driver by a man who had followed a swerving silver Ford F-150 pickup along West Shore Road from Wilde’s corner to the Exxon Tiger Mart, searching the man and arresting him for possession of a switchblade and 3 grams of fentanyl.

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Duo Plead Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl Laced Heroin

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski on September 20, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

Two Providence residents pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to trafficking a kilogram of fentanyl-laced heroin to Rhode Island from New York.

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Grand Jury Indicts Providence Man for Warwick Drug Trafficking

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski on September 18, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

DEA Agents arrested a Providence man in Warwick Aug. 23 with the assistance of Warwick Police and Missouri State Police after he attempted purchasing what he believed to be a truck carrying heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.

Opioid Addiction Experts: ‘Stay Connected,’ with Family, Be Prepared with Narcan

By: Rob Borkowski on April 27, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI

WARWICK, RI — Police and health officials told 75 people at WPD headquarters Wednesday night that opioid addiction is persistently seductive, can’t be arrested out of existence or kicked quickly, […]

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