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.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WPD-cruiser-left-336x237-1-300x225.jpg)
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 […]
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Car Stops on Warwick Ave. Nov. 20, Passenger Carrying Fentanyl
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 of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-140x140.jpg)
Warwick Heroin Trafficker Sentenced to 9 Years
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 […]
Woman Admits Fentanyl & Cocaine Trafficking
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 […]
WPD Makes Motel 6 Fentanyl Possession Arrest May 2
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.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sen.-Reed-Debt-Ceiling-Budget-Cuts-Opioid-Epidemic-Impact-140x140.png)
FBI: GOP Budget Cuts Would Worsen Opioid Epidemic
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 […]
Man Charged in Teen Fentanyl Death
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 […]
Panhandler Faces Fentanyl Charge
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 […]
Woman Arrested for Fentanyl Possession
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 […]
Driver Stopped With Fentanyl, Unregistered Truck
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 […]
Fentanyl Charge Follows Missed Court Arrest
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 […]
Officer Arrests Driver at Seasons Station with Crack & Fentanyl
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 […]
Post Road Traffic Stop Turns Up Fentanyl
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 […]
WPD Arrests Woman Sleeping in Stolen Acura Jan. 23
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 […]
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RI Foundation Grants $250K for Narcan Kits
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 […]
Woman Arrested for Shoplifting at Target Possessed Fentanyl, Meth
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 […]
Man Sentenced to Six Years in 2017 Warwick Drug Trafficking
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 […]
Dominican Man Sentenced in Admitted Cocaine, Fentanyl Trafficking
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 […]
Warwick, Coventry Men Admit Fentanyl Distribution
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 […]
Traffic Stop Yields Arrest for Possession of Cocaine, Fentanyl Mix
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
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 […]
Erratic Driver Arrested for Switchblade, Fentanyl Possession
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.
Duo Plead Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl Laced Heroin
Two Providence residents pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to trafficking a kilogram of fentanyl-laced heroin to Rhode Island from New York.
Grand Jury Indicts Providence Man for Warwick Drug Trafficking
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
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, […]
