Kent Hospital Back Wages Paid: $1.9M to 853 Staff
By: Rob Borkowski on January 3, 2025 in Business, COVID-19, News to You, Sponsored Content
WARWICK, RI — Care New England has agreed to pay $1.9 million in Kent Hospital back wages/damages to 853 health care workers not properly compensated for working through their breaks […]
Warwick SWAT Team Called for Man on Roof With Rifle, Tasers Janet Court Resident
By: Rob Borkowski on December 9, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, R.I. — The Warwick Police SWAT team was called to 76 Janet Ct. at 7:35 p.m. Thursday night for a report of a man on his roof with what the caller said might have been an air rifle, coaxed him into his front yard, then tasered and arrested him when he refused to respond to their instructions to show his hands.
Officer Stops Driver Straddling North, South Lanes of Elmwood Avenue, Arrests Him for DUI
By: Rob Borkowski on October 13, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Officer Ali Jaafar was driving south on Elmwood Avenue Oct. 3 at 1:04 a.m. when a tan 2003 Buick Regal with temporary plates turned right onto the road headed north, driving down the center, straddling the north and south lanes, pulled it over and arrested the driver on a DUI charge.
McDermott Pool Lifeguard Rescues Man, WFD Transports Swimmer to KCMH
By: Rob Borkowski on April 15, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
The Warwick Fire Department praised the quick action of McDermott Pool Lifeguard Kimberly Wineman, who pulled a man from the bottom of the pool Friday at about 2 p.m. before Warwick firefighters transported him to Kent County Memorial Hospital as a precaution.
WPD Aids Driver Who Struck Fence, Arrests Him for DUI
By: Rob Borkowski on April 24, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Officers called to Post Road for a report of a driver who had struck a fence and gotten stuck there wound up charging him with DUI after noticing a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.
Warwick Man Hospitalized in Warwick Avenue Home Invasion
By: Rob Borkowski on September 4, 2014 in Breaking News, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – Warwick Police report a Warwick Avenue man was assaulted this afternoon when two men forced their way into his home at about 4:49 p.m., then fled in […]