Warwick Man Imprisoned 10 Years for Child Molestation
By: Rob Borkowski on March 6, 2025 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, R.I. – A Warwick man and former Woonsocket gym teacher has been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to 10 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for child […]
Warwick Man Faces DUI, Unlicensed Pistol Charges
By: Rob Borkowski on August 16, 2023 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Attorney General’s office has charged a Warwick man in Kent County Superior Court with multiple driving offenses and carrying an unlicensed pistol during an Feb. […]
Neronha: Coventry Man Charged with Child Molestation
By: Rob Borkowski on July 19, 2023 in Coventry, RI news, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Attorney General’s office reports a 72-year-old Coventry man has been charged with second-degree child molestation following his arrest by Coventry Police in April 2023. According […]
City Doesn’t Have to Produce WFD Sick Time File, Says AG
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on May 12, 2022 in News to You, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — Warwick officials don’t have to produce the original digital records detailing WFD sick time taken by firefighters between 2013 and 2018 that cost the city up to […]
Grand Jury Indicts Warwick Man For Sexual Assault
By: Rob Borkowski on June 18, 2021 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — On May 26, the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Michael Elgar of Warwick with four counts of first-degree sexual assault. According to RI Attorney General […]
Grand Jury Indicts East Providence Man on Child Molestation Charges
By: Rob Borkowski on January 10, 2018 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
The Kent County Grand Jury reported out a secret indictment this week charging Dennis McLaughlin, 51, of 81 Waterman Ave., East Providence, with one count of first degree child molestation and two counts of second degree child molestation occurring in Warwick.
Grand Jury Indicts Driver for Striking, Killing Main Avenue Pedestrian
By: Rob Borkowski on September 14, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
The Kent County Grand Jury reported an indictment charging Marshall Howard, 24, of 88 Asylum Road, Warwick, RI, with one count of DUI death resulting and two counts of possession of a controlled substance Tuesday.
Warwick Man Pleads No Contest to Unemployment Insurance Fraud
By: Rob Borkowski on August 18, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Two men, one from Providence and one from Warwick, pleaded no contest to unemployment fraud in Superior Court Tuesday, where a judge ordered them to pay a combined restitution totaling more than $14,000.
Two Men Plead No Contest to Unemployment Fraud
By: Rob Borkowski on June 22, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Warwick and a Johnston man pleaded no contest to unemployment insurance fraud Tuesday, the former who worked at Millwork One, Inc., in Cranston and the latter who worked at Roof Doctor, Inc. in Warwick, each while collecting state benefits.
East Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Minors in RI, MA Hotels
By: Rob Borkowski on May 10, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI – An East Providence man pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking of a child and transportation of a minor, admitting he recruited minor girls for prostitution at […]
Warwick Man Reports IRS Scammer Attempt to Steal $10,000
By: Rob Borkowski on November 13, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A local man called Warwick Police Oct. 30 to report receiving a call from a man running an apparent ‘IRS scam’ the Attorney General has been warning RI residents about since June.
RIAG: Beware Scammer Posing as a Sheriff, Seeking Credit Card Payments
By: Rob Borkowski on October 27, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and Chief David DeCesare of the Rhode Island Division of Sheriffs warn a man posing as a sheriff is running a scam demanding credit card payments form people to avoid arrest for missing jury duty.
DePasquale: Open Meetings Violation A Clerical Error
By: Rob Borkowski on May 22, 2015 in News to You
RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office is suing the Warwick Retirement Board for what it’s calling a willful violation of the state’s Open Meetings Law, something Mayor Scott Avedisian’s Chief of Staff William DePasquale calls a clerical error.
Florida Man Sentenced to Life for 1990s Child Molestation, Sexual Assault in Warwick
By: Rob Borkowski on April 20, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Florida man convicted in November with child molestation and sexual assault in Warwick in the 1990s was sentenced to life in prison Friday in Superior Court.