Police: Portsmouth man steals bike, tries to collect reward
PORTSMOUTH — A Bayview Apartments resident stole a bicycle from another tenant and then returned it in an attempt to collect the reward money, police said. Steven B. Cox, 54, of 100 Almeida Terrace, Apt. 108, was charged with larceny of property under the value of $500, as well as vandalism/malicious injury to property. At about [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police: Man asleep at wheel was drunk
Here are some entries from the Portsmouth police log over the past week. Monday, May 13 Jay A. Catalan, 50, of 34 Hillside Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated (second offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test, following an accident on East Main Road at Sprague Street at about 6 p.m. The [...]
Read More →Portsmouth woman fatally stabbed on RIPTA bus
PORTSMOUTH — A man who allegedly stabbed a local woman to death on a RIPTA bus Wednesday morning was arraigned in Second Division District Court in Newport later that afternoon. Christopher R. James, 46, of 207 Rhodes St., Providence, was charged with murder following the incident that took place shortly after 6 a.m. “He was arraigned [...]
Read More →Warren police arrest man at ‘cash for gold’ shop
A tip from a Warren “cash for gold” shop resulted in the arrest Friday of a Portsmouth man being investigated for stealing jewelry in his town. Police said an employee at the Warren Exchange shop at the corner of Water and Main streets called police Friday, Sept. 14, to report that Justin M. Westley, 31, [...]
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