Portsmouth police find guns in heroin bust
PORTSMOUTH — Here’s the police log from the past week. Sunday, May 5 Police responded to All-Island Landscape, 2829 East Main Road, for a report of a possible noise ordinance violation around 12:30 p.m. Upon arrival, an officer found a backhoe that was not being operated. A man there said he had been cleaning up [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police: Cars hit deer, dogs
PORTSMOUTH — Here’s a sampling of the police log from the past week: Saturday, April 27 Prudence Island resident Heidi Lane told police she had found a syringe on the beach in front of the Homestead Dock parking lot. The syringe was capped on both ends and appeared to be unused, said a police officer [...]
Read More →17 RWU students nabbed for underage drinking in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Seventeen Roger Williams University students were arrested for underage drinking at an Island Park bar shortly before midnight on Thursday, April 25. An undercover officer went to the Beach House to observe patrons and employees at the establishment and saw several young adults who appeared to be under 21 consuming alcohol, according to Lt. [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police: Barrington man stole car from prospective boss
Here’s the weekly police log from the Portsmouth Police Department: Sunday, March 31 Police responded to 93 Baker Road at about 9:20 a.m. for a report of a boat adrift. The boat, which appeared to be unoccupied, was about 300 yards off shore and was drifting toward Hog Island, police said. The U.S. Coast Guard [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police: Bulldog attacks, kills leashed pet
PORTSMOUTH — Here are the highlights from this week’s police log: Tuesday, March 26 A car driven by Carol Scanlon of Warren somehow found itself stuck on top of a large rock at the corner of West Main Road and Cory’s Lane around 8:50 a.m. Ms. Scanlon told police she was driving on the dirt [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police boat spills onto Route 24
PORTSMOUTH — A local marina came to the rescue after the Portsmouth police boat fell off its trailer on Route 24 Thursday afternoon. Ironically, the Parker Marine boat was on its way to a different marina when the incident took place at about 3:30 p.m. “The boat was in transport from the Carnegie Abbey Marina, where [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police: Man with no license in U.S. illegally
Tuesday, March 19 A vehicle driven by Wendy Lord of Middletown lost control on a slush-covered Cory’s Lane and spun 180 degrees before hitting a mailbox and stone wall around 9 a.m. About 10 feet of the stone wall, owned by the Carnegie Abbey Golf Club, was damaged. Wednesday, March 20 Leslie Costi came into [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police: Road rage started with Facebook quarrel
Monday, Feb. 25 A vehicle driven by Jose Lopez of Fall River struck and killed a deer around 5:30 p.m. on West Main Road near Raytheon. Police said Mr. Lopez was driving south when he hit the deer, that had ran out from the northbound side of the road. The vehicle received damage to its [...]
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 →Portsmouth police charge two Tiverton residents with DUI
PORTSMOUTH — Two Tiverton residents were stopped by police in Portsmouth last week and charged with drunk driving violations. After her car was pulled over for speeding on East Main Road about 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17, Mary Ann Crittenden, 51, of 48 Louise Drive, Tiverton, was charged by Portsmouth police with driving while [...]
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