A Rhode Island father shot his 4-year-old son in the head Tuesday morning while handling a loaded weapon he was legally barred from possessing. Michael A. Jones, 33, has been charged with assault, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and firing a weapon in a compact area, the Cranston Police Department said. An …
A Rhode Island man was arrested Saturday morning in connection with a fatal rollover on Interstate 95 that Rhode Island State Police said was caused by a road rage incident. State police identified the dead man as Matthew J. Yoder, 39, and said he was a passenger in a truck driven by Ryan Van Winkle, …
Police in Rhode Island have arrested a middle school custodian for possessing and distributing child pornography. Michael Macari, 34, was arrested after state police were tipped to a person sharing child porn over internet connections, according to WLNE. He’s been charged with one count of possession and one count of mailing, transporting, delivering, or transferring …
A Rhode Island woman who had been missing for more than a month has been found safe. Donna Bennett was last seen on November 10 when her husband dropped her off for a medical appointment in downtown Providence, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Police said she remained at the appointment for 45 minutes and was seen …
Rhode Island police spent the day trying to identify a little boy found near an Interstate entrance in Pawtucket, but by early Sunday evening, they had arrested the woman who reported seeing the child. Daniella Praca, 22, was charged with filing a false police report and will be arraigned on Monday, Pawtucket Police said. “Upon …
Authorities in Rhode Island say a woman from Milford, Mass., was arrested last week on suspicion of driving a car into a body of water, submerging it with her three children still inside. According to Fox News, 30-year-old Amanda Nappi is accused of traveling to a reservoir just north of Newport at about 3 p.m. …
A Rhode Island woman who adopted eight children with special needs was arrested when a 9-year-old girl in her care was reportedly found dead inside her filthy home. Michele Rothgeb, 55, was arrested on January 13, more than a week after police responded to her Warwick home and found the girl unresponsive in the bathtub. The …
Authorities in Rhode Island say a woman was arraigned this week after her arrest on suspicion of operating a house of prostitution while subjecting a toddler to an unsafe living environment. According to WJAR, 36-year-old Tina Tucker of Johnston is facing criminal counts including procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, first-degree child abuse, and …
Authorities in Rhode Island say a fellow law enforcement officer is under investigation for allegedly sending lewd messages to a woman he had recently stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to WPRI, East Greenwich Police Department officer Scott Cole could lose his job in connection with the traffic stop he conducted in …
Authorities say two aspiring elected officials in Rhode Island were also operating a sizable marijuana farm at their residence in West Greenwich. According to Fox News, state police officers arrested 48-year-old Alan Gordon and 58-year-old Anne Armstrong on Thursday after receiving a report of a strong odor coming from the property. Upon an initial investigation, …
A Rhode Island man was arrested last week, accused of breaking his 2-month-old daughter’s arms, legs, ribs, and collarbone. The Providence Journal reports that a suspect was arrested after the infant’s mother brought the girl to the hospital Wednesday with a broken right leg. Police said it was then and there that doctors determined that …
A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty this week to charges related to killing his pregnant girlfriend and torching her apartment. According to WPRI, 31-year-old Born Smith admitted beating Aliss Collins with a fire extinguisher in November 2015, killing her and her near-term baby boy. Smith was later confirmed to be the unborn child’s father. After …
