Tag: crime
Cannabis arrest practices must be overhauled
More than 300,000 people were arrested for cannabis possession in 2020, FBI records show. Meanwhile, the drug is being legally sold for a profit...
2 plead guilty to playing role in lottery scam
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Two men have pleaded guilty to participating in a lottery scam that cheated victims in multiple states, including Rhode Island and...
Are you comfortable visiting Providence to shop, eat or explore the...
Has Providence become less safe to visit in the past year?
Not according to crime statistics. Nearly every category of crime dropped dramatically in 2020,...
Business, city leaders must work together to bring visitors back
Crime is still trending down in the capital city – and in 2020 dramatically so. Yet downtown business and community leaders are more concerned...
Do you feel Providence is safe enough to come to the...
An Oct. 20 rally in Providence to demand justice for a city man seriously injured in a moped crash resulted in at least 19...
City sees reduced crime after forming Fall River Violent Gun Task...
FALL RIVER – Two months after the July 10 launch of the police department’s Fall River Violent Gun Task Force, crimes in the city...
Local men first in nation charged with attempt to defraud CARES...
PROVIDENCE – Businessmen David Butziger, of Warwick, and David A. Staveley, of Andover, Mass., have been charged in federal district court with trying to...
Local men first in nation charged with attempt to defraud CARES...
PROVIDENCE – Two businessmen from Rhode Island and Massachusetts have been charged in federal district court with trying to fraudulently file for forgivable Paycheck...
Employee charged with defrauding R.I. small business
PROVIDENCE – An accounts-payable clerk for Décor Craft Inc. was charged with misappropriating about $302,000 for personal use and for use by an acquaintance,...
Employee charged with defrauding R.I. small business
PROVIDENCE – An accounts payable clerk for Décor Craft Inc. was charged with mishandling roughly $302,000 for personal use and for use by an...