Tag: crime
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...
Ponzi scheme leader sentenced to 8 years in federal prison, ordered...
PROVIDENCE – Monique N. Brady of East Greenwich, perpetrator of a $10.3 million Ponzi scheme, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in federal prison...
FBI: R.I. violent crimes per 100K decline 6.4% in 2018
PROVIDENCE – Violent crimes per 100,000 people in Rhode Island declined 6.4% year over year in 2018, according to the most recent figures from...
Illegal fishing a security threat
As China, Russia and the U.S. ramp up their naval deployments, there’s no shortage of conflicts waiting to happen in the world’s oceans. Yet...
Violent crime rate in R.I. falls year over year
PROVIDENCE – The violent crime rate in Rhode Island decreased 1.5 percent year over year to 238.9 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2016,...
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