Tag: Providence Police
Providence man jailed 23 years for armed robbery, assault on police...
PROVIDENCE – A 30-year-old city man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison for his role in an armed robbery and car chase...
Council calls Elorza’s pick for police role into question amid new...
PROVIDENCE – Controversy surrounding Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s pick for a new Providence Police Department post has escalated with new allegations about the hiring...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, August 2021
1. Not all R.I. colleges are requiring staff, faculty to get vaccinated POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 3. The push by local colleges to get students...
Keep up crackdown on ATVs
Stepped-up efforts by Providence police to curtail the presence of illegal all-terrain vehicles have paid off with the seizure of about 30 over a...
DOUBLE DUTY: Should R.I.’s citizen legislature become a full-time body?
Every year, Rhode Island’s 113-member citizen legislature has plenty to pack into a six-month session. This year has been no different.
Major issues debated include...
Police: 9 wounded in Providence shooting
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Nine people were wounded Thursday evening in Rhode Island's capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city...
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,...
Long-simmering divisions on immigration have boiled over nationally. Is the Ocean...
In March 2017 the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union drafted a model ordinance that would reject local police cooperation with...
Former Providence police officer arraigned on fraud charges
PROVIDENCE – Jesse Ferrell, 51, a former city police officer, was arraigned March 12 on charges of credit card fraud, unlawful conversion, computer crime...
Providence unlikely to fit Trump administration’s sanctuary-city definition
PROVIDENCE – The state’s capital does not appear to fit the definition of “sanctuary city” recently released by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, WPRI-TV...
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