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Shoplifting suspects arrested with over $100,000 in merchandise

BERKLEY, Mass. (WLNE) — Berkley police arrested two residents of the town accused of shoplifting over $100,000 of merchandise. Di DiPinto and Beverly DiPinto were arrested on Thursday after an investigation involving the Berkley Police Department and Newport Police Department. Most recently, the Newport Police...
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Rhode Island Living Donor Law goes into effect

The legislation became law on July 1. The hope is that it incentives more people to become living organ and bone marrow donors. Lisa Doucet is one of those applauding this new law. In February 2019, Doucet donated one of her kidneys to her friend and hairdresser, Cathryn Jamieson. However,...
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RIDOT testing paddles on I-195 East to help merging traffic

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) said they are trying to ease the backups that have been seen along I-195.
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Body pulled from Providence River

An investigation is underway after a body was pulled from the Providence River early Friday morning.
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Three Suspects Arrested in Joint Operation by Somerset, Swansea Police, and Massachusetts State Police...

Source: Facebook/Somerset Police Department, Somerset Massachusetts. On a quiet Wednesday this July, an undercover operation set forth by Somerset Police, alongside Swansea Police and the Massachusetts State Police High-Risk Victims Unit, brought to light a disturbing pursuit: adults seeking illegal sexual encounters...
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Lincoln police arrest 2, seize drugs and gun in traffic stop

Lincoln police said Friday that they seized drugs and a gun and arrested two suspects during a traffic stop. Police said officers saw a car speeding in Limerock near Route 146 earlier this week. "Officers conducted a motor vehicle stop, and the occupants were identified as Evan Tucker, age 30,...
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Grebien: Officer’s shooting of suspect ‘seems to follow policy,’ all footage now released

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said he believes a city police officer followed policy when he shot a suspect on Goff Avenue last month, but that he’s still waiting to review a report by Attorney General Peter Neronha. Officer Thomas Letourneau shot and wounded 28-year-old...
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Providence residents fuming after sewer collapse sends dirty water cascading into their homes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — It was a nightmare scenario for several Providence residents Thursday as sewage water filled their basements. “There was sewage,” Anne Bergeron said. “And anything that you would associate with sewage was in our lower level.”. Bergeron lives on Blackstone Boulevard and said the...
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City councilors call on Providence police to release body camera video from West Friendship...

Providence city councilors asked for the full body-worn camera footage from a recent incident on Friendship Street to be released "immediately."
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9-year-old boy who tragically died at New Bedford hospital remembered as kind, awarded “Best...

A local 9-year-old boy is being remembered after being rushed from Jones Beach in Dartmouth after experiencing medical distress this week. According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dartmouth Police and EMS received a 911 call regarding a male juvenile who was in...

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