Glocester police highlight major deficiencies at station, need for bond for renovation
GLOCESTER – Mold, dampness, heating and air conditioning deficiencies, security issues, lack of room for record keeping and even for personnel, as well as sinkholes and drainage problems in the parking lot, add up...
Serial shoplifter from Burrillville held without bail
WOONSOCKET – The long arm of the law finally caught up with a serial shoplifter from Burrillville after he was caught on camera pilfering merchandise from a local convenience store nearly a month ago,...
Photos: Local students, educators & police gather for northern RI leg of Special Olympics...
GLOCESTER – The annual Special Olympics Torch Run took off in style with Burrillville runners handing off the torch at the Chepachet Fire Station to a contingent of 15 Ponaganset Middle School runners and...
Compassion, discretion guide new Burrillville program supporting families of those with addiction
BURRILLVILLE – It is not every town where those tasked with enforcing law and order are also focused on support and compassion, but things work a little differently at one police department in the...
Glocester man sentenced to life in prison for child molestation
PROVIDENCE – A man who sexually assaulted a girl he knew at homes in Burrillville and Glocester from 2005 through 2009 was sentenced to life in prison this week by a Superior Court judge.
James...
North Smithfield man pleads guilty to child enticement, pornography charges
PROVIDENCE – A registered sex offender residing in North Smithfield told to a federal judge on Wednesday that he posed as a 17-year-old boy and engaged in a series of explicit online communications with...
Parents called to pick up students after driver collides with bus in Burrillville
BURRILLVILLE – There were no injuries in a minor incident on Central Street Thursday afternoon, when a driver bumped into a bus carrying home Burrillville elementary school students.
Burrillville Police Col. Stephen Lynch...
