NS Chief Lafferty affirms commitment to fairness, reacts to profiling study
NORTH SMITHFIELD – For three consecutive years, a study out of Central Connecticut State University has found that the North Smithfield Police Department had a statistically significant racial and ethnic disparity when it comes...
Cranston man arrested after saying he was robbed by a black man in fight...
NORTH SMITHFIELD – A Cranston man is facing charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer in execution of duty after calling police to report a robbery following a fight over $10 in alcohol.
Joseph...
Council passes resolution in support of Burrillville police
BURRILLVILLE – Pointing to dozens of ways in which the department is part of the community and goes beyond the call of duty, members of the Town Council have passed a resolution in support...
Alleged drag racer nabbed with dabs, trash bag full of marijuana
BURRILLVILLE – A 36-year-old North Scituate man is facing felony intent to distribute charges, along with reckless driving, following an incident that reportedly began when police spotted him drag-racing on Broncos Highway.
Daryl Henault was...
Burrillville woman pleads no contest to fraud of $16K in food benefits
PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville woman pleaded no contest this week to fraudulently receiving more than $16,000 in benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program between 2016 and 2019.
Linda Arndt, 61, was ordered to repay...
Weekday fights at trestles, on highway lead to assault charges in N.S.
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Fights at the former railroad trestles by Slatersville Reservoir, and on the side of the road on Route 146, led to charges for those involved in the two incidents this month...
Burrillville man, 24, stabbed in Smithfield
BURRILLVILLE – A 24-year-old Burrillville man is in stable condition after reportedly being stabbed in an incident in Smithfield on Friday.
Police have arrested a 15-year-old in connection with the stabbing.
According to police, the suspect...
