An East Providence resident was among a half-dozen charged in Third Division District Court in Warwick with crimes related to targeting children for sex, stemming from a joint investigation led by …
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4/10/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police detectives are investigating a shooting and a possible concurrent domestic violence case following an incident early Tuesday morning, March 7.
At …
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3/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police identified the suspect and announced charges he faces from a harrowing chase he led officers through Friday afternoon, Dec. 1.
Joshua D. Pavao, …
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By Mike Rego
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12/2/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police officers recently arrested a city man alleged to have been operating a drug ring here and in neighboring Providence.
Nicholas DaSilva, 23, was …
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8/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department on Tuesday, Sept. 12, released details related to a single-car, roll-over accident which took place two days earlier on Veterans Memorial …
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By Mike Rego
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9/12/23
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NORTH SCITUATE — The Rhode Island State Police last week apprehended an East Providence resident on gun and drug charges.
RISP announced Wednesday, Sept. 6, the High Intensity Drug …
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9/12/23
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East Providence Police arrested a 25-year-old male in an alleged stabbing incident Friday, Feb. 16, in city.
According to the report of EPPD Public Information Officer Captain Michael Rapoza …
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By Mike Rego
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2/18/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — An elderly man died during a car accident on Saturday, Dec. 23, in Riverside.
The driver, a 78-year-old male and resident of East Providence, appeared to have suffered a …
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By Mike Rego
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12/24/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police have arrested a city man on multiple charges stemming from a violent attack on Wednesday, July 5, involving a hammer.
The suspect, identified as 47 …
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7/6/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A team of assessors from the Rhode Island Police Accreditation Commission (RIPAC) will arrive at the East Providence Police Department on April 3 to examine all aspects of the …
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3/30/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE -— City resident Angel “AJ” Lewis, a 9-year-old, fourth-grade student at Waddington Elementary School, was recently sworn in as the East Providence Police …
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2/28/23
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Joshua Pavao, the suspect in the shooting/vehicular chase in city December 1, has been arrested on more firearm charges following a separate investigation in Coventry.
Coventry Police Department …
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By Mike Rego
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12/5/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Department’s Detective and Animal Control units are actively investigating a case of animal cruelty in the Riverside section of the city after a …
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By Mike Rego
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1/30/23
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PROVIDENCE — The Office of Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced late last week a Rhode Island man was found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of sexually assaulting a female …
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8/8/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — When and if, and it remains an “if,” more speed control/license plate cameras are installed around the city, the guiding principles of how the East Providence …
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By Mike Rego
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3/23/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — For the second time in as many weeks, the City Council clapped back at Mayor Bob DaSilva, overriding the executive's veto of an appropriation made by the legislature, this one …
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By Mike Rego
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9/28/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — On the heels of public pronouncements by members of the administration, including Mayor Bob DaSilva, the East Providence City Council gave strong indication it was readying to …
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By Mike Rego
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11/24/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Some five months after the General Assembly voted to approve legislation and Gov. Dan McKee signed it into law, residents 21-years-of-age and older were legally permitted to …
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By Mike Rego
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12/2/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police investigators are seeking the input of the public in their attempt to apprehend two people alleged to have passed counterfeit currency at a local …
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10/21/22
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A man was struck and killed on Willett Avenue in Barrington on Thursday morning, March 21.
Barrington Police said the victim is 78-year-old Riverside resident …
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3/25/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Years in the works, East Providence Police officers will soon join their brethren who use body cameras.
The City Council at its September 20 meeting authorized the …
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By Mike Rego
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9/27/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department reported the arrest of city resident Steven Silva, 52, on one count of first-degree child molestation and two counts of …
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11/15/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police are continuing their investigation after the body of a man was pulled from the shore of the Providence River in city Thursday evening, March 21.
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By Mike Rego
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3/26/24
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City officials recently provided the offerings given by residents as a result of the unsolved death of a beloved family pet to the the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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2/8/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The current City Council, which inherited the situation from its predecessor incarnation, once again took up the contentious speed control camera program topic at its …
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By Mike Rego
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8/18/23
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