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Published Aug. 27, 2010 at 2:41 p.m.

Officer Dan Famiglietti of the Providence Police Mounted Command is patrolling the… ...

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Two men wanted for murder caught in Providence

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 11:35 a.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two men wanted for murders committed out of state were found in a house in the Charles neighborhood Saturday afternoon ... Police were searching for Gilberto Marrero-Alejandro, 26, who was accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old Jose Cruz-Diaz in Bristol, Conn., on Aug. 15. Bristol police had traced Cruz-Diaz to a house at 58 Commodore St. on Saturday and asked Providence police for help, said Providence police Maj. Thomas F. Oates III ... The search for one accused

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PD: Burrillville bus vandals agree to restitution, service

Published June 9, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- Six Burrillville High School students who police say admitted to letting the air out of tires on all the school buses, causing the delay of school for two hours on May 28, have agreed to make restitution, take suspensions and do community service, police said Wednesday ... Burrillville Police Lt. Kevin S. San Antonio said managers at the Dattco Bus Company decided not to pursue criminal charges. Police said that because no charges were filed, the students' names will not be

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10-vehicle accident near Fall River's Braga Bridge

Published June 9, 2010 at 4:08 p.m.

A spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police confirmed that 10 vehicles were involved in an accident on Route 195 westbound at Route 79 around 2 p.m. Wednesday ... Details were not available ...

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Cops: RI break-in suspect falls asleep in hall

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Published June 5, 2010 at 9:21 a.m.

Police say a Rhode Island man has been arrested after breaking into an East Providence home and falling asleep on a hallway floor ...

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Assembly breaks after midnight, to conclude business Thursday

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Published June 10, 2010 at 1:26 a.m.

By Steve Peoples, Randal Edgar, and Katherine Gregg ... Journal State House Bureau ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Racing to meet a self-imposed deadline to adjourn for the year, Rhode Island's General Assembly plowed through hundreds of proposed laws Wednesday on issues ranging from fireworks to wind farms during a chaotic session that stretched deep into the night ... But it became clear around midnight that lawmakers had abandoned any hope to conclude their business in one marathon session. The

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Update: 24 charged in RI's 'Operation Deception'

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Published June 9, 2010 at 6:49 p.m.
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Providence Journal photos / Andrew Dickerman ... Twelve people were arraigned before Judge Robert D. Krause in Superior Court Wednesday. Prosecutor Pamela Chin is at left by the lectern ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Twenty-four people were charged in an 89-count Operation Deception indictment unsealed in Superior Court Wednesday afternoon, and 12 appeared in court for arraignment ... Of the 24 charged, 7 had previously been charged in a March drug sting ... One of those newly indicted is Providence

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Cicilline: Arrests conclude probe of Providence police

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:23 p.m.

By Philip Marcelo ... Journal Staff Writer ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As an additional city police officers was arrested and indicted in connection with a state police drug investigation, Mayor David N. Cicilline stressed on Wednesday that the arrests should not reflect badly on the rest of the department ... "These officers deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. They disgraced the honor of their positions," he said prior to a state police news conference announcing the arrests.

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Woman assaulted in East Greenwich

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Published May 14, 2010 at 3:31 a.m.

A woman told police she was assaulted in her driveway ...

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East Greenwich police probing reported attack

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Published May 14, 2010 at 12:22 p.m.

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The police said Friday they are looking for the public's help after a woman reported that she had been attacked while getting out of her car at her home at 100 Hunters Crossing Thursday night ... The police said the 53-year-old woman, whom they did not identify, reported the attack 9:13 p.m. She said she had just gotten out of her car when she was grabbed by the hair from behind by a man who then put his hand at her throat ... She said that after she kicked backward to

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