DUI At approximately 10:50 p.m. on Oct. 7, Officer David Boardman was conducting a routine patrol on Bald Hill Road when he observed a vehicle, described as a 2015 Subaru Forrester, exit the parking lot of the McDonald's and enter the northbound lanes. more

          Members of the law enforcement and faith communities espoused listening and dialogue Saturday to address racism and social injustice. Hosted … more

DUI Just after 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 3, Officer Johnathan DiPietro responded to the area of the Job Lot on Warwick Avenue for a report of an erratic operator. Dispatch advised that a blue Toyota Camry was reportedly "e;all over the road"e; while traveling north more

SEX WITH MINOR A New York man has pleaded guilty to charges of traveling to Rhode Island to engage in sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy. Caleb Brown, 24, entered the plea before Judge Mary McElroy in U.S. District Court on Oct. 5, according to the more

Bob Lancia, endorsed Republican candidate for US Congress, Dist. 2, has been endorsed by The Cranston Police Union, Local 301, according to the endorsement forwarded by Michael Caramante, President IBPO 301. Caramante said Candidate Lancia has the more

By JOHN HOWELL Betty, (that's not her real name because she asked to remain anonymous) considers herself old school when it comes to her finances. She handles her and her mother's business affairs, writing out as many as 30 checks monthly to cover more

LARCENY Just before 1 a.m. on Sept. 17, Officer Zachary Black met with a woman at Warwick Police headquarters regarding a larceny complaint. The reporting party told Black that at approximately 5 p.m. on Sept. 16, she had been shopping at Kohl's on Bald more

By BEACON STAFF A Warwick man who was charged in the nation's first Paycheck Protection Program fraud case has pleaded guilty to charges in federal court. David Andrew Butziger, 52, entered the plea on a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud before more

DUI Just before 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 18, Detective Hovsep Sarkisian and Officer Michael Bailey were conducting a directed patrol focused on impaired motorists when another officer, Brenen Cardoza, reported he had stopped a possibly intoxicated driver on more

By JACOB MARROCCO Mayor Joseph J. Solomon won't be following the lead of Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena when it comes to Warwick Police providing assistance to other municipalities. "e;I understand Joe's anger.I would never have officers not respond (to a more

LARCENY At approximately 8:18 a.m. on Sept. 7, Officer Nicholas DiNardo responded to a Helen Avenue home for a report of larceny from a motor vehicle overnight. At the scene, the reporting party told DiNardo that both his vehicle and his wife's vehicle more

DUI Just after 2 a.m. on Aug. 27, Officer Zachary Black was traveling north on Post Road near its intersection with Main Avenue when he observed a 2019 Toyota Camry straddling lanes. Black initiated a motor vehicle stop on Main Avenue and made contact more