Saturday, April 27, 2024

Police and Fire

N.S. business offers cash reward for help catching masked thieves

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NORTH SMITHFIELD – The owner of a North Smithfield-based business is offering a cash reward to anyone with information regarding a burglary at the shop that took place over the weekend. Masks thieves smashed through...

NSPD Explorers work to collect Christmas toys for 22 North Smithfield students

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NORTH SMITHFIELD – A group of local youth, working with guidance and help from members of the North Smithfield Police Department, aims to bring Christmas toys to 22 town children in need, and is...

Police charge Burrillville firefighter with additional count of child molestation following investigation

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BURRILLVILLE – A Burrillville man arrested in September under charges of second-degree child molestation and second-degree sexual assault was arrested again on Tuesday, Nov. 21 for an additional count of second-degree child molestation. Richard Forslund,...

Barn catches fire at Conjuring House in Burrillville

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BURRILLVILLE — Local officials are investigating the cause of fire overnight at the property made famous by the 2013 horror film The Conjuring. A barn on the Round Top Road property sustained some...

Glocester man serving time for assault now facing new charge of first-degree child molestation

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WOONSOCKET – A Glocester man presently serving time at the state prison for domestic assault has been accused of raping a juvenile female on multiple occasions about two years ago, when she was 11...

Small town Christmas spirit on display at tree lighting event in Harmony

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GLOCESTER – Christmastime in a Glocester village started Sunday evening at the Harmony Fire Department on Putnam Pike, as a festive crowd gathered for the annual tree lighting and celebration. The lighting of the decorated...

Four juveniles hospitalized, minor charged with DUI following rollover crash in Burrillville

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BURRILLVILLE – Emergency personnel rescued trapped passengers, and four people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries following a rollover crash Tuesday night on Callahan School Street, according to police. The driver, a...