A four year old boy was undergoing surgery Tuesday, rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being shot in the head at his family’s Cranston home, his father undergoing questioning, police said.… MORE
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Changing his plea, state senator apologizes for keying a car, lying to police
Cranston state senator Joshua Miller changed his plea from not guilty to no contest Tuesday to vandalism, and obstructing a police officer in the June incident in which he admits he “keyed” the truck park next to his vehicle at the Garden City Shopping Center.… MORE
Police ID victims of Rhode Island shooting
Rhode Island police on Thursday released the names of the two people shot and killed by a man in the town of Johnston who was later shot to death by police.… MORE
Two dead in overnight house fire
Two people died in an early morning fire Friday that heavily damaged a home in Cranston’s Garden City neighborhood.… MORE
State hospital change to make RI eligible for up to $40 million in Medicaid reimbursement
State leaders unveil a new sign after obtaining a new license for the Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital at the state Howard Complex in Cranston.… MORE
Man who hid drugs in child’s backpack gets 7-year sentence
A man who stored more than 1,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine or fentanyl in a child’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack in the Rhode Island apartment he shared with his three children has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.… MORE
Former cheerleading coach charged with child molestation
A former coach at a competitive cheerleading organization has been charged with sexually assaulting a student over a two-year period when the girl was from 12 to 14 years old, police said.… MORE
Probe shows DMV head had no knowledge of prostitution at his property
Division of Motor Vehicles had any criminal liability in “commercial sexual activity” at a building in Cranston that Walter “Bud” Craddock and his wife owned.… MORE
Police: man shot, killed his dog and then dumped its body
A Rhode Island man is facing charges that he shot and killed his dog and then dumped the body.… MORE
Police in Cranston team with mental health clinicians
Police in Cranston are responding to increasing calls involving mental health issues with a dedicated team of officers to respond to calls along with clinical experts.… MORE
