Providence

A Providence police officer will be suspended for two days after closely following a moped rider who crashed and went into a coma, officials said Friday. Officer Kyle Endres, a six-year member of the force, is being suspended because he did not drive his cruiser safely and he did not wear a seat belt, Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said…

Prosecutors in Rhode Island will not file criminal charges against a Providence police officer involved in a moped crash last year that left a 24-year-old man in a coma and sparked two nights of protests that occasionally turned violent in the state capital.

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has vacated the murder conviction of a man after finding that his trial attorney violated his rights by discouraging him from testifying that he stabbed a man in self-defense. The Providence Journal reported Monday that in her decision overturning the second-degree murder conviction of Miguel Tebalan Rivera, Judge Netti C. Vogel also found that…

A 2-year-old Rhode Island girl seriously injured in a fire at her home earlier this month that took the life of her older sister has died, police said Wednesday. The younger girl, Allison Sandoval, died Saturday, Providence police said in an emailed statement. Her sister, Ashley Sandoval, 7, died at Hasbro Children’s Hospital shortly after the Dec. 22 blaze at…

A 7-year-old girl died in a house fire in Providence, Rhode Island, Tuesday, while her 2-year-old sister was in the hospital in critical condition, police told NBC affiliate WJAR-TV. Firefighters pulled the girls from a home, and they were rushed to Hasbro Children’s Hospital Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare told the station. Other people in the home were...

A man charged with shooting a police officer in the thigh in July 2018 is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity and requesting an in-person bench trial, his lawyer said Monday. Tyler Chandler, 25, joined the hearing by video conference from a state acute care facility and pleaded not guilty to weapons and assault charges, The Providence Journal reported….

A Rhode Island judge on Friday rejected a request from the Providence Teachers Union to suspend in-person instruction at a city middle school over concerns about COVID-19. Superior Court Judge Melissa Darigan denied the union’s motion for a temporary restraining order and found no violation of law or state health protocol. The union sued this month in an attempt...

A Massachusetts woman who stopped to help the victim of a crash on Interstate 95 in Rhode Island was killed by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday. Jennifer Toscano, a 34-year-old nurse from Stoughton, was struck and killed while trying to help the victim of a rollover crash near Exit 30 in Pawtucket. The driver who hit her then fled the…

Providence police released five new body camera videos on Monday from officers who responded to a scooter crash last week that left a 24-year-old man critically injured. Jhamal Gonsalves was injured Oct. 18 as police responded to reports of hundreds of dirt bikes, ATVs and other street-illegal vehicles roaring around the streets of Providence. Family members said Gonsalves remains in…

Police in Providence, Rhode Island, have released body cam footage in a crash last weekend involving a cruiser and a moped that left the driver critically injured.

The class size for elementary school students in Providence’s virtual learning program is being reduced from 52 students per teacher to 36.

Police in Rhode Island are searching for a man who they say stole a car with a 2-month-old baby in the back seat outside a Cumberland Farms in Providence Saturday afternoon. A couple went into the Branch Avenue convenience store around 2 p.m., leaving the baby inside their running car, Maj. David Lapatin told NBC affiliate WJAR. While the couple…

Providence police said they are searching for a man who stole a car with a 2-month-old baby in the back seat Saturday afternoon, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.

Police say a man recording a music video on a Providence street has been shot and killed. Police on Friday identified the victim shot at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday as 27-year-old Dante Mann. He was the city’s 15th homicide victim of the year. Officers responding to reports of a shooting found that Mann had already been taken to the...

Tensions remain high in Providence, Rhode Island, after a moped crash involving a police cruiser on Sunday that left a man in critical condition.

At least 19 people were arrested during protests in Providence Tuesday night over a crash between a cop car and a moped that put a man in critical condition.

A Rhode Island woman feeding her newborn baby in her apartment has been struck by a stray bullet apparently fired from outside the building. Providence police responded to gunfire on Ridge Street at about 11 p.m. Sunday.  The woman said she had been struck in the leg by a round that passed through her wall, according to police. She was…

One person has died after multiple bullets were fired at a vehicle near a school in Providence, Rhode Island, police said. Five men were sitting in the SUV when it was struck by gunfire at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Providence police Maj. David Lapatin said. Two other people were hurt in the shooting. The shooting occurred in the parking lot…

Three people were shot in a vehicle Tuesday in Providence, Rhode Island. Police told NBC affiliate WJAR that five people were in the vehicle at Corliss Park in the city’s Wanskuck neighborhood when someone opened fire, hitting three of the people inside. The victims were taken to Rhode Island Hospital in the same vehicle that was shot. One of...

The suspect in a fatal stabbing in Rhode Island last month has been apprehended apparently trying to cross from California into Mexico, authorities say. Michael Domenech, 35, approached the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 near Pine Valley, California, in a gray sedan at about 2 a.m. Saturday, according to U.S. Border Patrol. When agents approached the driver, he drove…