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Search continues for missing swimmer in Portsmouth
Above: Rescue workers continue the gtearch for a missing boy who went under the water while swimming in Gull Cove Friday night. Photo by Jim McGaw. PORTSMOUTH — Rescue workers from around the state...
View ArticlePortsmouth police break up underage party
PORTSMOUTH — Two Barrington girls were hospitalized and a Portsmouth High School student arrested following a large and noisy party at a King Charles Drive home to which police responded at about 11...
View ArticleBad night: Man loses $900 gambling, arrested in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police report from over the past week. Sunday, July 26 Mario R. Cardenas, 48, of 188 Hanover Ave., Apt. 2, Pawtucket, was charged at 8:29 a.m....
View ArticleAnother loud party in Portsmouth’s King’s Grant neighborhood
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week. Tuesday, Aug. 4 Alexander B. Courchaine, 21, of 88 Cove St., Portsmouth, was charged with driving while...
View ArticleMan badly hurt after ATV crash in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — A 19-year-old Newport man was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with life-threatening injuries Sunday after crashing his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) into a guard rail and being thrown...
View ArticleMiddletown murder suspect was arrested in Portsmouth last year
Above: Apartments at the Oxbow Farms neighborhood in Middletown, where a woman was found dead Tuesday morning. MIDDLETOWN — A woman charged with domestic murder in Middletown Tuesday had a previous...
View ArticlePortsmouth police: Woman punched stranger at bar
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police report from over the past week. Friday, April 21 Erin E. Catterall, 32, of 451 Warley St., Portsmouth, was charged with disorderly...
View ArticlePortsmouth police arrest man for DWI after brief chase
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Wednesday, Aug. 26 At 7 p.m., police investigated a vandalism complaint at the abandoned Sunoco Gas Station...
View ArticleMan charged with pilfering iPads from Portsmouth Town Hall
Above: Mug shot of Francisco Herrera. PORTSMOUTH — A Central Falls man has been charged with stealing eight iPads while working as a custodian at Portsmouth Town Hall, police said today. Francisco...
View ArticlePortsmouth police arrest man on felony drug charge
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police report from over the past week. Thursday, Sept. 3 Gary A. Janczynski, 49, of 2 Third St., was arrested at 8:39 p.m. on a bench warrant...
View ArticlePortsmouth police make arrest in homicide
PORTSMOUTH — Police will hold a press briefing this morning at 11 a.m. “concerning a homicide and arrest that occurred during the overnight hours in Portsmouth,” according to an e-mail recently sent...
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Police arrest man in ‘horrific’ stabbing of Portsmouth woman
PORTSMOUTH — The victim of a “horrific” murder late Tuesday night at Bayview Estates had an active no-contact order against the suspect, Raymond E. Ramsey, Portsmouth Police Chief Robert Lee said...
View ArticleCoalition issues statement regarding Portsmouth murder
PORTSMOUTH — Deborah DeBare and Lori DiPersio, executive directors of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Women’s Resource Center, respectively, issued this joint statement...
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Woman found safe on Portsmouth beach after search
PORTSMOUTH — A 53-year-old woman who said she jumped from the Escape Bridge Thursday night was later found by firefighters on Teddy’s Beach and transported to St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River. Marine...
View ArticleWoman jumps into man’s vehicle in Portsmouth lot
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police log from over the past week. Wednesday, Sept. 9 Jeffrey G. Bucci, 34, of 61 Almy Knoll Terrace, was charged at 9:17 p.m. with making...
View ArticlePortsmouth man charged with violating noise ordinance
PORTSMOUTH — A local business owner was scheduled to appear in Municipal Court Wednesday, Sept. 16, to answer charges that he violated the town’s noise ordinance. Robert A. Lantz, 44, of 1322 East Main...
View ArticlePortsmouth police declare 2 dogs a ‘public nuisance’
PORTSMOUTH — Police have declared two dogs on Sherwood Terrace a “public nuisance” after receiving multiple complaints from neighbors of threatening behavior exhibited by the pets. The owners were...
View ArticleCouple skips out on $112 bill at Portsmouth restaurant
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week. Thursday, Sept. 17 Nickia T. Johnson, 19, of 110 Vandewater St., Providence, was charged with larceny...
View ArticlePolice: Portsmouth woman poured milk in neighbor’s driveway
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Seth A. Medeiros, 30, of 215 Holly Circle, Tiverton, was charged with driving while...
View ArticleLetter: Thanks to Portsmouth police for crosswalk crackdown
To the editor: I was hit by a car once. It was a sunny fall morning in Upstate New York. I was in a crosswalk, making my way toward the stippled white LEDs of a “walk” signal. Despite the protection of...
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