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DEA agents in R.I. seize largest single bust of counterfeit Adderall pills

Field agents in Rhode Island seized approximately 660,500 methamphetamine pills, which they believe to be worth approximately $4.6 million in street value.

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RI CRIME

DEA agents in R.I. seize largest single bust of counterfeit Adderall pills

Field agents in Rhode Island seized approximately 660,500 methamphetamine pills, which they believe to be worth approximately $4.6 million in street value.
RI CRIME

Students who kept ‘pedo database’ heralded as heroes while experts say the middle school failed them

Days after their “Pedo Database” became public, experts weigh in on what the teenage boys did right — and how the schools in this Rhode Island town need to do better
RI COURTS

Two R.I. men who spread white supremacist fliers in East Providence plead no contest to obstructing police

Stephen Thomas Farrea, 32, of Portsmouth, and Austin Conti, 26, of Warwick, who are affiliated with a New England-based neo-Nazi group, were ordered to perform 20 hours of community service.
RI Crime Briefs

Rhode Island crime news: March 2022

Burrillville guns

More articles about the Burrillville man arrested with 200+ guns

Updates: NK Coach

What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

RI Crime
Providence bar brawl leads to smashed bottles, chairs, and tables — and one arrest
As music played, people scrambled on the floor, which was covered with spilled drinks and broken glass. Then the music stopped and the fighting escalated.

RI CRIME
The middle school boys thought their teacher was a ‘creep.’ So they tracked how he treated the girls.
A “pedo database” where some Davisville Middle School students documented how their teacher harassed girls in their class is now part of an investigation into the North Kingstown teacher.

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RI EDUCATION

Providence College student falls from 5th floor dorm window

A 19-year-old Providence College student fell 50 feet from a fifth-floor dorm window early Thursday, police said.

ABUSE BY CLERGY

Abuse survivors say, Providence Diocese hasn’t done enough

On this week’s Rhode Island Report podcast, Dr. Ann Hagan Webb and Claude Leboeuf talk about starting the first support group in Rhode Island for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

RI HEALTH

Sexual assault of a patient alleged at Eleanor Slater Hospital

An internal investigation is underway and the State Police and regulators have been notified of an alleged sexual assault of one patient by another at the Adolf Meyer building in Cranston.

RI CRIME

Three indicted for murder in death of Pawtucket toddler who ingested fentanyl

Jachkeilin Guzman Trinidad Jr., 2, went down for a nap on Dec. 10 and never woke up.

Ongoing coverage of the Catholic Church, misconduct, and abuse by clergy in Rhode Island

State prosecutors are conducting a review of more than 100,000 documents related to the sexual abuse of children that have been turned over by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. Read Globe Rhode Island’s ongoing coverage of abuse by clergy and the Catholic Church in Rhode Island.

R.I. CRIME

R.I. chiropractor charged in sexual assault of patient; Health Dept. suspends his license for second time

Dr. Thomas P. Sowa was arrested by Cumberland police last week on three felony charges of second-degree sexual assault, as well as simple assault in his office

City of Newport releases mugshots of men punched by police during violent arrest

The photographs of Christopher Adam and Dennis Engelson, requested by the Globe, show they both have facial injuries.

R.I. CLERGY ABUSE

For R.I. survivors of clergy abuse, first monthly support meeting from national network

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, also known as SNAP, will hold its first monthly meeting for survivors and their loved ones on Tuesday in Cumberland.