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Owner, 32, looted East Providence title business
The former owner of a title insurance firm in East Providence pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal fraud charge for looting more than $1.3 million from company accounts and using the money for vacations, hair ...
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Ex-owner of RI closing co. pleads guilty to fraud
Thirty-two year old Angela Raposa, of East Providence, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud.
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Burglary suspect dies during heist
A man wanted in several break-ins is dead. Police said he dropped dead during his latest burglary attempt at an East Providence apartment complex.
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Scott Turner: Odious outlaws of the Ocean State
THIS FALL, funky creatures rose from under ground in Rhode Island. In the third week of November, police unearthed remains of a notorious mobster in East Providence, while across the river in Providence a woman ...
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Woman, son reported missing
Swansea police are seeking the public's help in locating a woman and her son who were reported missing.
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Late officera s sons follow his lead in public service
LINCOLN, R.I.a 'The legacy of an East Providence police officer lives on through his sons.
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DaPonte ready for big job
Designated as the next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, East Providence Sen.
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Pedestrian killed in Thompson
Connecticut state police are investigating an accident in Thompson that killed a pedestrian.
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Paiva Weed picks DaPonte to head Senate Finance Committee
In her first act since fellow Democrats endorsed her for Senate president, Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva Weed yesterday announced that she has chosen Sen.
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Robbery suspect in custody after high-speed chase
Police have arrested one of two suspects in a pair of recent armed robberies as the search for the second suspect continues.
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Ex-AG Roberts: Site of mobster's body may be all wet
Former Rhode Island Atty. Gen. Dennis J. Roberts II, who prosecuted Nicholas S. Pari and Andrew F. Merola for the assassination of Joseph "Joe Onions" Scanlon 30 years ago, says he will be mighty surprised if ...
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New East Providence City Council announces staff changes
Even before being sworn in, the new City Council majority has announced plans to fire the longtime city solicitor and eight other two-year appointees.
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Rhode Island Police Investigate Decades-Old Mob Hit
The Rhode Island State Police on Monday arrested 18 people allegedly connected to Mafia rings and used a backhoe to dig through an East Providence lot searching for the victim of a three-decade-old mob hit.
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State police keep digging for victim of mob hit
One backhoe had begun the task yesterday, before stopping as darkness fell. The work started up again at 9 this morning.
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E. Providence school reopening after lead scare
An East Providence elementary school will reopen after a scare caused by a lead paint chip.
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RI Mobsters in Court; Crews Searching for a Murder Victim's Body
State Police arrested 18 people Monday morning in a sweep across Rhode Island and Massachusetts, picking up members of the Patriarca crime family, for charges ranging from drugs and gun possession, to ...
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30 years later, digging for a mobster's body
Journal photo / Bill Murphy State Police detectives and FBI agents watch as a backhoe goes to work this afternoon in the backyard of Lisboa Apartments at 378 Bullocks Point Ave.
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East Providence teachers union decries criticism by school officials
The teachers union, after what it called several days of "simmering" over published comments by local school officials, has sharply rejected their assertions that the teachers are "living large" at taxpayers' ...
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Battleship Rhode Island remembered in East Providence
You can't forget what you didn't know: Battleship Rhode Island. The U.S. Navy did have such a ship, and Reinhard Wohlgemuth, a member of the Rhode Island Postcard Club, has proof: postcards.
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RI Young Dems elect new leadership team
The Rhode Island Young Democrats - www.riyoungdems.org - announced today the election of Meghan Grady as president, Kimberly Ahern as vice-president and Eric Coury as national committeeman.
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