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A corrections officer accused of raping an inmate in Framingham, Massachusetts, is expected in court on Monday.

A corrections officer is facing charges after allegedly raping an inmate in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that 49-year-old Joao Gomes of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, had been indicted in Woburn Superior Court. Gomes is a corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Framingham. Prosecutors say Gomes has been charged with four counts of...

A Ferrari that was stolen during an armed home invasion in Cranston, Rhode Island, three days ago, has been recovered in Florida, where authorities said they took one of two suspects into custody Tuesday. The second suspect was later arrested in Rhode Island. Cranston police say this whole ordeal started Saturday, when patrol officers were dispatched around 3:20 a.m. to…

A Pawtucket, Rhode Island, man who worked as a YMCA camp counselor this summer has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography. Rhode Island State Police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that they were led to Ryan Minasian’s home, at 57 Makin Street, after launching an investigation into a person sharing files of child pornography on the internet . After…

Four people are facing charges after the death of a 1-year-old child in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. Emergency crews responded around 10 a.m. Sunday to Arthur Street, where the child was found unresponsive. He later died at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, according to the outlet. Police said the child had significant facial bruising. Authorities did not publicly...

Actor Woody Harrelson has been spotted around Rhode Island in the last week, from a bowling alley in Cranston to a cannabis shop in Pawtucket, as he’s in the Ocean State to film a movie. The former “Cheers” star was first seen enjoying a drink at Lang’s Bowlarama on Niantic Avenue last Saturday night, NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR reports....

A 33-year-old woman was shot to death in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Friday night in what is believed to be a domestic incident, and a man is facing several charges. Pawtucket police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that 34-year-old Michael J. Fernandes, of Pawtucket, has been charged in the fatal shooting of Jocelyn A. DoCouto, of Central Falls. Officers were…

A man has died after he was struck by a vehicle while walking on Interstate 95 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, police say. Officials tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that police received a call around 7 p.m. for a person walking on I-95 north, and then received calls for a pedestrian struck in Pawtucket near Exit 41A. Rhode Island State Police…

A woman was arrested for a shooting and a road rage incident in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Friday Night. Pawtucket Police say 36-year-old Kendra Johnson of Pawtucket was reported to police by the victim, a 32-year-old man, saying she began to chase him while driving in the city, according to WJAR. The victim say Johnson drove her vehicle into his…

A driver died in a fiery car crash on Interstate 495 early Tuesday morning in Plainville, Massachusetts State Police said. The driver was found partway out of a BMW sedan’s passenger’s seat and face-down in water in the median of the highway near mile marker 35.2, police said. The driver’s side of the car was on fire. Two state...

Two brothers from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, were driving Friday night when their car was involved in a crash in East Providence, leaving one of them dead and the other critically injured. The driver of the other car was also injured. East providence police say they responded just before 8 p.m. to reports of a serious motor vehicle crash on Pawtucket…

A driver was seriously hurt and their vehicle caught fire, spreading flames to a U-Haul storage building, on Interstate 95 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, early Tuesday morning, police said. A charred pickup truck remained at the scene and clouds of smoke billowed from the building during the fire, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. The driver was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital…

A Rhode Island woman died Saturday night when her car hit a telephone pole in East Providence. Police responded to the crash near Pleasant Street and Pawtucket Avenue around 10:30 p.m. and found a badly-damaged car wrapped around a telephone pole, according to NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR. The driver and lone occupant died from her injuries, police said. She has…

A 21-year-old man who was shot multiple times while delivering food Friday night in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, died from his injuries, authorities announced this weekend. Pawtucket police identified the victim on Sunday as Julian Garcia, of North Providence, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. Officers were called to the intersection of Barton and Montgomery streets around 9 p.m. Friday for a report…

A New York man who shot and killed the mother of his fiancee’s ex-boyfriend in Rhode Island on New Year’s Day in 2020 has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Jack Doherty was sentenced Tuesday in the death of 54-year-old Cheryl Smith who was shot four times when she answered the door of her Pawtucket home...