Rhode Island State Police

A police officer in Cumberland, Rhode Island, was reportedly stabbed at the town’s high school Saturday night, according to the mayor. Mayor Jeff Mutter told NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that he was briefed on an incident that occurred at Cumberland High School. Mutter tells WJAR shots were fired following the stabbing. Both the assailant and police officer were taken...

A police officer in Cumberland, Rhode Island, was reportedly stabbed at the town’s high school Saturday night, Mayor Jeff Mutter told NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR.

A Massachusetts police officer has been arrested on child pornography charges by Rhode Island State Police.

A Rhode Island man was arrested Wednesday for the road rage-related death of a box truck driver in Johnston, RI on March 30, according to state police.

A small plane has made an emergency landing on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. A photo shows a plane in the middle of the highway, near Exit 6. Emergency officials report there are no injuries.

A small plane made an emergency landing Saturday evening on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island.

A Rhode Island man has been arrested after allegedly trying to solicit a 14-year-old boy for sex. Korey Morris, a 43-year-old Middletown resident, solicited a person he believed to be a 14-year-old Rhode Island boy for sexual activity, authorities said. He was arrested after an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The head of the Rhode Island State Police is assigning additional troopers to enforce seat belt laws.

A body was found Thursday morning at a recycling facility in Rhode Island. Authorities said the body was discovered around 10:30 a.m. at Full Recycling on Green Hill Road in Johnston.

Rhode Island state police have identified the two men killed during a single-vehicle crash on I-95 North as Hyde Park residents Romario A. Cameron, 24, and Johny G. Goyau, 25.

A youth tennis instructor has been arraigned on child pornography charges, Rhode Island State Police say. Thomas E. Gallagher, 75, of Newport, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of child pornography after an investigation by the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Gallagher was arraigned at Second Division District Court and released on $50,000 personal recognizance with...

Further sexual assault charges have been filed against a former assistant Catholic chaplain who worked at a boy scout summer camp.

Rhode Island State Police say they are targeting dangerous drivers through New Year’s Day. State Police Col. Ann Assumpico says additional patrols have been assigned to provide “intensive traffic enforcement” through the holiday. Troopers are participating in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Snow melt is flying off hardware store shelves ahead of the season’s first significant snowfall — but so are leaf bags and rakes, as fall and winter collide in this pre-Thanksgiving snow storm, leaving people scrambling to scoop up piles of leaves.

A Providence man suspected of driving while intoxicated has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash on Interstate 95.

Rhode Island State Police have arrested a Providence man they say had hundreds of marijuana plants and a gun in his home. State police executed a search warrant on the home of 31-year-old Anthony Patti on Friday.

Rhode Island State Police say they have arrested a fugitive from Massachusetts in a Providence apartment where they also found nearly two pounds of pure fentanyl with a street value of more than $30,000.

Over four dozen people have been arrested and more than 50 guns seized following a year-long investigation into violent motorcycle gangs operating in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

A Rhode Island man is facing charges in connection with the robbery and attack of a Massachusetts woman after she left a casino.

The snowy commute on Wednesday morning made things tough for drivers across New England, including the driver of a box truck who overturned on a Rhode Island highway.