Rhode Island State Police

A Rhode Island dog whose inspiring story of going from shelter dog to life-saving police K-9 became the subject of a recent Netflix movie has been euthanized. State Police said Sunday K-9 Ruby was put down Friday following a “sudden, acute, and untreatable illness.” She was 11 years old. The superintendent of the state police expressed gratitude for K-9 Ruby’s...

An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 6-month-old child that was found safe after being kidnapped in Rhode Island Saturday evening, state officials said. Police said they found the child, identified as Nael Adesuyi, and the car involved in the kidnapping and have canceled the Amber Alert. Police have not yet found the person who kidnapped the child. He…

The Rhode Island State Police are looking for upstanding, dedicated and hardworking men and women to become troopers. The agency this week launched a recruiting drive for its next training academy scheduled to start in January. “Service in the Rhode Island State Police requires active, intelligent people whose reputations are above reproach,” the agency said in a statement. “High moral,…

A Rhode Island man who was driving with a suspended license is now facing drunk driving charges after he allegedly struck a state police cruiser that was stopped in the breakdown lane of Interstate 95. State police say the trooper was in his marked cruiser during a traffic stop late Saturday night on I-95 in Warwick, when Alfredo Falcon-Benitez struck…

A Boston man charged with being under the influence when he allegedly struck and killed an off-duty nurse who had stopped to help someone at the scene of a car rollover in Rhode Island has been held on $45,000 bail. Luis Baez, 22, appeared in court Monday to face several charges in connection with the crash on Interstate 95 in…

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and killed on a highway in Pawtucket on Saturday night, Rhode Island State Police said. Officers identified the victim as 57-year-old Ricardo Masariegos, affiliate WJAR-TV reported. Police say they believe Masariegos was homeless. The crash happened on Interstate-95 south near Exit 27 around 9 p.m., according to WJAR. Police said Masariegos was crossing…

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 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.