Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan WARWICK, R.I. -- District Court Judge Frank J. Cenerini on Friday ordered Michael J. Patino, 27, accused of fatally injuring 6-year-old Marco Nieves of Cranston, held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending trial, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release. Marco died of an internal injury at Hasbro Children's Hospital Oct. 4 after...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has convicted Roger Morin, 49, of 300 Front St., Pawtucket, of child molestation in a case dating to 20 years ago, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release Friday. The jury cleared Morin of a second charge of child molestation. The jury delivered its verdict Wednesday to Judge Robert D. Krause. The victim alleged...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed will be among the panelists Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation when the group discusses the Fort Hood shootings and the elections this week. Reed will be joined at 10:30 a.m. on WPRI-TV by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Missouri, chairman of the House Armed...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan By Maria Armental Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Interfaith leaders gathered at a news conference Friday at the Jewish Community Center to defend Rhode Island's Muslim community in the aftermath of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas . The Rev. Donald Anderson, executive minister of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches , said the news conference was called...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City police have announced that a man was found mortally wounded on Aldrich Street early Friday. Police withheld the victim's name pending notification of next of kin. They gave his age as 26, and said he lived at 18 Burnside St. Officers were called to Broad and Aldrich Streets around 1:15 a.m. when someone reported a shooting. The victim was found...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan By Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writer WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Officers from the Woonsocket and Cranston police departments arrested two brothers this week and charged them with drug offenses. On Wednesday officers arrested Edward Thimas, 28, of Upland Road, and Raymond Thimas, 30, both of Forest Street, Warwick. Officers said they confiscated 135 pounds of marijuana. Journal...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: Journal file photo Police, fire and highway trucks are parked on Route 95, Attleboro, after a tractor-trailer rolled over on November 6, 2008. A year ago today: Massachusetts State Police are investigating a car-tractor-trailer crash in Attleboro that forced the closure of a stretch of Route 95 south for about 10 hours of cleanup and the evacuation...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said Thursday he will intervene in the Public Utilities Commission's deliberations over Narragansett Electric's request to raise its electricity distribution rates by nearly 30 percent, an amount he termed "drastic." Lynch's ratepayer advocate, Special Assistant Attorney General Ladawn S....
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan NEW BEDFORD Mass. -- A suspect in a drug raid on Thursday fired at and struck a Massachusetts state trooper, whose body armor protected him from harm. That suspect was slain in turn, the state police said in a news release. Neither the trooper nor the dead man was identified immediately. The police said they were trying to contact the suspect's family. The police said...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said Thursday that he believes that a bill to reverse a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking special land status for the Narragansett Indians could become law during this Congress. Enactment of the legislation -- which may have implications for tribes across the country -- is "likely...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: The guided-missile destroyer Cole, the victim of a deadly suicide bombing in Yemen in 2000, wraps up a visit to the Newport Naval Station. The visit is part of a program of bringing Navy ships to the base for naval students to tour, according to spokeswoman Lisa Rama. Soon, they'll be crew members aboard one. The Cole, however,...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan CRANSTON, R.I. -- The police have lodged additional charges against a driver whose car struck a house on Sunday. John Viveiros, 20, of Providence, now faces four felony counts of driving to engager, injury resulting, said police Chief Marco Palombo. Palombo said an investigation showed that Viveiros was headed south on Narragansett Boulevard in Pawtuxet at a high rate...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A University of Rhode Island student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that resulted from an incident Oct. 21 during which, URI police said, racial epithets were drawn on whiteboards in a residence hall. Eric Muroski, 18, of Southington, Conn., entered the plea before Judge Edward J. Clifton in Washington County District Court. The defendant...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan Kiplinger's Personal Finance on Wednesday announced that Brown University and Providence College have made its list of the 100 best values in private institutions. Brown placed 12th, while PC was listed as 35th. Both institutions were judged in the university class, of which there were 50 competitors. The California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., was number...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday presented the 2009 Coming Up Taller Award to New Urban Arts , an interdisciplinary arts studio and gallery for high school students and emerging artists in Providence. New Urban Arts was one of 15 such organizations recognized. The award was presented to youth and adult representatives of the program at the White House. New Urban...
