As part of efforts to acknowledge National Rural Health Day, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is proud to recognize Michael Gingell as Rhode Island's 2025 National Rural Health Day Community Star.
Chief Gingell, Emergency Management Director for the Town of Burrillville and former...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have lifted the advisory recommendation to avoid recreational activities at Tiogue Lake in Coventry and Meshanticut Lake in Cranston. The harmful algae bloom (HAB) caused by blue-green algae (
On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, the Auto Theft Task Force, the Adult Correctional Institutions Investigations Unit, and the Intelligence Unit arrested Ibraheem Al Tekreeti, age 28, with last known address of 105 Ives Street, Apartment #3, Providence, Rhode Island, on an Affidavit and Arrest...
At 2:19 PM, Troopers arrested Diondre Watson, age 26 of 33 Nicholas Brown Yards, Providence, RI for 1.) Simple Assault and 2.) Disorderly Conduct. This arrest was the result of a Troopers responding to the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal for Capitol Police advising the subjects were in custody as a...
At 4:00 PM, Troopers arrested Jason Lavena, age 53, of 1 Hancock Drive, Coventry, Rhode Island on an Affidavit and Arrest Warrant for the charge of 1) Simple Assault and 2) Disorderly Conduct. The arrest was the result of a barracks investigation and Mr. Lavena subsequently turning himself into...
On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 10:40 PM, Troopers arrested Robert A. Gencarella, age 27, of 275 Waterman Hill Road, Greene, Rhode Island, for 1.) Superior Court Full Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Determination of Attorney (09/09/25) on the original charge of Possession of a Schedule...
Starting on Friday night, November 21, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift traffic onto a newly constructed bridge carrying Route 10 over Elmwood Avenue in Providence. The next day, Saturday, November 22, RIDOT will temporarily close a section of Elmwood Avenue to...
On November 18, 2025, members of the Special Victims Unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Jason Vergara, age 37, of 307 Wildwood Avenue #2R, Worcester, Massachusetts, on an extraditable Affidavit and Arrest Warrant for two (2) counts of First-Degree Child Molestation, one (1)...
As a part of on-going efforts to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reminding Rhode Islanders about the importance of using antibiotics properly. People should only use antibiotics when they are truly necessary, and antibiotics should be used...
At 1:33 PM, Troopers arrested Johnathan Ramsey, age 40, of 165 Pine Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island for 1.) Affidavit and Arrest Warrant out of Woonsocket Police Department for Simple Assault and Vandalism, and 2.) Third Division District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to appear for Technical...
