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Isiah Allen, 23, of 59 Benedict Street, Providence, and Chevin Gobern, 28, of 40 Anthony Avenue, Providence, were each held overnight Tuesday and charged with reckless driving/drag racing/eluding a police officer; obstructing an officer in the execution of duty and disorderly conduct, the police said in a press release. Gobern was also charged with resisting arrest, according to the police. Both suspects will also be cited for several motor vehicle violations, the police said. After getting ...

CRANSTON — After a Cranston police officer tackled a motorcyclist who had pushed him, several ATV riders circled menacingly.  Then a motorcyclist in the group rode across the officer’s legs, according to the city’s police chief, Col. Michael Winquist. In the aftermath of that assault on Atwood Avenue last year, says Winquist, Cranston employed some “strong investigative techniques” to track down and arrest nine riders. On Friday, as he and Cranston’s mayor pledged a wave of enforc...

Monday, January 25, 2021   View Larger + Cranston Police Department announced an arrest has been made in the bank robbery that occurred Thursday, January 21, 2021, at approximately 1:50 pm, at the Santander Bank located at 555 Reservoir Avenue.  The suspect is identified as Vaughn Watrous, age 43, with a last known address of 160 Broad Street in Providence. Watrous was taken into custody early Sunday evening by members of the Providence Police Department on a Cranston Police Department arrest...

Vaugh Watrous, 43, of Providence, was arrested Sunday evening. According to Cranston’s Colonel Michael Winquist, Watrous allegedly robbed the Santander Bank on Reservoir Avenue just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 21. Watrous is said to have entered the bank and passed the teller a note demanding money. Cranston police said he left the bank with the money, before fleeing into the surrounding neighborhoods. According to Winquist, no one was hurt during the robbery. Cranston detectives worke...

John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association Announces Swearing In of New Executive Board Members PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association would like to announce the new Executive Board members who were sworn in as part of RIPCAs annual January meeting held Tuesday, Jan. 19. For immediate release Chief Richard Ramsay of the West Greenwich Police Department has been sworn in as the new President of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association. (P...

The police say they seized the red motorcycle Zabawar was riding in the incident, having found it in a detached garage on the property along with several pieces of evidence that the police say link him to the crimes. The police say Zabawar smashed the cruiser window as a police officer was arresting another rider, Shyanne Boisvert, 23, of 20 Hurdis Street, Apt. 19, North Providence. The police say she had stopped her motorcycle to block traffic on Atwood Avenue. According to the police, Boisv...

Jan 7, 2021 (Cranston, RI)--The chief of police in Cranston says corrective action has been taken against an officer involved in last Fridays incident with a pack of ATV and dirt bike riders.Authorities initially claimed Shyanne Boisvert, one of the three people arrested during the incident, had initiated contact with a policeman, but security video reported by WJAR-TV shows her backing away before the arresting officer took her to the ground.That officer then appeared to have his legs partiall...

Several other drivers circled the officer in a threatening manner. The officer was attempting to arrest Boisvert and was kneeling in the roadway to handcuff her when one of the drivers ran over the legs of the officer. Additionally, another rider smashed out the back window of the police cruiser. Eduardo Rivera, 33, of Warwick, is accused of running over the officer’s legs with his ATV before fleeing and later crashing into a cruiser. Kemoni Mitchell, 22, of Providence, is accused of leading ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) – Cranston Police arrested three people on New Year’s Day after a series of events unfolded involving ATVs in the city. Eduardo Rivera, 33, of Warwick, Kemoni Mitchell, 22, of Providence, and Shyanne Boisvert, 23, of North Providence, are facing various charges including assaulting a police officer, possession of crack cocaine, reckless driving, and eluding police. Mitchell was arraigned...

January 2, 2021 CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) —Three people have been arrested after an incident police said involved an officer being pushed, surrounded, and run over while responding to dozens of recklessly driven motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. About 30 motorcycles and ATVs were speeding and weaving in and out of traffic Friday afternoon before one of the drivers dropped her motorcycle in the middle of the road to block traffic, police said. Shyanne Boisvert, 23, of North Providence is accused...