Pawtucket News

U.S. Attorney Dana Boente says 35-year-old Ivan Patino Sanchez of Richmond was sentenced this week to eight years in prison and 46-year-old Felipe Alvarado Gonzalez of Pawtuckett, Rhode Island, was sentenced to five years.

By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Pawtucket Police are on scene at the North Bend Street Apartment complex after a grenade was found within one of the units.

Rhode Island law requires landlords to take measures to protect tenants from lead exposure.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court said in a ruling Wednesday that the city of Pawtucket can pursue the dismissal of a convicted police officer.

Narragansett Bay Insurance Company in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has announced 13 promotions.

A man from Mexico who oversaw a sophisticated multistate fake identification ring has been sentenced in Virginia to 12 years and one month in federal prison.

Citing his success in gaining passage of the marriage equality bill when people told him it was a lost cause, Frank Ferri said Tuesday evening he's taking on the odds again and expects to be the state's next lieutenant governor.

Three men from Pawtucket, RI, were arrested over the weekend after a suspicious resident called about a Cadillac driving around a neighborhood without its lights on, reported the Sun Chronicle.

Bristol County Savings Bank has promoted Timothy A. Chaves, Timothy E. Dailey, Teresa M. Janeiro, Deborah J. Kirby, Lisa A. Lassiter, Peter L. Rivet and Diana M. Rochefort to Assistant Vice President.

The Attorney General's Office says it didn't have enough evidence to press charges against 32-year-old Warren Tassone.

The state attorney general said Friday that there isn't enough evidence to support a second-degree child molestation charge against a substitute school teacher in Pawtucket.

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority held a ceremony Friday to mark the launch of its first new rapid bus line.

Marquis Joseph Melia is accused of conspiring with 58-year-old Curtis Maxie to sell the girl to men for sex out of a Pawtucket apartment.

Citing his success in gaining passage of the marriage equality bill when people told him it was a lost cause, Frank Ferri said Tuesday evening he's taking on the odds again and expects to be the state's next lieutenant governor.

By Tanner Jubenville news@abc6.com CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. - An operation conducted by members of three law enforcement divisions results in 13 arrests.

Rhode Island breweries have had a bit of trouble with their handles: High Jinx morphed to Foolproof before it opened its doors; Grey Sail Brewing added "of Rhode Island" to settle up with Oregon's Full Sail over a trademark infringement tussle; and now Pawtucket's new Brewery 401 has become Crooked Current Brewery .

By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com Two people are dead after a murder suicide in Pawtucket.

Two men have been ordered held without bond on murder charges in the fatal beating of a convicted sex offender.

Two people were found dead after a shooting in a Pawtucket home Monday evening. Pawtucket Police confirm that two people were found dead upon arrival when officers got to the scene at 96 North Bend St at 10:30 p.m. Pawtucket Police are not releasing any additional information at this time.

If you have not been to the Falls Church Arts Gallery on Maple Street at the Creative Caldron, you are truly missing something.