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Registered sex offender who allegedly posed as a 17-year-old, indicted on multiple charges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 31-year-old North Smithfield registered sex offender who allegedly posed as a 17-year-old during explicit Instagram communications…
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Eight arrested from RI, MA, NH, ME; 152 pounds of methamphetamine seized in large scale trafficking ring
BOSTON – Eight individuals were charged and arrested yesterday in connection with a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking ring operating between California…
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Repeated local registered sex offender charged after attempting to send obscene material to young boys
A 31-year-old registered sex offender living in Smithfield, RI, who allegedly claimed during Instagram communications with two minor boys in…
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Local contractor ordered detained in federal custody in two alleged murder-for-hire plots
PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has been ordered detained in federal custody in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. It is alleged…
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FBI warns of uptick in scams with Massachusetts residents losing millions in 2020
The FBI Boston Division has seen an increase in reports of scammers targeting New Englanders through unsolicited telephone calls in…
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CARES Act fraud investigations identify 23 individuals targeting 31 million dollars
PROVIDENCE – The United States Attorney’s Office, the Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,…
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8 charged in eastern Massachusetts, Mexico poly-drug trafficking organization
BOSTON – Eight people were charged in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation into a Boston-based fentanyl…
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Homeland Security Investigation leads to federal child pornography charges, released on bail
PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich man was arrested on Wednesday following a court-authorized search of his home by federal Homeland…
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Nashville bombing on Christmas ruled not a terrorist act
NASHVILLE, TN—The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
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Man indicted for allegedly setting Providence Police Department cruiser on fire during riot
PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury today returned a one-count indictment charging a Providence man with arson, alleging that he…
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