Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas F. Oates III was installed as the president of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association during a ceremony on Jan. 12. Woosocket's chief since 2016, Oates laid out a ...

Sgt. Peter Salmons was put on paid administrative leave, pending an internal investigation, according to Mayor Brett Smiley.

Sgt. Peter Salmons pleaded not guilty after Woonsocket police charged him with assault in the Jan. 27 incident at his girlfriend's apartment.

The police were ... home in Woonsocket the morning of March 23, 2016, after a therapist became concerned that she'd been unable to contact her, according to court records. She went to the house ...

Officials also executed a search warrant ... the head and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital. The victim is expected to make a full recovery, police said. ALSO READ: Woonsocket man accused of ...

A Pennsylvania U.S. Navy veteran was found dead in Cheat Lake, West Virginia, after his car plunged off Interstate 68, officials announced on Sunday, Jan. 26. Kevin Lataille, 59, of Fayette County, ...

Woonsocket police have made an arrest in connection to a January 30 collision that left a woman seriously injured along with ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — The Woonsocket Police Department said a male suspect in connection to a shots fired incident was ...

A 4-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a car in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Monday morning, WJAR-TV reports. Police say 4-year-old Eliza Khan was walking with her 32-year-old mother on Hamlet ...

A 4-year-old girl and a woman were seriously injured Monday when they were struck by a car near a school in Woonsocket, Rhode ...