Providence County News

A Justin Troy Frabotta, 23, of 233 North Main St. was indicted this week for the July 2011 Sayles Street shooting of Neil James Coppinger.

A Providence County grand jury has indicted a Rhode Island man already accused of murder in Massachusetts on charges that he killed a man in Providence last year and then set fire to the victim's home.

A Rhode Island mother convicted last year of strangling her 8-year-old daughter after the girl refused to take a bath and threw a two-hour tantrum is set to learn her punishment.

"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is Guillermo del Toro's remake of a 1973 made-for-TV film about goblin creatures stalking a mansion.

Editor's note: The following reports were posted on the RI State Police website this week: Scituate barracks: Troopers check on previous arrest, find new warrant On May 15 at 11:18 a.m., Troopers arrested Tabitha Cote, age 28, of 19 Fabien St., 3rd Floor, Woonsocket, RI, for: 1) Family Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Non-support. The ... (more)

A suspended North Providence police chief has rejected an offer from prosecutors in his larceny and obstruction of justice case.