Central Falls, RI News Headlines

A Central Falls woman has plead guilty to accepting cash in exchange for accepting packages of cocaine sent from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Postal Service. JeanLee Figueroa, 21, plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence for her involvement in...

Enter...workers' cooperatives, an idea introduced to Rhode Island by Fuerza Laboral, a Central Falls non-profit organization dedicated to leadership development and workers' rights. Workers' cooperatives, a business model that actually existed during...

Turn to 10 Police are and asking anyone with information to contact them, as well as offering a $5,000 reward if an arrest is made. Contact the State Fire Marshals TIPS line at 401-383-7723 or Central Falls Police at 401-727-7411. If you want to remain...

The Providence Journal CENTRAL FALLS , R.I. — Investigators have determined that a fire that engulfed the porch of an occupied home early Monday morning was set deliberately, and they are offering an award for information that helps them catch the...

Turn to 10 CENTRAL FALLS , R.I. (WJAR) — Flames broke out before dawn Monday in a house in Central Falls. Firefighters were called to the home at the corner of Central Street and Madison Avenue at about 2 a.m.. The fire started in a back room or the...

, RI and New Bedford, MA News, Weather WLNE-TV (ABC6) CENTRAL FALLS , R.I. (WLNE) — A Central Falls home was damaged in a three-alarm fire early Monday morning. Crews spent hours to put out the flames, but the situation is now under control. Fire crews...

man The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE , R.I. — A Central Falls man died and a Providence man was injured after a gunman opened fire on their sedan parked outside a Burger King early Monday. Raheem Alves, 24, of Central Falls , was killed and Dillon...

The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE , R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has pleaded not guilty to charges he shot and killed a man and then disposed of and burned his body in a Lincoln field. David DeLeon, of Central Falls , entered the plea Wednesday to...

The Providence Journal LINCOLN, R.I. — A 29-year-old Central Falls man has been charged assault, robbery and indecent exposure after a three separate incidents this weekend on or near the Blackstone River Bikeway, according to police Capt. Philip...

The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE , R.I. -- Pawtucket police arrested a 19-year-old on a gun charge after a report of a shooting in Central Falls Thursday at about 5:30 p.m., according to the Pawtucket Police Department. According to a Pawtucket Police...