Possession of Illegal Drugs - As Officer Aaron Steere was conducting surveillance of the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard, which has a reputation for criminal activity because it has been the source of a number of calls for service to Warwick Police... more

PORTSMOUTH — A local man was arrested at his home Sunday, Oct. 15, and charged with domestic assault with bodily injury on a person over 60 years old.   James F. Janus, 46, of 63 … more

PORTSMOUTH — A 21-year-old Middletown man was arrested on drug charges Saturday after witnesses said he was driving on Route 24 while punching himself in the face, police said. more

PORTSMOUTH — A local woman was charged with domestic assault at about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, July 28, after she allegedly slammed the screen of a laptop computer down on the user’s … more

PORTSMOUTH — A Fall River man who was stopped for speeding last month pretended to be his brother when asked for identification, according to police. That led police to later charge … more

PORTSMOUTH — Two men were charged with using illegal fireworks during separate displays in Common Fence Point Saturday night, July 1. Shortly before 9 p.m., two officers investigated a … more

PORTSMOUTH — A Massachusetts man was charged with driving while intoxicated after police found him asleep at the wheel of his disabled car on Middle Road Saturday morning. Police … more

PORTSMOUTH — A New Bedford woman was charged with driving while intoxicated last week after a police officer found her and two other occupants unconscious inside a car parked at a traffic … more

PORTSMOUTH — A local woman faces numerous charges after she fled her car with a 2-year-old child in tow following an accident on Route 24 Sunday night, according to police. Elizabeth A. … more

PORTSMOUTH — A Tiverton man who allegedly gave a patrol officer the finger before being pulled over was arrested on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance last … more