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Bryant U Students ID’d As Victims In Sunday Triple-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:49:58 +0000

LINCOLN, RI. (THECOUNT) — Denis Aguilar Campos, 41, has been identified as the wrong-way driver in a Sunday crash that killed Bryant University students, Jaylin Rainford, 20, of Randolph, Massachusetts, and Chiemelie Okonkwo, 20, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, according to Rhode Island State Police. Troopers responding to a reported crash around 12:30 a.m. determined that Campos […]

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CT Woman Klaudyna Polewacz ID’d As Victim In Wednesday RH Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:51:28 +0000

WASHINGTON COUNTY, RI. (THECOUNT) — Klaudyna Polewacz, of Middletown, Connecticut, has been identified as the victim in a Wednesday evening single-vehicle crash in Washington County, Rhode Island. Polewacz, 35, was killed in an Interstate 95 single-vehicle crash near Richmond Wednesday evening. According to reports, Polewacz was operating a vehicle on I-95 in Richmond, when for […]

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RI Woman Cara Mac Kenyon Arrested In Deadly Friday Night South Kingstown DUI Crash

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:00:19 +0000

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI. (THECOUNT) — Cara Mac Kenyon, of South Kingstown, has been identified as the suspect facing felony charges following a deadly crash Friday night. Kenyon, 30, was charged with driving under the influence resulting in death, refusal to submit to a chemical test and obstruction. According to officials, Alan Albergaria was on-foot in […]

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RI Tree Worker Richard ‘Jr Rick’ Mopps ID’d As Victim Killed Wednesday Removing Richmond Log

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Wed, 29 May 2019 16:16:04 +0000

RICHMOND, RI. (THECOUNT) — Richard Mopps has been identified as the Rhode Island Warwick Tree Service worker killed in an accident Tuesday afternoon at a Richmond home on Wednesday. “Jr Rick” Mopps, 25, of Coventry, was operating a skid steer loader to lift a 20-foot log outside a home located at, 439 Gardiner Road, when […]

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Heroin Epidemic Forces School Nurses To Stock Antidote

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:48:32 +0000

The heroin epidemic is so out of control among teenagers that the nation’s schools have stocked a fast-acting overdose antidote to be administered by nurses and teachers in case of emergency. School nurses are keeping the drug naloxone on hand as an essential part of their first-aid kits. If a student exhibit signs of heroin […]

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DISGRACEFUL! Man Stole VETS TOMBSTONES Used As Flooring In Garage

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:25:49 +0000

Kevin Maynard, a worker at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, is accused of the despicable crime of stealing vets’ headstones he then used as flooring in his garage. Maynard was arraigned Monday in federal court where he is expected to plead guilty. A former worker at the Veterans Cemetery, Maynard resigned after the cemetery […]

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R.I. Beach EXPLOSION Sends Woman Airborne BOMB SQUAD On Scene

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:29:07 +0000

The bomb squad is on scene after an under-sand explosion at the Salty Brine State Beach in Narragansett, R.I., sent a woman several feet in the air and into some rocks. Reps for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management told reporters the beach was evacuated around noon on Saturday after an explosion occurred just […]

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Good Times Actor Ben Powers DIES

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:19:37 +0000

Ben Powers, best known for his recurring role on TV sitcom Good Times has died. He was 64. Powers also appeared in many movies and TV shows including, The New Mike Hammer, Gimme A Break, Laverne & Shirley, The New Odd Couple, The Great American Hero, Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie, Things Are Tough All Over and The Man Who Loved Women. Brooklyn […]

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Enterovirus D68 Claims Life Of 10-Year-Old Rhode Island Girl

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 05:55:52 +0000

Emily Otrando, a 10-year-old girl from Rhode Island has died from enterovirus D68. Enterovirus D68 is a mystery respiratory virus that has been affecting children across the U.S. The Rhode Island officials said Otrando died last week of an infection brought on by the enterovirus D68 virus. Otrando was taken to a Children’s Hospital in […]

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Aaron Hernandez KILLED 2 Over Spilled Drink

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!" — Thu, 15 May 2014 16:26:54 +0000

Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez already faces a murder charge and now he has also been charged as the gunman in an unrelated 2012 double slaying in Boston. Prosecutors say the murders were over the victim spilling a drink on Hernandez by accident. Prosecutors claim Hernandez shot to death Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado as they sat […]

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