Alana Cerrone, ABC6 News Desk

Alana Cerrone

ABC6 News Desk

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Police rule woman's fatal fall an accidental death

Police say the woman who fell to her death Sunday accidentally fell out of a third-story window. → Read More

Mayor, District Attorney question judge's bail decision

Xavier Betancourt Echevarria is accused of setting fire to a North Front Street home back in February. Despite prosecutors' efforts to have him held, a district court judge released him on $500 bai... → Read More

Police: Man beat dog with baseball bat because it ate his Whoppe

50-year -old Gregory Ostiguy was held on $5,000 bail after being charged with animal cruelty stemming from a May 18 incident in Dartmouth, where witnesses say he beat his dog with a baseball bat. → Read More

Union: ACI stabbing a reminder of dangers correctional officers

Correctional Officer and RI Brotherhood of Correctional Officer President Richard Ferruccio says John Carillo has always been a violent, problematic inmate. He was held on bail Tuesday for allegedl... → Read More

Toll Gate senior uses senior project to help those in need

By Alana Cerrone acerrone@abc6.com @Alana_Cerrone WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) - Vinny Arsenault turned his senior project into a mobile food pantry. He was given the assignment to create anything he w... → Read More

Friends, family, former students rally around longtime Cranston

Even when Dean Fish isn't actively looking for a kidney donor for his wife Paula – he actually is. That's because he's a walking and driving billboard. So is their son. And their friends. In fact, ... → Read More

Coventry apartment residents file lawsuit, claim building gave t

Over a hundred people who live in the Harris Mill Lofts in Coventry are blaming their serious health issues on their home There's at least 4 complaints pending in state and federal court against t... → Read More

Avedisian to step down as mayor, head up RIPTA

In an afternoon RIPTA board meeting all members vote in favor of Scott Avedisian as the agency's next CEO. The 18-year mayor of Warwick says he’s taking the job, but it was a hard decision to leave... → Read More

Set-up begins for Volvo Ocean Race as 100,000+ expected to flock

It's the calm before the storm, but by May 8, Fort Adams will be transformed into the Volvo Race Village ahead of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Newport – the only one in North America during the... → Read More

'Hulk' finds forever home with family whose home is already whee

Hulk, the dog who was paralyzed after being hit by a car in Jordan, has found his forever home in Rhode Island. And his new home is already equipped for his wheelchair. Amanda Destafeno and her fam... → Read More

14 cars vandalized, some with swastikas, lewd images at URI

By: The Associated Press Email: news@abc6.com KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) _ Police at the University of Rhode Island say swastikas and lewd images have been carved into more than a dozen cars in the past... → Read More

Tens of thousands sign petition to 'overhaul' criminal justice s

More than 23,000 people have signed the petition that Lori Howard-Wagner started the day after Yarmouth K9 Officer Sean Gannon was shot and killed. "I think it's the right thing to do, and it's som... → Read More

Amgen credits tax incentives, quality of life for decision to ex

According to Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor, Rhode Island was up against stiff national - and international – competition to be home to Amgen's new expanded plant. "We were facing competition tha... → Read More

Victims' advocates, victims of crime honored at ceremony

Betsie Hazzard lost her father, Domingo Ortiz, in 2015. He was beaten and strangled to death and buried under a deck in Burrillville. She says she got a lot of support from the Attorney General's ... → Read More

Zuckerberg testifies before Congress on data breach

During a long awaited hearing, more than 40 members of Congress grill Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the privacy scandal impacting millions of Facebook users. → Read More

Official explains that "fishy" smell in Fall River water

Simon Malek's been selling a lot of bottled water from his Bank Street store. But the unusually high demand is not necessarily a good thing. People are buying it to drink, brush their teeth with, a... → Read More

Defense, prosecution make final appeals to jury in DePina trial

The jury is deliberating the evidence in the trial for Jorge DePina after the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments. The state is pushing for a guilty verdict on the charge of... → Read More

Police break up drug trafficking pipeline from Providence to sou

By: News Staff Email: news@abc6.com Twitter: @ABC6 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A joint investigation by local and state police dismantled a major drug pipeline that was running from Providence... → Read More

Defense rests in Jorge DePina trial after two witnesses testify

Jorge DePina's sister, Joisa Devaiga, takes the stand in her brother's murder trial, testifying that their mother would often whip them growing up in Cape Verde with objects like cut phone cords an... → Read More

Prosecution rests, defense files motion for acquittal in DePina

In the cross-examination of Dr. Christina Stanley, the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on Aleida DePina’s body, he defense asks if an accident could have caused the blunt force trauma to... → Read More