Bail: High-stakes Business of Risk and Reward
(Published in The Providence Journal on Nov. 13, 2012) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - At first, Israel Vasquez only made cocaine disappear, the...


World Cup champions parade amid ticker-tape, chants and 'I believe'
(Published July 10, 2015, on Soccer Talker NYC) NEW YORK – Jenny West, wearing a Stars-and-Stripes bandana, sat on a friend’s shoulders,...
Rhode Island tries to regulate hookah bars
(Published in The Providence Journal on May 25, 2014) PROVIDENCE – “One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer” boogies out of a sound system...
MTV'S Pauly D Gets Signature 'Do' in RI
(Published in The Providence Journal on Jan. 4, 2010) NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A steady stream of customers is showing up at a local...
Station nightclub fire tragedy: Shawn Sweet, 28, and the red Mustang
(In February 2003, a fire tore through a rock concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I. One-hundred people lost their lives....
Murder trial: Former Member details Oppressive Life within Attleboro Sect
TAUNTON, Mass. -- Walter Shea told the jury a "stabbing or a bullet to the head" would have been kinder. But little Samuel Robidoux...
Rhode Island man found guilty of money laundering, mail fraud
(Published in The Providence Journal on March 17, 2011) PROVIDENCE -- Prosecutors portrayed Johnston art dealer Rocco P. DeSimone as a...