Newport Police

A Westport man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for selling a fatal dose of fentanyl that caused the 2018 death of a Rhode Island man who had thought he was using heroin.

A North Kingstown man has been charged with child molestation on accusations he touched two children inappropriately at the Newport International Polo match in Portsmouth in July. Brian Smith was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree child molestation and one count of simple assault...