Week in Review

Johnston's Top Stories for Sept. 10 —14

Coverage of the Sept. 11 primary and a couple of odd police reports collected the most clicks last week.

  Sept. 10: Join Johnston's Next Cash Mob Tonight In the spontaneous spirit of 'cash mobs,' we posted a quick reminder of the one held Monday night by the North Central Chamber of Commerce — and reached a lot of readers. Sept. 11: What Do I Need to Know About the Primary? Local voters wanted to be informed about last Tuesday's primary vote, and JohnstonPatch helped in that effort with our concise guide to the day's balloting. Sept. 12: Fuoco Takes 2nd Council Term, Petrarca Loses House Seat, Lombardo Wins After a fairly late night posting Tweets and Facebook updates from Tuesday's voting, we posted a wrap-up of the results on Wednesday morning that hit the top of the chart. Sept. 13: Man Nabbed on DUI Tries to Use 'Get Out of Jail Free …

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JPD Arrests Women for Theft of Spongebob Plates, Makeup, Lunch Meat

The two North Providence women — who have extensive prior arrest records — are accused of taking nail polish from a CVS and lunch meat and party plates from the Super Stop & Shop in Johnston.

  Johnston Police arrested two North Providence women on charges of shoplifting and conspiracy after employees of CVS on Hartford Avenue and Super Stop & Shop on Commerce Way reported the apparent thefts. Officers found Elizabeth L. Davis, 42, of 1969 Smith St., and Renee A. Rodrigues, 42, of 1976 Smith St., in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop on Saturday, Sept. 8, following a report of shoplifting from the CVS at 1400 Hartford Ave. Ptlm. Remy Mendez reported that he and two other officers went to the CVS at about 1 pm and spoke with an employee there, who said that she had witnessed Rodrigues taking nail polish bottles off a shelf and leaving the store without paying for them. Mendez wrote that he reviewed the store's surveillance video…

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Peter A. Filippi III

10:16 am on Friday, September 14, 2012

Conservative leadership is our only true course of action in which we need to realize that punishment is a form of rehabilitation; harsh punishment…   more ›