
Brian Crandall
Reporter at WJAR-TV (Cranston, RI)
Husband. Father of 3. Reporter at @NBC10 in RI. Westerly, RI native. @AmericanU alum.
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1 week ago |
turnto10.com | Brian Crandall
The rocky tenure of Pawtucket’s school superintendent is officially over. Patricia Royal submitted her resignation Tuesday, more three months after going out on leave, and more than two months after filing a scathing lawsuit against city officials. “It is painfully clear that I am no longer welcome back,” Royal wrote in her resignation letter obtained by NBC 10 News.
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1 week ago |
turnto10.com | Brian Crandall
Taunton police are finally releasing video from inside the police station after Mayor Shaunna O'Connell was arrested nearly a year ago, last July. It comes after the city rejected public records requests, including from the NBC 10 I-Team, even after state records officials deemed some video should be made public. Taunton Mayor Shaunna O'Connell, with her husband Ted, speaks with reporters outside the Attleboro courthouse, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.
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2 weeks ago |
turnto10.com | Brian Crandall
The fight over Johnson’s Pond is not over. Nearly a year after the town of Coventry took the disputed body of water by condemnation for $157,000, the now-former pond owners have filed a federal lawsuit against the town and town officials claiming that their action was unconstitutional and that they didn’t pay the owners nearly enough. “The taking was in bad faith,” the lawsuit filed Friday by Soscia Holdings states.
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2 weeks ago |
turnto10.com | Brian Crandall
(WJAR) — Three inmates of Native American ancestry are suing Rhode Island’s prison system, claiming their religious rights are being violated by not being allowed to participate in ceremonies and have certain items. The inmates want to be able to hold pipe ceremonies, sweat lodge ceremonies, burn sage or other herbs, hold drum circles and pow wows, and have bird feathers and medicine bags containing sacred herbs.
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2 weeks ago |
turnto10.com | Brian Crandall
(WJAR) — A second suspect in a wide ranging ATM skimmer scheme along the east coast was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Providence. The man known as Stefano Garioli, 40, will serve 27 months in prison, following hisguilty plea in December. He will also face deportation proceedings when his prison term is up. Authorities say his real name is Dumitru Bogdan Pancu, in the country illegally from Romania. A photo included in an affidavit shows two men linked to an ATM skimming scam.
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RI Ethics Commission finds it is not a conflict for new Senate President Valarie Lawson to serve in the role & keep her job as president of state’s largest teachers union NEARI. Lawson asked for the opinion, though said after being sworn in that she didn’t plan to quit union job. https://t.co/FOkDSuJqTx

McKee says Washington Bridge completion is now set for November 2028. That’s 2 years longer than the initial thought announced by McKee and RIDOT in March of last year. https://t.co/hcAXFifvwd