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North Kingstown High School basketball coach Aaron Thomas during a game. He has been accused of conducting inappropriate “body fat tests.”

What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

Former NKHS student-athletes say basketball coach Aaron Thomas had them strip naked so he could conduct “fat tests” near their genitals. Now, the attorney general is investigating. Catch up on the story here, with earlier reporting as well as the latest news from the lawyers, school administrators, parents, and victims

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NORTH KINGSTOWN SCHOOLS

Another former student accuses ‘pedo database’ middle school teacher of misconduct, abuse, and harassment

In an email for the boys who kept a log, she thanked them “for standing up for all of the students that didn’t have a voice. You are very brave for taking a stand against something you knew was wrong.”

Town council questions school department’s new policies following ‘naked fat test’ investigation

The School Committee chairman said the committee had taken several steps to improve training on sexual abuse reporting.

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‘Severely decomposed’ bodies found in former Woonsocket mayor’s home

Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas Oates described the two victims as an “elderly male and female,” but did not say if former mayor Susan Menard was one of the victims.

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Rhode Island crime news: March 2022

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What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

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DEA agents in R.I. seize largest single bust of counterfeit Adderall pills
Field agents in Rhode Island seized approximately 660,500 methamphetamine pills, which they believe to be worth approximately $4.6 million in street value.

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Students who kept ‘pedo database’ heralded as heroes while experts say the middle school failed them
Days after their “Pedo Database” became public, experts weigh in on what the teenage boys did right — and how the schools in this Rhode Island town need to do better

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Austin Conti of Warwick at a July 12 arraignment at Garrahy District Court.

Two R.I. men who spread white supremacist fliers in East Providence plead no contest to obstructing police

Stephen Thomas Farrea, 32, of Portsmouth, and Austin Conti, 26, of Warwick, who are affiliated with a New England-based neo-Nazi group, were ordered to perform 20 hours of community service. 1:40 p.m.

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Providence bar brawl leads to smashed bottles, chairs, and tables — and one arrest

As music played, people scrambled on the floor, which was covered with spilled drinks and broken glass. Then the music stopped and the fighting escalated. 7:51 p.m.

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The start of a shared log on Discord that eight students at Davisville Middle School used to track a teacher who they thought was being creepy to female classmates. The teacher was put on leave in May after allegations of inappropriate behavior with other female students.

The middle school boys thought their teacher was a ‘creep.’ So they tracked how he treated the girls.

A “pedo database” where some Davisville Middle School students documented how their teacher harassed girls in their class is now part of an investigation into the North Kingstown teacher. 5:59 p.m.

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Providence College campus in Providence, R.I.

Providence College student falls from 5th floor dorm window

A 19-year-old Providence College student fell 50 feet from a fifth-floor dorm window early Thursday, police said. 3:39 p.m.

ABUSE BY CLERGY

Abuse survivors say, Providence Diocese hasn’t done enough

On this week’s Rhode Island Report podcast, Dr. Ann Hagan Webb and Claude Leboeuf talk about starting the first support group in Rhode Island for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. 6:00 a.m.

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The Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston.

Sexual assault of a patient alleged at Eleanor Slater Hospital

An internal investigation is underway and the State Police and regulators have been notified of an alleged sexual assault of one patient by another at the Adolf Meyer building in Cranston. 6:01 p.m.

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The house at 269 Sales Ave. in Pawtucket, where toddler Jachkeilin Guzman Trinidad Jr. was found unresponsive in December.

Three indicted for murder in death of Pawtucket toddler who ingested fentanyl

Jachkeilin Guzman Trinidad Jr., 2, went down for a nap on Dec. 10 and never woke up. 1:43 p.m.

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What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

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Another former student accuses ‘pedo database’ middle school teacher of misconduct, abuse, and harassment

Town council questions school department’s new policies following ‘naked fat test’ investigation

‘Severely decomposed’ bodies found in former Woonsocket mayor’s home

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RI CRIMEStudents who kept ‘pedo database’ heralded as heroes while experts say the middle school failed themDays after their “Pedo Database” became public, experts weigh in on what the teenage boys did right — and how the schools in this Rhode Island town need to do better

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Two R.I. men who spread white supremacist fliers in East Providence plead no contest to obstructing police

Providence bar brawl leads to smashed bottles, chairs, and tables — and one arrest

The middle school boys thought their teacher was a ‘creep.’ So they tracked how he treated the girls.

Providence College student falls from 5th floor dorm window

Abuse survivors say, Providence Diocese hasn’t done enough

Sexual assault of a patient alleged at Eleanor Slater Hospital

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RI CRIME
DEA agents in R.I. seize largest single bust of counterfeit Adderall pills
Field agents in Rhode Island seized approximately 660,500 methamphetamine pills, which they believe to be worth approximately $4.6 million in street value.

RI CRIME
Students who kept ‘pedo database’ heralded as heroes while experts say the middle school failed them
Days after their “Pedo Database” became public, experts weigh in on what the teenage boys did right — and how the schools in this Rhode Island town need to do better