Michelle Muscatello, T.J. Del
Santo,
and Pete Mangione on Eyewitness
News on WPRI 12 and live
streaming on WPRI.com.
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MY FULL PINPOINT SEVEN
Showers possible at night.
SATURDAY: Drier and
seasonable... Highs in the low
70s.
SUNDAY: Pleasant and dry...
upper
60s.
Watch live weather updates from
meteorologists Tony Petrarca,
Michelle Muscatello, T.J. Del
Santo,
and Pete Mangione on Eyewitness
News on WPRI 12 and live
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MY FULL PINPOINT SEVEN
DAY FUTURECAST IS
COMING UP ON
EYEWITNESS NEWS
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WE'RE LEARNING MORE
TONIGHT ABOUT A PAIR OF
WEEKEND ARMED
ROBBERIES -- TARGETING
TWO RHODE ISLAND
BUSINESSES.
ONE OF THE HOLD-UPS
HAPPENED IN WEST
WARWICK -- THE OTHER IN
HOPKINTON ...
NOW FIVE PEOPLE ARE
IN CUSTODY -- INCLUDING
THREE UNDERAGE
TEENAGERS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO JOINS US LIVE
FROM HOPKINTON NOW
WITH ...
NEW DETAILS.
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POLICE HERE IN
HOPKINTON CAPTURED
THE 5 SUSPECTS ON A
GOLF COURSE AFTER
THEY ALLEGEDLY FIRST
ROBBED A NAIL SALON IN
WARWICK...THEN HIT A
CONVENIENCE STORE
HERE IN HOPKINTON.
BENJAMIN IBBITSTON AND AND
JEFFREY WHEELER IN CUFFS
AFTER POLICE SAY THEY WENT
ON A CRIME SPREE ALONG
WITH THREE UNDERAGE
TEENS......ALL 5 FROM
CONNECTICUT.....
FIRST ALLEGEDLY ROBBING A
WEST WARWICK NAIL SALON AT
GUNPOINT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON....
THEN HEADING TO HOPKINTON,
WHERE THEY ARE ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO ROB SPICER
MARKETPLACE, WITH THAT
SAME GUN....
: Two guys came in, black
hoodies,
red bandanas and were telling me
to
give all the cash to them. I
literally
threw down the box and told them
no, to get out of my store.
KRYSTAL RISKE TALKED TO
EYEWITNESS NEWS THE DAY
AFTER THE ATTEMPTED
ROBBERY...SHE DIDN'T HAND
OVER THE CASH.
When a customer came in, they
ran
They fled without any money,
they
got into the car
HOPKINTON POLICE CHIEF
DAVID PALMER SAYS THE
OTHER 3 SUSPECTS WERE
WAITING IN THE CAR, WHICH
TOOK OFF...POLICE HAD
ALREADY BEEN LOOKING FOR IT
AFTER THAT WEST WARWICK
ROBBERY....
THEY WERE CORNERED AFTER
DRIVING INTO THIS GOLF
COURSE...
unbeknowst to them, it was a
dead
end
POLICE ARRESTED ALL 5
MEN.....AND CHARGED THEM
WITH FIRST DEGREE
ROBBERY.....
RISKE SAYS SHE WAS HAPPY
WITH HOW IT ALL TURNED OUT.
I've been called stupid,. I've
been
called an idiot all day but at
the end
of the day I was pretty happy
about
myself
it worked out well in this case,
but
we would recommend that they
just
comply, give them the money that
they're demanding. We feel it'd
be a
safer scenario.
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AND COMING UP NEW AT 6
WHAT EVIDENCE THE
CHIEF SAYS POLICE
RECOVERED FROM THAT
CAR....AND FROM THE
GOLF COURSE.
LIVE IN HOPKINTON STEPH
MACHADO, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
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(HE)
FIRST AT SIX --- NEW
DETAILS ---
...ON FIVE PEOPLE,
SUSPECTED IN TWO
ARMED ROBBERIES IN
TWO SEPARATE
COMMUNITIES.
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WE WERE IN COURT AS----
TWO OF THE SUSPECTS
WERE ARRAIGNED THIS
MORNING.
THE OTHER THREE
SUSPECTS ARE TEENAGE
BOYS.
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NEW AT SIX -- WE'RE
LEARNING WHAT POLICE
SAY THEY FOUND WHEN
THEY CAUGHT THE
SUSPECTS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO JOINS US LIVE
FROM HOPKINTON WITH
THAT.
HOPKINTON POLICE
CAPTURED THOSE 5
ARMED ROBBERY
SUSPECTS AT A GOLF
COURSE...IT'S ALSO
WHERE THEY FOUND THE
GUN THAT THE SUSPECTS
ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO
HIDE.
POLICE SAY THE GROUP OF 5
FIRST ROBBED THIS NAIL SALON
IN WEST WARWICK....GETTING
AWAY WITH CASH....
THEN HIT THE SPICER
MARKETPLACE IN
HOPKINTON.....
TWO OF THE FIVE GOING IN
WITH A GUN.....KRSYTAL RISKE
WAS WORKING INSIDE:
Krystal Riske/Store clerk: black
hoodies, red bandanas and were
telling me to give all the cash
to
them. I literally threw down the
box
and told them no, to get out of
my
store.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS
LEFT THE STORE AND TOOK
OFF IN A CAR THAT POLICE HAD
ALREADY BEEN ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR....
THEY FAILED TO STOP FOR
POLICE ONCE...
THEN TURNED INTO THIS GOLF
COURSE....
Chief David Palmer/Hopkinton
Police: unbeknowst to them it
was a
dead end
POLICE CHIEF DAVID PALMER
SAYS THE SUSPECTS WERE
CORNERED AND ARRESTED,
POLICE FOUND CRACK
COCAINE AND CASH FROM THE
NAIL SALON INSIDE THE CAR..
HE SAYS THE SUSPECTS TRIED
TO STASH THE GUN AND
BANDANAS BEHIND A BARN ON
THE GOLF COURSE....BUT A
STATE POLICE K9TRACKED THE
EVIDENCE DOWN.
BENJAMIN IBBITSON, JEFFREY
WHEELER AND THREE
UNDERAGE TEEN BOYS ALL
CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE
ROBBERY.
CHIEF PALMER SAYS IT'S LIKELY
POLICE STOPPED WHAT
WOULD'VE BEEN A LONGER
CRIME SPREE.
Palmer: Their game plan was to
hit
another location
AND TOMORROW ALL 5
WILL BE BACK IN COURT,
THIS TIME IN KENT COUNTY
TO FACE CHARGES FOR
THE WEST WARWICK
ARMED ROBBERY....THE
TEENAGERS ARE BEING
CHARGED IN FAMILY
COURT.
LIVE IN HOPKINTON SM
EWN