Newport Police arrested a Newport man on charges of willful trespass on Wednesday, according to the Newport Police Department’s Arrest & Dispatch Logs for Wednesday, March 27, through 7 am on Thursday, March 28.
Arrest Log
At 3:30 am on Wednesday, March 27, Brian Raffa, 58, of Newport, Rhode Island, was arrested by Officer Ballantine on a charge of Willful Trespass.
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Dispatch Log
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