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PROVIDENCE – Four young men from Rhode Island have been named in an indictment that accuses them of stealing about 120 high-end vehicles, worth about $5 million, from 12 dealerships in other states last year.
The four conspirators, including two Providence men, a Cranston man and a North Providence man, targeted auto and motorcycle dealerships across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha said in a news release.
The men took Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Land Rover and other vehicles in a conspiracy that was investigated by the FBI with help from numerous local police departments, federal prosecutors say.
Law enforcement has recovered 41 stolen vehicles and 11 dirt bikes, securing most of the vehicles in either Rhode Island or Massachusetts, they say.
A $96,000 Jeep
A surveillance video obtained by Providence police shows two men, who look like two of the conspirators, putting a cover over a vehicle valued at $96,000, prosecutors say.
The scene, which involved a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, unfolded in a Providence driveway last year, prosecutors say.
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The Jeep and three other vehicles, they say, had been taken from a dealership in Hempstead, New Hampshire, two days before.
Another SUV stolen by the group, a Range Rover, was found in a shipping container in Elizabeth, New Jersey, prosecutors say. The container was bound for Africa.
Stolen motorcycles in a North Providence garage
In another case, the conspirators stole 19 premium Husqvarna motorcycles from a dealership in Phillipston, Massachusetts, according to prosecutors. The motorcycles were found in the garage of a conspirator who lives in North Providence, the release said.
Rhode Island men accused of leading roles in multi-million dollar theft ring. What we know.
The same 28-year-old defendant brokered stolen vehicles to a network of associates, including some people who lived in Rhode Island, prosecutors say.
Seven Rhode Island police agencies provided substantial assistance to the FBI, according to the release.
Six Massachusetts police organizations as well as criminal investigators from the Internal Revenue Service and the National Insurance Crime Bureau also assisted in the investigation, prosecutors say.

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RIPTA union calling for action on agency's $32 million budget deficit | ABC6

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The president of the union representing Rhode Island Public Transit Authority employees is urging state lawmakers to close a massive budget deficit at the agency.
Under the current state budget proposal, RIPTA now faces a $32 million deficit after COVID-era assistance funds dried up, and ridership still has not rebounded to pre-pandemic numbers.
In a letter to lawmakers Thursday, the union’s president said that not addressing the budget gap could mean laying off hundreds of employees, and cutting service.
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio has responded to that letter telling ABC6 in part:
Rhode Islanders deserve a robust public transit system that is run efficiently and sustainably. In today’s tight fiscal climate, the senate finance committee will be considering all funding proposals, including funding for RIPTA.
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