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Rhode Island FC makes history Saturday night. Here’s what happened
LAS VEGAS — Rhode Island FC made history on Saturday night, notching its first win of the season, and in club history, on the road against the Las Vegas Lights FC. RIFC used an early offensive push coupled with late defensive resilience for a 2-1 victory.
Noah Fuson’s first career USL Championship goal in the 45th minute proved to be the match-winner as the Ocean State club weathered a late Las Vegas surge to come away with all three points.
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Rhode Island FC (1W-1L-4D) was first to breakthrough in the 25th minute, when Albert Dikwa “Chico” took advantage of a Las Vegas interception to send Noah Fuson streaking down the left wing with a through ball. Taking the ball towards the goal line, Fuson cut back a cross into the box that found Stephen Turnbull. The defender deposited a powerful, left-footed effort into the back of the net to give the Ocean State Club the 1-0 lead.
Late in the first half, Fuson continued his Man of the Match performance, getting on the scoresheet in the 45th minute to give RIFC its first-ever multi-goal lead. After Chico’s shot from close range was blocked, Fuson was the first to react off the rebound, slamming the ball home from point-blank range for his first career USL Championship goal to send the visitors into the locker room up 2-0.
Early in the second half, things got interesting as Las Vegas (3W-4L-0D) pulled one back when Valentin Noël scored his team-leading third goal of the season. The scoring happened when Gaoussou Samaké got on the end of a pass inside the box and sent a looping ball across the face of goal, where Noël snuck a header past Jackson Lee at his near post in the 53rd minute.
Las Vegas came within inches of an equalizer with just seven minutes to play when Riki Alba’s header off of a corner nailed the near post, rolling back into the mix before Rhode Island FC eventually cleared the ball out of danger. Three minutes later, Charlie Adams sent a bending curler that flew just wide of the woodwork. In the 90th minute, Alba got on the end of another great chance when he connected on a cross from inside the box, but couldn’t keep the shot down as his one-time volley flew north of the crossbar.
RIFC returns home to close out the month of April on Friday by hosting reigning USL Championship League Champions Phoenix Rising FC at 7:30 p.m.
PROVIDENCE – As the sun was setting Friday evening over Westminster Street in front of the West Side Diner, time was dwindling on the filming of the James L. Brooks movie “Ella McCay.”
British actor Spike Fearn was striding the sidewalk in front of a row of condos across the street from the diner when the scene came to an end.
“Cut!” the first assistant director yelled at about 7:10 p.m.
“And that’s a wrap on the movie!”
The filming of “Ella McCay” was done.
“And that’s a wrap on Spike!”
Fearn had finished his last scene in the movie, the final actor to complete filming on “Ella McCay.”
The movie’s second unit had finished filming earlier Friday, so the main unit’s wrap on the city’s West Wide marked the end of shooting in Rhode Island, which began Feb. 5 on the East Side.
After the first assistant director called the wrap, applause went up among the cast and crew on the sidewalk in front of the diner, followed by hugs and the taking of group photos.
Besides Fearn, the Twentieth Century Studios movie stars Emma Mackey, an idealistic candidate forced to balance her political ambitions with the demands of dealing with family issues, and Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson and Albert Brooks.
No release date for the movie has been announced.
PROVIDENCE, RI — Providence police were called to Rhode Island Hospital early Friday afternoon after receiving a report of a shooting victim who drove himself to the hospital for treatment, police told Patch.
The victim is in surgery as of around 3 p.m. and police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting, according to police.
“Police will speak with the victim when he is able to do so,” authorities told Patch.
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No additional information was immediately available.
ABC6 Providence first reported earlier in the day that there was a police presence at the hospital and that the main emergency ramp was closed.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Providence man, who officials said had a key role in the “grandparent scheme” that victimized dozens of senior citizens, was sentenced to federal prison Thursday.
United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced that 39-year-old Vidal Roquez was sentenced to one year and one day of incarceration; three years of supervised release; sixty hours of community service by meeting with senior citizen organizations and groups, during which he is to describe his and his co-conspirators criminal conduct and to discuss ways seniors can protect themselves from being victimized; and to pay a total of $130,300 in restitution to his victims.
Officials said he visited the homes of grandparent scam victims in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to collect cash from them after they had been convinced that a relative had been arrested and that the money was urgently needed for bail.
During the investigation, officials identified thirteen seniors that were victimized by Roquez.
He pleaded on December 14m 2023 to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Officials are urging Rhode Island residents to call 1-877-FTC-HELP or go to ftc.gov/complaint if they feel like they are a victim of elder fraud.
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