Rhode Island: IID Thrown at Vehicle, 3 Arrested
TRIPwire, 8 May 2023
On 27 April 2023, at approximately 0145 hours local time, Cranston Police Department (CPD) officers responded to Greenwood Street after a suspect in a moving vehicle threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at a parked van. No further device details have been released and no injuries were reported. On 5 May 2023, CPD arrested three individuals, a 19-year-old female, a 20-year-old female, and one male juvenile, in connection to the incident. The three suspects are facing arson, assault, weapons, and conspiracy charges.