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Several Tips but No Solid Leads on Missing Brown Student

Catherine Welch — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:39:41 +0000

The family of a missing Brown student says while tips are pouring in, there are still no significant leads. The 22-year-old has been missing since March 16^th. Providence Police had said that the family thought Sunil Tripathi committed suicide, but the family is now ruling that out.

The father of Sunil “Sunny” Tripathi says every day the family calls homeless shelters, hospitals and is plastering fliers up in areas his son liked to visit, hoping that someone knows where he is.

Providence teacher accused of taking teen to FL

Flo Jonic — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:48:25 +0000

A Providence school teacher accused of taking a teenage boy to Florida will have a lot of time on his hands when he returns to Rhode Island. 56 year old David Jones has been placed on administrative leave while the Providence School Department launches an investigation.

David Jones may have bailed out of jail over the weekend. The Dade County, Florida jail, where Jones had been detained on $9,000 bond, said it had no one by that name Sunday morning.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Lydia Rogers — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:22:29 +0000

A Warwick man was working at the 2013 Super Bowl game. Tensions are flaring between the teachers unions and the Education Commissioner. These stories and more on the RIPR Morning Podcast.

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FBI joins Sawyer probe, plus the latest from the Office of Higher Ed

Elisabeth Harrison — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:13:27 +0000

The FBI has joined the investigation of the now-defunct Sawyer School, a for-profit technical college that closed its doors on the first of the year.

State police say they're seeking to determine whether there was any criminal wrongdoing, or whether this is simply a case of a business going under.

Either way, Sawyer's closure left roughly 300 Rhode Island students and 1,200 students in Connecticut with partially completed certificates to become medical office assistants and other office administrators.