Woonsocket Man To Serve 3 Years For Child Porn + Local Robbery

Morning, Woonsocket! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Woonsocket today. In today's Daily, we share information about a Woonsocket man sentenced for possessing child pornography, an armed home invasion and robbery, a vaccination milestone in Rhode Island, a bill prohibiting the release of large groups of balloons, and a pair of bills that would provide free feminine hygiene products to students.

First, today's weather: Light rain throughout the day. High: 58, low: 56.

Here are the top stories today in Woonsocket:

1. A Woonsocket man will serve three-and-a-half years in federal prison for possessing over 50,000 images and 200 videos of child pornography. Investigators say child pornography in the possession of Jason P. Muschiano, 39, was uncovered during an investigation conducted by the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force in 2018. (Patch)

2. Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an armed home invasion and robbery on Blackstone Street in Woonsocket early Friday morning. Police are continuing to search for a third suspect. (WPRI.com)

3. Rhode Island has become the fifth state to fully vaccinate 70 percent of its eligible adult population. The state joins Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine. (7 News Boston)

4. Rhode Island lawmakers have approved a bill to protect the environment and wildlife by prohibiting the release of 10 or more balloons into the air. The bill now heads to Gov. Dan McKee's desk. (Newport Buzz)

5.The Rhode Island Senate has approved a pair of bills that would provide free feminine hygiene products to students in grades five through 12. The bills now head to Gov. Dan McKee's desk. (CNN)

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— Annie Sandoli

About me: Annie has been a Boston-based writer since 2018, after graduating with her BA in Social Thought and Political Economy from UMass Amherst and ALM in journalism from Harvard University. She has worked as a freelancer throughout Massachusetts and as part of an editorial team in London, UK. Her interests include music and the arts, creative writing and literature, and topics of social and political justice.

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