Newport St. Patrick's Day 2025 parade arrests and citations by the numbers
NEWPORT – Of the 78 people the Police Department cited or arrested during Newport's Saint Patrick's Day parade, half were charged with violating the city's open container laws, while the others were a mix of minor alcohol possession, disorderly conduct charges and public urination, defecation or, as may be more likely, vomiting.
Newport's Saint Patrick's Day parade is one of the city's largest annual events, drawing in crowds from across the country. On Saturday morning, arrests began at 11:05 a.m. – 5 minutes after the parade kicked off – with a minor charged for the alleged possession or consumption of alcohol. That person was one of 13 minors cited for the same charge throughout the day, the second most common charge issued by Newport Police Department that day, behind open container violations.
Those charged were largely from within Rhode Island themselves, with only 18 of those cited hailing from other states, including those as far as California, Illinois and Colorado. Twenty people cited or arrested on Saturday were from Newport County, four of which were the only people given multiple charges, largely for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
There were 15 total arrests Newport Police recorded for March 15. Eight of those arrests had multiple charges, including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, violating open container laws, obstructing officers in the execution of duty, simple assault/battery, possession of alcohol by a minor, and urinating, defecating or vomiting in public. Of the others, five were charged with disorderly conduct, one was charged with simple assault/battery and one person was charged with driving on a suspended license.
These were just the activities of Newport Police officers on the ground, however, as a joint effort between Rhode Island State Police and Newport County police departments was also patrolling Aquidneck Island to find and charge people suspected of driving under the influence. DUI prevention and enforcement is a focus for the community each year, with Newport rolling out a free ride program to keep parade goers from driving drunk.
In total, 20 people were arrested through this effort, half of which were arrests made by Rhode Island State Police.
In 2024, police issued a total of 73 citations, with 61 citations issued for open containers of alcohol. Another 13 people were arrested on various charges.
Police charged 44 people with 59 total citations and crimes over the course of the city's St. Patrick's Day parade in 2023. In 2022, a total of 27 citations were issued. That parade was the first to happen in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Newport St. Patrick's Day parade 2025 arrests, citations by the numbers
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