NEWPORT — An 18-year-old is accused of stealing from cars and assaulting a police officer in Newport.

The Newport Police Department received reports of a man going through cars in the area of the Newport Village Apartments on Whipple Road Tuesday around 8:30 p.m.

While officers investigated the area, they received a call that a man was interrupted attempting to gain entry into an occupied residence on Sunapee Street a short distance away. | More…

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