Can't make these up: The best ‘only in Rhode Island' stories of 2022

We got off to a hot start on New Year's Day in East Providence. The story outlining the events started as such:'The identical-twin lawyers were dri...

December 30, 2022
10:56 PM

We got off to a hot start on New Year's Day in East Providence. The story outlining the events started as such:'The identical-twin lawyers were drinking in a hot tub, celebrating the New Year, and one had a gun. What could possibly go wrong?For 42-year-old brothers Robert and Ryan McNelis, the hot tub led to heated words, which allegedly culminated with Ryan shooting the gun at nothing in particular, and then running down Pawtucket Avenue in his bathing suit and throwing the gun away.'Ryan McNelis would eventually plead no contest to firing in a compact area, according to court records.

Globe R.I. Staff