Newport Police Bust Leads to Arrest of Massachusetts Couple in $100K Shoplifting Spree
A petty theft at a Newport retail shop turned into the unraveling of a sprawling shoplifting operation stretching across multiple jurisdictions — thanks to sharp work by local detectives.
On May 26, 2025, two suspects brazenly walked out of Team One Newport on Thames Street with nearly $500 in stolen merchandise. Surveillance cameras caught the man and woman, riding off on a Suzuki motorcycle without paying a dime.
But Newport detectives weren’t about to let it slide.But Newport detectives weren’t about to let it slide.
Detectives Michael McCabe and Mark Lubin quickly went to work, using Flock camera technology and other tools to ID the culprits as Di J. “Dennis” DiPinto and Beverly DiPinto of Berkley, Massachusetts — a couple already familiar to law enforcement. Dennis had active warrants in both Cranston and Warwick for—you guessed it—shoplifting.
What began as a $471 theft spiraled into a major case.