Grammy nominee and beloved Rhode Island musician Roderick MacLeod was killed on Saturday morning by a driver with a lengthy criminal history, which included 82 warrants and more than 100 arrests, police said.

The 70-year-old musician was walking his dog on the shoulder of a road in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, at around 7:20 a.m. on Saturday, when he was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by a career criminal who was found at the scene with “numerous illegal narcotics,” the Hopkinton Police Department said.

Chief Mark Carrier said 41-year-old Shannon Godbout “left her lane and struck several objects, including two telephone poles,” before hitting Macleod on Spring Street.

Macleod — who was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame with the band Roomful of Blues in 2012 — was then ta

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