Frank Caprio, the chief judge of the municipal court of Providence, Rhode Island, who became a global sensation for his compassionate rulings on the hit reality show Caught in Providence, died Wednesday following a long battle with pancreatic cancer,

US judge and social media star Frank Caprio has died aged 88, according to his family.

Caprio was elected judge in 1985 and became famous for his television series “Caught in Providence,” which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2021 and sparked several clips that went viral on ...