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April 17, 2006

Providence police remember slain detective

PROVIDENCE -- Exactly one year after city Det. Sgt. James Allen was murdered inside police headquarters, his fellow police officers held two private vigils today in his memory.

At 8:30 this morning detectives briefly met to honor their co-worker, and from 12 to 4 p.m., the department hosted a private meeting in the second-floor atrium of the Providence Public Safety Complex.

Details about what was said and who attended the two informal memorials were not released.

Allen, 50, was shot to death in a third-floor conference room in the complex while questioning a suspect, Esteban Carpio. Carpio now faces trial for the murder of Allen. The start of that trial, which was scheduled to start next Monday, today was postponed until June 5.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:18 PM | Permalink

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