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May 2, 2006

No charges in wake of mall guard, TV reporter clash

PROVIDENCE -- City police have decided not to file criminal charges against Providence Place mall personnel accused of threatening a television reporter last month.

Channel 6 reporter Jim Hummel and cameraman John Guice filed a complaint with the Providence police after an April 5 incident with mall employees as they reported on a security vehicle dangling from the fourth level of the mall parking garage.

Some of the confrontation was recorded on video. Hummel alleged in a joint written complaint with Guice that an unidentified guard threatened to kill him, Hummel, off camera.

A police report filed today said the case is closed. "After an investigation by the Providence Police Detective Bureau and review by the City of Providence Law Department, it was determined that no charges will be filed ..." reads the report.

No reason for the decision was given in the report.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 6:05 PM | Permalink

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