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December 19, 2006

Arrest may follow Woonsocket throat slashing

WOONSOCKET — Detective Lt. Timothy Paul said today that a warrant may be issued in connection with an incident Saturday morning that left a Cranston woman injured after her throat was slashed outside a River Street bar.

Kuiwana Prout, 29, of Cranston, received a six-inch gash on the left side of her neck in the incident that occurred at 12:46 a.m. on Saturday. She was treated and released at Rhode Island Hospital.

According to a police report, Prout was dancing at Aly’s Pub with her girlfriend and accidentally stepped on the foot of a Woonsocket woman. Prout told the police that she apologized, and she and her girlfriend left the bar.

Prout said the woman and her friends followed her and her girlfriend outside the bar. In the scuffle that followed, one of the woman’s friends reached over and cut Prout with a box cutter. Another witness said she saw that person throw a glass bottle at Prout during the fight.

Paul said that the incident is still being investigated and that detectives are interviewing the people who were involved.

-- Journal staff writer Kia Hall Hayes

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