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July 17, 2007

Smithfield police nab man wanted by FBI

SMITHFIELD – A man wanted by the Boston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on felony charges has been arrested here and additionally charged with domestic simple assault, domestic malicious damage to property and domestic disorderly conduct.

After being called around 9:45 p.m. last night to Mac’s Liquor Mart on Pleasant View Avenue for a report of a woman being assaulted by a man, Smithfield patrol officers learned both people had left the area in a mid-sized white vehicle. Officer Jeffrey Scott found a vehicle matching the description traveling south on Pleasant View Avenue and followed it as it turned abruptly onto Riverview Avenue, where a man ran from the vehicle, according to Smithfield Capt. Robert W. Van Nieuwenhuyze.

Smithfield police requested assistance from the North Providence Department and their K-9 unit. After a brief chase, the police arrested Richard J. Joseph, age 34, of 179 Pleasant View Ave., Smithfield. He was to be arraigned in District Court this morning.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 11:02 AM | Permalink

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