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June 25, 2008

Central Falls 19-year-old indicted for murder

PROVIDENCE -- The Providence County Grand Jury has indicted a man on murder and other charges in a slaying that took place in Central Falls on April 26.

Anthony Strobert, 19, of 24 Mary St., Central Falls, was alleged to have shot dead Helder G. Tomar, 19, of Harvey Street, Pawtucket. Strobert was wounded in the incident by the same weapon allegedly used to kill Tomar. The next day, Edelmiro Roman, 16, a Central Falls High School student, was shot fatally while he was walking on Dexter Street.

The police said they believed Roman’s slaying was related, but no one has been charged with that crime.

The incidents brought a state of panic in Central Falls. Mayor Charles Moreau imposed a nighttime curfew on anyone under the age of 18, and two street workers from the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence were brought in work with young people in an attempt to keep the peace.

Witnesses told the police that Tomar and Strobert got into a fight in Jenks Park, and Tomar pulled out a gun. He shot Strobert, who was able to take the gun from Tomar and shot and killed him, the police said. Strobert was treated in Rhode Island Hospital.
Besides murder, Strobert also was indicted on charges of discharging a firearm, death resulting, carrying a pistol without a license, and assault with a dangerous weapon.

He is to be arraigned July 9 in Providence County Superior Court.

-- Journal staff writer Thomas J. Morgan

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