Crime & Safety

Massachusetts Sex Offender Hit With Another Charge In Rhode Island: Cops

The Upton resident was arrested Monday and again Tuesday, police said.

A Massachusetts sex offender arrested Monday was hit with another charge Tuesday, police said.

Andrew George, 40, was charged Tuesday with failing to register as a sex offender, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

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George was arrested the night before during a traffic stop on Centerville Road in West Warwick, according to the release, the state police said a previous media release.

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On Monday night he was arrested on warrants in connection with cases involving charges of sexual offender failing to notify law enforcement, obtaining money under false pretenses, sexual offender registration required, driving without consent of the owner and sexual offender — failure to notify change in address, according to that release.

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"George was transported to the State Police Hope Valley Barracks where he was processed and later transported to the Adult Correctional Institution-Men's Intake Center pending future arraignment," the release said.

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Following his arrest Tuesday, George was "arraigned in Providence Superior Court and held as a probation violator," according to a media release.

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