Suspect in One-Man Crime Wave Indicted for Knifepoint Robbery of Cranston Pedestrian

CRANSTON, RI—A 19-year-old Cranston man who police say is responsible for a string of violent crimes last year was indicted by the Providence County Grand Jury on Thursday in connection with a November knifepoint robbery of a pedestrian in an intersection.

Kwame Colon, 18, of 9 Welfare Ave., was indicted on charges of first-degree robbery, one count of conspiracy and one count of simple assault along with a co-conspirator, Jaylen Johnson, 18, of 431 Auburn St., Cranston, who faces identical charges.

Both will be arraigned in Providence County Superior Court on Feb. 24.

Colon was arrested in mid-November by Cranston police as he walked out the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick, capping their investigation into his alleged one-man crime wave over a period of two months.

Police said Colon broke into a house and stole a car on Beckwith Street in September, later abandoning the car in Providence. He then committed the knifepoint robbery before breaking into a Reservoir Avenue house five days later on Nov. 11, police said.

Colon still faces charges by Providence police for possession of a stolen motor vehicle in addition to the pending charges of breaking and entering and larceny for the Cranston break-ins.

He is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions without bail until his next court appearance.