Crime & Safety
Providence Man Who Falsely Reported Crime Charged With Actual Crime: Cops
The Providence man was also charged with obstructing an officer, according to police.
NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man was charged with falsely reporting a crime and obstructing an officer in the execution of duty, police said.
Yetunde Adebayo, 30, was arrested shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.
"This arrest was the result of a motor vehicle stop on Route 146 South in the Town of North Providence and subsequent investigation," the release said.
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Adebayo was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and released with a Sixth Division District Court arraignment date, according to the release.
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