Crime & Safety

Woonsocket Man Caught With 2 Loaded Handguns: Cops

The Woonsocket man was also driving on a suspended license, police said.

Kyle Mumford
Kyle Mumford (Courtesy of the North Providence Police Department)

NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI — A Woonsocket man was driving around with two loaded handguns and a suspended license, police said.

A North Providence patrol officer pulled Kyle Mumford, 25, over on Mineral Spring Avenue Thursday after noticing he wasn't wearing a seat belt, the North Providence Police Department said in a media release.

After determining Mumford's license was suspended, officer searched the vehicle and found a pair of handguns, according to the release.

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One of the firearms, a 45 mm Colt, was fully loaded with 10 hollow-point bullets, the release said, and the other, a .38-caliber Taurus revolver, was fully loaded with six rounds.

The Colt was hidden beneath the driver's seat floorboard and the Tarus was under the passenger seat, according to the release.

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