Crime & Safety

Pawtucket Woman Stole More Than $10K: Cops

She also fraudulently obtained more than $500 in public assistance, police said.

PAWTUCKET, RI — A Pawtucket woman stole more than $10,000, police said.

Calnisha Scurry, 32, was arrested shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday and charged with obtaining more than $10,000 in property by false pretenses and fraudulently obtain more than $500 in public assistance, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

"This arrest was the result of a barracks investigation and the subject subsequently turning herself in," the release said.

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Scurry was processed and taken to the Third Division District Court for arraignment, according to the release.

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