Crime & Safety

Providence Embezzler Apprehended: Cops

The Providence Man was arrested at his home, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man was apprehended at his home Thursday, police said.

Balmore Martinez, 57, was arrested at his residence on Amherst Street on charges of embezzlement and fraudulent conversion and fraudulent use of a credit card, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Martinez was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and later arraigned at the Sixth Division District Court, the release said.

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