Providence Woman With Drugs Failed In Bid To Elude Cops: Police

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence woman with drugs was thwarted in an attempt to escape the long arm of the law, police said.

Sharinarae Dwyer was arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday by troopers with the Rhode Island State Police Traffic Safety Unit from the Hope Valley, Lincoln, and Wickford barracks, the state police said in a media release.

Dwyer was charged with eluding law enforcement in a vehicle and possession of a controlled substance, according to the release

The release failed to include where Dwyer was arrested.

State police Lt. Col. Robert Creamer and the state police legal office failed to respond when asked for further information on Dwyer's arrest.

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