Crime & Safety

Central Falls Fugitive Forger Caught In Warwick: Cops

The Central Falls woman was wanted in Massachusetts, police said.

WARWICK, RI β€” A Central Falls woman wanted in Massachusetts was apprehended Wednesday night in Warwick, police said.

Jovanna Nunez, 36, was wanted in connection with a Rehoboth Police Department case, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Nunez was wanted on a warrant charging her with larceny-forgery, the release said.

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Nunez was arrested during a 9:15 p.m.traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Warwick, according to police.

Nunez was taken to the Wickford Barracks, where she was processed and arraigned by a justice of the peace, the release said, then transported to the Adult Correctional Institutions β€” Women's Intake Center.

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