Crime & Safety

Cumberland Man Wanted For Assaulting Person Over 60 Captured: Cops

The Cumberland man was arrested during a traffic stop, police said.

WEST WARWICK, RI — A Cumberland man wanted for assaulting someone older than 60 was apprehended Monday afternoon, police said.

Gregory Connors-Smith, 34, was arrested during a 2 p.m. traffic stop on Providence Street in West Warwick, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Connors-Smith was wanted on a warrant charging him with assault on a person over 60, the release said.

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Connors-Smith was charged in connection with a case in Woonsocket, according to the release.

"Connors-Smith was processed at the Wickford Barracks and later turned over to the Woonsocket Police Department," the release said.

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