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Man Arrested on Child Abuse Charges Also Carrying Oxycontin
The following arrest information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

On April 13, at about 1:11 a.m., Officer James Cote was patrolling the parking lot of RI Dolls near closing time to ensure there would be no problems, when he noticed a silver Volvo registered to Dennis J. Lamoreaux, 32, of 44 Oak St., Apt. 1st, wanted for two counts of child abuse.
The child abuse charges stemmed from a Feb. 25 incident.
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Cote arrested Lamoreaux and transported him back to the Woonsocket Police Department, where a search revealed a small 40 mg Oxycontin pill, valued at $20, according to Cote's report. Lamoreaux told Cote he had purchased the pill from 'someone else," Cote said.
Lamoreaux was charged with felony possession of illegal narcotics, added to the child abuse charges.
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