Crime & Safety
Woonsocket Man Nabbed On New Jersey Gun Charge: Cops
The Woonsocket man was a fugitive from justice, police said.
WOONSOCKET, RI — A Woonsocket man wanted in New Jersey was apprehended, police said.
Yuniel Geraldino-Bobadilla, 32, was arrested Thursday by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Woonsocket Police Department, police said.
Geraldino-Bobadilla was wanted on a warrant out of the state of New Jersey charging him with aggravated assault with a gun, according to police.
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"Mr. Geraldino-Bobadilla was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Woonsocket Police Department," the Rhode Island State Police said.
State police Capt. Kenneth M. Moriarty failed to respond to messages requesting further information on Geraldino-Bobadilla's arrest.
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