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2 Rhode Island Men Charged With Sharing Indecent Material With Minor: Police

A Tiverton man and a Central Falls man were arrested on the charge, police said.

Two Rhode Island men were charged with sharing indecent material with a juvenile, police said.

Travis Shaw, 38, and Rocky Joseph, 39, were arrested Monday on charges of dissemination of indecent material to a minor, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

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Shaw, a resident of Tiverton, and Joseph, a resident of Central Falls, were arrested by the state police Special Victims Unit, according to the release.

The Special Victims Unit was assisted by the Major Crimes Unit, Financial Crimes Unit, and Patrol Bureau, the release said.

Shaw and Joseph were processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, arraigned and released, according to the release.

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