Crime & Safety

Providence Man Charged With Felonious Credit Card Use: Cops

The Providence man was also charged with accessing a computer for fraudulent purposes, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man was charged with felonious use of credit cards and accessing a computer for fraudulent purposes, police said.

Albert Monteiro, 58, was arrested Monday on a warrant, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Monteiro was arrested by the state police Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force, according to the release/

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"Mr. Monteiro was taken into custody without incident and turned over to members of the Providence Police Department on scene," the release said.

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