Crime & Safety

Wanted Bronx Woman Captured By Rhode Island State Police: Cops

The Bronx woman was wanted in Massachusetts, police said.

A wanted woman from New York was captured by the Rhode Island State Police, police said.

Myasia Branch, 26, was charged Thursday as a fugitive from justice from the state of Massachusetts, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Branch, a resident of the Bronx, was arrested by the Adult Correctional Institutions Investigations Unit, according to the release.

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"Ms. Branch was arraigned in Third Division District Court, where she was remanded to the custody of the Sheriffs Department pending her return to Massachusetts," the release said.

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