Crime & Safety
Central Falls Couple Charged With Child Trafficking, Conspiracy: Cops
The man and woman were arrested by the Special Victims Unit, police said.
CENTRAL FALLS, RI — A Central Falls couple was charged with the trafficking of a minor and conspiracy, police said.
Sheilanies Ocasio, 28, and Terrance Rivera, 25, were arrested by the Rhode Island State Police Special Victims Unit and Central Falls police about 8 a.m. Oct. 14, the state police said in a media release.
The arrests were the "result of an investigation conducted by the Special Victims Unit," the release said.
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Ocasio and Rivera, who reside at the same apartment in a Washington Street building, were processed at state police headquarters and taken to Sixth District Court for their arraignments, according to the release.
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