Crime & Safety

Providence Man Arrested On Weapons Charge: Cops

He was arrested by troopers responding to a disturbance on I-95 in Cranston, police said.

CRANSTON, RI — A Providence man was arrested on a weapons charge, police said.

Ian Grant, 41, was arrested shortly after 9:30 p.m. by Rhode Island State troopers "responding to a disturbance" on Interstate 95 in Cranston, the state police said in a media release.

Grant was charged with weapons other than firearms prohibited disorderly conduct, the release said.

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Grant was processed at the Wickford Barracks and "held overnight pending morning arraignment at Third Division District Court, where he will be presented as a probation violator," the release said.

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