Providence Man Wanted On 1st-Degree Sex Assault Charge Captured: Cops

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man wanted on a charge of first-degree sexual assault was apprehended, police said.

Moises Reyes, 25, was arrested about 6:30 a.m. Thursday by the Rhode Island State Police Violent Fugitive Task Force, the state police said in a media release.

Reyes was also wanted on charges of domestic strangulation and domestic felony assault, the release said.

The warrant for Reyes' arrest was out of the East Providence Police Department, according to the release.

"The arrest was the result of an investigation by the Violent Fugitive Task Force," the release said. "Mr. Reyes was taken into custody without incident and turned over to members of the East Providence Police Department."

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