Providence Man Charged with Domestic at Festival Field

NEWPORT, RI—Police responded to the Festival Field apartments early Thursday morning for a report about a possible case of domestic violence. When they arrived, police allege they heard a man yelling. Once inside the apartment, they found a shower curtain had been ripped down and other signs of damage.

However, the woman resident denied any physical altercation had occurred.

Police interviewed the man who also denied any physical violence had happened. But ultimately, Christopher Rodriguez, 24, of Providence, was arrested at 1:50 a.m. He was charged with Obstructing an officer (for initially giving a name other than his own) and with Domestic Disorderly Conduct.

Officers cut the interviews short after the situation began to deteriorate. The woman became uncooperative when she saw Rodriguez was being charged, police said.