Crime & Safety
19-Year-Old Charged With Deadly Providence Pedestrian Bridge Stabbing
The 19-year-old was charged with first-degree murder.
PROVIDENCE, RI — A 19-year-old was charged with the Tuesday night's deadly stabbing on the Providence pedestrian bridge.
Joseph LaRoche was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder.
LaRoche was arraigned Friday and ordered held without bail.
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Patrol officers were dispatched to the bridge shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday and found a 40-year-old man with stab wounds to his chest, Josh Estrella, the director of communications for the city of Providence, said in an email.
The Providence Fire Department transported the man to Rhode Island Hospital, Estrella said.
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"Despite lifesaving efforts, the victim was later pronounced deceased," he said.
The stabbing was the second in seven days in Providence.
About 7 p.m. July 7, a man was stabbed in the back at the Smith Street Family Dollar store.
The wounded man was found a short time later nearby on Chalkstone Avenue and taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
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