Wanted Central Falls Man Jailed: Cops

PROVIDENCE, RI — A wanted Central Falls man was apprehended and jailed, police said.

Joao Amado, 44, was pulled over and arrested on India Street in Providence shortly after 11 p.m. Oct. 9, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

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Amado was arrested on a warrant charging him with failing to appear in court for larceny and obtaining property by false pretenses cases, according to the release.

Amado was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions, the release said.

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