Crime & Safety

Providence Man Charged With Missing Court Date Jailed: Cops

He already faced a charge of obstructing an officer in the execution of duty, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man charged with missing court for an obstructing an officer in the execution of duty was apprehended, police said.

Kaidon Jarone Francois, 20, was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday following a motor vehicle accident on Route 146 in Providence, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

"Francois was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and turned over to the Adult Correctional Institutions Men's Intake Service Center," the release said.

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