Providence Men Arrested On Gun Charges: Cops

PROVIDENCE, RI — Two Providence men were arrested Wednesday on gun charges, police said.

Benjamin Barclay, 24, was arrested on charges of possession of a firearm while committing a controlled substance violation, manufacturing, delivering or possessing with intent to delivera controlled substance, and possession of a stolen firearm, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Jaymani Perry, 20, was arrested on a charge of possession of a ghost gun, the release said.

Barclay and Perry reside at the same Young Avenue address, according to the release.

The two men were arrested by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, the release said.

Barclay and Perry were processed at the Lincoln Barracks, arraigned by a justice of the peace and taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions Intake Center pending a morning arraignment, according to the release.

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