Crime & Safety

Providence Probation Violator Arrested During Traffic Stop: Cops

The Providence woman was taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence woman on probation was arrested during a traffic stop, police said.

Shakira Gomez Sanchez, 29, was pulled over on Hartford Avenue in Providence shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Sanchez was processed at state police headquarters, arraigned and taken to the Adult Correction Institutions Women's Intake Center as a probation violator, according to the release.

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