Crime & Safety

Providence Probationer Charged With Obstructing Officer: Cops

The Providence man was arrested during a traffic stop, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man out on Probation was charged with obstructing an officer, police said.

Khalil Ba, 23, was arrested during a traffic stop on Charles Street in Providence shortly after 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release

Ba was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and "held overnight as a probation violator pending morning arraignment at Sixth Division District Court," the release said.

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