Crime & Safety
Wanted Providence Man Surrenders: Cops
He was arrested by the Auto Theft task force, police said.
PROVIDENCE, RI — A wanted Providence woman surrendered to the law, police said.
John Jones, 57, was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Oct. 15 by the Rhode Island State Police Auto Theft task force on a warrant charging him with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, forgery and counterfeiting, giving a false document to a public official, false documents to obtain a registration, conspiracy, and obstruction of a police officer, the state police said in a media release.
"This arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Auto Theft Task Force," the release said.
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Jones turned himself in at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, where she was processed, arraigned and released with a court date, according to police.
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