Crime & Safety
Warwick Woman Charged With Fraudulently Using Food Stamps: Cops
The Warwick woman was also charged with obtaining more than $10,000 worth of property by false pretenses or personation, police said.
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick woman was charged with fraudulently using food stamps, among other offenses, police said.
Melanie Merritt, 45, was also charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $500 of public assistance, obtaining more than $10,000 worth of property by false pretenses or personation, and giving a false documents to an agent, employee or public official, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.
Merritt surrendered to police, was processed at the Hope Valley Barracks, arraigned by a justice of the peace and released with a Third District Court date, according to police.
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