Crime & Safety

2 Providence Men Arrested, 1 Jailed After Cranston Traffic Stop

One of the men had a warrant out for his arrest, police said.

CRANSTON, RI — Two Providence men were arrested and one of them jailed following a traffic stop in Cranston, police said.

Atticus Emanuel Edwards, 20, and Daniel Gonzalez, also 20, were pulled over shortly before 12:45 a.m. Saturday on Route 10, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Edwards was charged with reckless driving and other offenses against public safety and obstructing an officer in execution of duty, and on a warrant charging him with failing to appear in court for a felony assault and/or battery case, the release said.

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Gonzalez was charged with obstructing an officer in execution of duty, according to the release.

Both men were processed at the Wickford Barracks and arraigned by a justice of the peace, the release said.

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Edwards was taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions and Gonzalez was given a court date, according to the release.

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