Crime & Safety
MA Man Charged With Providence Assault: Police
The assault was on Interstate 95, police said.
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Massachusetts man was charged with an assault in Providence, police said.
Nelson Boj Xivir, 37, was arrested shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.
Boj Xivir, a resident of Brockton, was arrested after troopers responded to a report of an assault on Interstate 95 in Providence, the release said.
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Boj Xivir was arraigned at the Cranston Police Department and released with a court date, according to police.
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