Crime & Safety

Pawtucket Man Charges With Reckless Driving, Resisting, Disorderly Conduct: Cops

He was apprehended in Providence, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Pawtucket man was charged with reckless driving, obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, police said.

Jason Cardoso Fernandez, 23, was arrested shortly after 12:30 a.m. Thursday, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

"The arrest was the result of an investigation into an attempted motor vehicle stop and subsequent apprehension on Addison Place" in Providence, the release said.

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Cardoso Fernandez was processed at state police headquarters, arraigned and released with a court date, according to police.

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