Crime & Safety

Providence Man Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash: Cops

Troopers arrested him at his home, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man was charged with leaving the scene of a crash, police said.

Sandy Rodriguez Nolasco, 29, was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in damage to attended vehicle shortly after midnight Friday, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

"This arrest was the result of an investigation into a hit and run motor vehicle accident on Route 10" in Providence, according to the release.

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Troopers tracked Rodriguez down to his Amory Street home and arrested him there, the release said.

"Rodriguez Nolasco was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and released pending a future Sixth Division District Court arraignment date," according to police.

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