Crime & Safety

Pawtucket Woman Charged With Eluding Law Failed To Elude Law: Cops

The Pawtucket woman was pulled over and arrested, police said.

WEST GREENWICH, RI — A Pawtucket woman charged with eluding the law ultimately failed to elude the law when she was pulled over and arrested, police said.

Juana Almanzar Pujols, 55, was arrested during a traffic stop on Nooseneck Hill Road in West Greenwich shortly before 3:15 p.m. Monday, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Almanzar Pujols was charged with reckless driving — eluding law enforcement, reckless driving and other offenses against public safety, and resisting legal or illegal arrest, the release said.

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Almanzar Pujols was processed at the Hope Valley Barracks, arraigned by a justice of the peace, and released with a court date, according to police.

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