Crime & Safety

Woonsocket Man Stole More Than $10K Worth Of Property: Police

The Woonsocket man also accessed a computer for fraudulent purposes, police said.

WOONSOCKET, RI — A Woonsocket man stole more than $10,000 worth of property, police said.

Michael Lane, 34, was arrested shortly after 2:15 p.m. Friday on a warrant charging him with obtaining more than $10,000 worth of property by false pretenses or personation and accessing a computer for fraudulent purposes, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

"This arrest was the result of a Barracks investigation and Cranston Police locating the subject," the release said.

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Lane was taken from the Cranston Police Department to state police headquarters where he was processed, arraigned and released with a court date, police said.

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