Cranston Police Say Suspicious Activity Leads to Drug Arrest

CRANSTON, R.I. — A Providence man has been arrested on a charge of possession of heroin after he caught the attention of officers investigating a rash of burglaries in the city’s Forest Hills section, the police said.

Moises Lavandier, 20, of 184 Potters Ave., was ordered held without bail following a felony initial appearance in District Court, Warwick, on a charge of possession of heroin with intent to deliver.

Lavandier, who was serving one year of probation on a Providence charge of trespass and vandalism, was also wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in court in connection to that case.”

 

Read the original article, by Maria Armental, at the Providence Journal Online.

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