WICKFORD, RI — Rhode Island State Police arrested two Providence residents on fraud charges following a barracks investigation.
Troopers arrested Clarence Soares, 52, of Providence, at 10 a.m. Oct. 24 at the State Police Wickford Barracks after he turned himself in.
Soares faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses over $1,500, fraudulently obtaining assistance over $500, conspiracy and giving false documents to a public official.
He was processed and transported to Third Division District Court for afternoon arraignment.
At 1 p.m. the same day, troopers arrested Genoveva Dias, 44, of Providence, on identical charges after she turned herself in at the Wickford Barracks.
Dias was also processed and transported to Third Division District Court for afternoon arraignment.
In a separate incident at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 24, troopers arrested Emmanuel Zapata Morales, 20, of Central Falls, on a charge of reckless driving.
The arrest followed a motor vehicle accident on Route 4 in East Greenwich.
Morales was transported to the Wickford Barracks, where he was processed, arraigned by a justice of the peace and released with a notice to appear in Third Division District Court.
