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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

RIPTA Bus Stabbing Suspect Arraigned on Murder Charge

The suspect, Christopher James, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Second District Court.

A Providence man, arrested early Wednesday morning after allegedly stabbing a Portsmouth woman on a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) bus, was arraigned this afternoon in Second District Court.  Christopher R. James, 46, with a last known address of 207 Rhodes St., Providence, was charged with first-degree domestic murder, according to WPRO. He did not enter a plea at his arraignment, according to the article.  He is also being held without bail pending a hearing, reports The Providence Journal.  The Journal also released the identity of the victim despite investigators withholding this information pending family notification.  At 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, Portsmouth police were called to the overlook on West Main Road near Willow …

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UPDATE: RIPTA Passenger Stabbed To Death on Bus (in Portsmouth Patch)

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11:06 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013

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UPDATE: RIPTA Passenger Stabbed To Death on Bus

Police were seen boarding a RIPTA passenger bus early Wednesday morning on West Main Road near Carnegie Tower.

Updated at 11:39 a.m. Wednesday A Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)passenger was stabbed to death early Wednesday morning on a bus in Portsmouth, reports WPRI.com.  Several early commuters drove by the RIPTA bus, which was seen stopped at 6:15 a.m. on West Main Road near the overlook at Lehigh Terrace.  "On Feb. 27, at approximately 6:15 a.m. Portsmouth police were called to the area of West Main Road near Willow Lane in regards to a reported stabbing that occurred on a RIPTA bus," according to a release issued by Portsmouth police. "When police arrived on scene, they learned that a 46-year-old female resident of Portsmouth had been stabbed by a male passenger shortly after she boarded the bus. Immediately after the stabbing, …

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