GoLocalProv News Team
On Saturday afternoon, two men reportedly met in Providence for the sale of a computer tablet, but the meetup turned into a chaotic chase.
This is just the latest in a series of Facebook Marketplace meet-ups linked to criminal activity in Providence and around the state.
According to police, officers responded to Silver Spring Street shortly before 2 PM on Saturday and met with the caller – a man in his 30s – who told Providence Police that he had been scheduled to meet an “unknown” buyer on Montecito Street to sell him the tablet…