Man found not guilty of murder in 2023 Cumberland stabbing

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Pawtucket man has been acquitted of all charges two years after a deadly stabbing in Cumberland.

Following a trial, the jury found Robert Perry not guilty of first-degree murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

Perry, 36, was arrested on Sept. 26, 2023, three days after police said 38-year-old Otis Diggs was stabbed in the “lower extremities” at a home on Front Street. He later died at the hospital…

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