Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Former Officer Joseph Mignano Charged with Robbing Man

A former Providence police officer is charged with robbing a man.

Police say Joseph Mignano, of Fall River, Mass., was impersonating a police officer when he robbed a man in the Silver Lake section of the city on July 18.

The 32-year-old Mignano was arraigned Tuesday on charges of second-degree robbery and impersonating an officer. He was held on bail as a probation violator.

Police Captain James Desmarais tells The Providence Journal that the police are investigating similar incidents in which people claimed that they were robbed by a man who identified himself as a police officer and proceeded to search them and steal their money.

It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

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