PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A suspect in a fatal stabbing in Rhode Island has been arrested in Texas.
East Providence Police say 29-year-old James Stevens, of Providence, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in El Paso, Texas.
Stevens is accused of stabbing 24-year-old Jasper Williams on Dec. 10 in East Providence. Williams later died of his injuries at Rhode Island Hospital.
East Providence Police say a U.S. Marshals task force captured Stevens and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is holding him as a fugitive.
The Providence Journal reports that detectives found Stevens at a motel and arrested him on a warrant for first-degree murder.
Detectives from East Providence are going to El Paso to work with Texas authorities on the investigation.
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