By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 3, 2018

EASTON, R.I. (AP) - Police have charged an East Bridgewater man in connection to a Christmas Day shooting.

The Easton Police Department says 53-year-old Lee. J. Fruzzetti allegedly shot a man in a home on Massapoag Avenue on Dec. 25.

Police arrived to find a 50-year-old man shot twice. He was transported to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries.

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Police launched an investigation and arrested Fruzzetti on Feb. 20 on multiple charges.

He is being held without bail on three separate cases facing multiple charges. Police had a warrant out for Fruzzetti in connection to an incident where he allegedly pulled a knife on a man at Corfinio restaurant, and for providing false information to police.

An attorney for Fruzzetti could not be reached.

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