East Side Airbnb Party Leads to Police Tasering Gang Member in Possession of Stolen Gun

East Side Airbnb Party Leads to Police Tasering Gang Member in Possession of Stolen Gun

A party on Providence's East Side on Friday night ended in the tasering of a well-known gang member and his arrest.

The party was being held at an Airbnb rental.

According to police, authorities were informed that Reynolds Youboty, a known member of the “Bucket West” gang, was attending the party, while in possession of a semi-automatic firearm.

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Investigators in the Violent Crimes Task Force had been conducting a months-long firearms investigation related to Youboty

The Airbnb party was held at 19 George Street, a house built in 1880 that is now comprised of four condo units. The assessed value by the city of the units is over $1.1 million. 

George Street is one of the most exclusive East Side locations. 

Airbnb shows one rental at the location, with a cost per night ranging between $89 and $210. 

 

About Incident

Shortly after 11 PM on Friday, police pulled onto George Street from Benefit Street and observed Youboty standing in the street. 

Police reported that Youboty “immediately gripped a weighted object in his right sweatpants pocket and turned away from police and began walking away.”  

Police exited the vehicle and attempted to detain Youboty as he was walking towards the sidewalk. Police gave loud verbal commands for Youboty to place his hands behind his back. 

Youboty “ignored police commands as he tensed both of his arms and attempted to turn his body towards police,” according to the police report.

Investigators said they then wrestled Youboty to the ground at which point he "began to once again reach towards and grip the object on his right side." Police grabbed hold of Youboty's right hand and immediately recognized the item he was gripping was a firearm.

Police reported that Youboty began to tug at the firearm attempting to pull it out of his pocket, with police able to grab the slide of the firearm in an attempt to hold it in place to prevent Youboty from removing it. Youboty "continuously fought his way up to his feet and was wrestled back down to the ground by these investigators multiple times," according to police. 

During the ongoing struggle, police reported that there was a “large and contentious crowd” of approximately 8-10 subjects that were with Youboty and surrounded police who were "screaming at police and cheering Youboty on as he continued to fight with these investigators."

Several additional units arrived on scene to assist. Police reports show that Patrolman Perez deployed his department-issued taser to Youboty's back causing both of his arms to free up. 

 

Firearm Recovered, Suspect Charged

Police were then able to remove the firearm from Youboty's pocket and render it safe. The firearm was found to contain 9 live cartridges in the magazine and 1 in the chamber.  Police now were able to successfully place Youboty into handcuffs.

The firearm, a Glock 44 22.caliber, was run for a background check and was found to be stolen out of Pawtucket.

Police reported injuries to several officers, including one receiving several lacerations to his right hands and one with pain to his left knee following the altercation.

Youboty was charged by the Violent Crime Task Force with the following:

11-47-8 License or Permit Required for Carrying a Pistol
11-47-5.2 Possession of a Stolen Firearm
12-7-10 Resisting Arrest
11-5-3 Simple Assault (2 counts)