Police Arrest Two Masked Men for Superman Building Break-In Over Weekend
Superman Building, Rhode Island's tallest structure PHOTO: GoLocal
Just after midnight on Saturday morning, Providence Police arrested two men who had broken into the Superman Building, GoLocal has learned.
The two men — identified as Nicholas Vlasyuk, 19, and Kollin Murray,19 — were wearing ski masks and in possession of a crowbar they used to enter the building, according to police.
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Police found the men inside the building, hiding in a bathroom.
The two men were arrested and taken to the central station.
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This is not the time the building has been broken into.
In 2019, GoLocal reported on another break-in.
Superman has been vacant for 12 years after Bank of America left the building.
As GoLocal reported in October 2025, "Providence’s Superman Building Featured in Wall St. Journal — It Is Not Good News:"
The vacant building is the poster child for urban office building failure.
The local embarrassment is now a national embarrassment.
Read more here .
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