Victims Robbed at Gunpoint Outside Prov Strip Club - Led to Police Chase Across RI
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Victims Robbed at Gunpoint Outside Prov Strip Club - Led to Police Chase Across RI
Multiple suspects were later apprehended on Route 95 following a pursuit by law enforcement.
Police say they put down spike strips on the highway to stop the vehicle reported in the crimes.
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About Reported Robbery
Shortly after 2 AM on Sunday, police responded to Wonderland on Allens Avenue in Providence for a report of a robbery at gunpoint.
Police said they met with the victims, who said they had left the club and were in their cars when they were robbed.
One victim said he was sitting with his girlfriend on Bay Street when a man approached the vehicle.
The victim said the man had a gun and racked a round into the chamber, and demanded all their belongings. According to police, the first victim said the suspect took his jewelry, wallet, and phone, and then walked away.
A second male victim said he was in his car on Allens Avenue when a man wearing a face covering walked up to his car, pointed a gun at him, and demanded his glasses.
The suspects then reportedly got into a Black Jeep Cherokee and fled the scene.
The victims told police they recognized the suspects from having previously been inside the Wonderland VIP section.
Police Locate Suspects
Rhode Island State Police said that based on the description, the vehicle was located a short while later on 95 South and pursued by troopers.
West Greenwich Police deployed spike strips and the vehicle was stopped; police said that items matching the description of those reported stolen were located in the vehicle.
State Police transported the two passengers of the vehicle back to Providence Police Department.
They were arrested and identified as Bulaon Hawkins, age 31, and Roberto Cales, age 35.
The driver of the vehicle is currently being held by State Police for charging and remains unidentified at this time.