Jury convicts Providence man for second-degree murder

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Providence man has been found guilty for the murder of 36-year-old Julio Perez Mejia in 2015, according to the Rhode Island Attorney General.

A jury found 42-year-old Miguel Tebalan Rivera guilty of one count of second-degree murder, and one count of possession of a knife with a blade longer than three inches during the commission of a crime of violence.

On December 23, 2015, according to prosecutors, the defendant stabbed and killed Julio Perez Mejia at an apartment in Providence.

At approximately 6:30 p.m., the defendant walked into the Providence Police District 2 sub-station on Broad Street and told patrol officers that he killed someone and offered to take them to the scene of the crime.

In a police cruiser, the defendant directed officers to an apartment on Moore Street.

Once inside, officers found Julio Perez Mejia in a large pool of blood, unresponsive and suffering from several stab wounds.

Emergency personnel responded to the scene and declared Mejia deceased.

Tebalan Rivera is being held without bail pending his sentencing hearing.