Smithfield police make arrest in pair of Speedway robberies

By John Krinjak

Email: jkrinjak@abc6.com

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SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) — Smithfield Police have made an arrest in a pair of robberies at a Speedway gas station.

Police arrested 38-year-old Howard Smith at his Putnam Pike home Friday.

Police say Smith robbed the Speedway on Putnam Pike Friday morning, as well as a robbery there back in March.

He’s being held without bail at the ACI, due in court in Warwick on Tuesday.

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