Woonsocket police identify man pulled from Blackstone River

This is a file image of the Blackstone River. (WLNE)

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — Woonsocket police on Monday identified the man who was pulled from a river over the weekend.

Chief Thomas Oates said 35-year-old Derek Martineau, who’s from Woonsocket, was pulled from the Blackstone River Sunday night.

Oates told ABC 6 that there was “no indication of anything criminal.”

No further information was immediately released.

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