PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — A man wanted in connection with a Christmas Eve killing in Rhode Island has been ordered held without bail, a day after he was arrested in Maine.
Pawtucket, R.I., police said they apprehended 20-year-old Daquan Watts in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday and took him back to Rhode Island to face a murder charge. Federal marshals and the Rhode Island State Police helped in the investigation.
Authorities said Watts shot 21-year-old Ryan Almeida at an apartment complex in Pawtucket at about 5 a.m. last Dec. 24. Police haven’t disclosed a motive.
Watts did not enter a plea Thursday during his arraignment at Providence District Court on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy.
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