Providence woman arrested for assaulting loss prevention officer

Jun 6, 2017

A Providence woman was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after being detained for a shoplifting investigation.

On June 5, Dartmouth Police arrested Ruby Mena, 29, for spraying a loss prevention officer with pepper spray at Macy's.

Police responded around 1:15 p.m., after Mena and another woman were detained in connection with a shoplifting investigation.