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The Providence Journal NORTH PROVIDENCE — Brian Cervini felt the urge to get a coffee as he navigated his Saturday afternoon in typical fashion. Cervini, a master of auto body repair, had attended to a smashed Toyota SUV in the North Providence shop. Later, he had urged a colleague to go home to his family. Cervini would take care of the closing chores. Off to Cumberland Farms he went. There, in the store on Smith Street, a young man with a history of violence and no previous contact with Cervini stabbed the 60-year-old grandfather in the back and killed him, according to authorit...
Tuesday, May 04, 2021 View Larger + The North Providence Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) commended officers involved in the arrest of a homicide suspect for "displaying exemplary judgement and deploying a less lethal use of force while effecting a dangerous arrest over the weekend." Officers were called to the Cumberland Farms on Smith Street around 4:00 Saturday afternoon for a report of a fight. The victim, 60-year-old Brian Cervini, was found suffering from multiple stab wounds. He later died at the hospital. The suspect, 27-year-old Christopher Cabajal, fled the scene. Witnesses helped...
Suspect in convenience store stabbing held without bail May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The suspect in a deadly weekend stabbing in a Rhode Island convenience store was held without bail at his arraignment Monday. Christopher Carbajal, 27, faces charges of murder, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the death of Brian Cervini, 60, on Saturday afternoon at a North Providence Cumberland Farms store. No defense attorney was listed in court records. Carbajal did not enter a plea and was referred to the public defender's office. It does not appear the men kn...
May 3, 2021 | 9:20 AM NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A 27-year-old man is in custody on charges stemming from a stabbing death in a North Providence convenience store, police said. North Providence Police say Christopher Carbajal, 27, is facing charges of murder, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the death of Brian Cervini, 60. North Providence Police Chief Arthur J. Martins says first responders were called to a Smith Street convenience store at about 4 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a stabbing. Police say Cervini was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where he was pronounced...