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Tomorrow is the big day, Election Day.

While polls are open, other government and municipal facilities are closed.

It's a state holiday, with state offices, schools and state courts closed.

R.I. public schools -- where many polling places are located -- are also closed.

But, local boards of canvassers are open, as well as the state Board of Elections, which will open at 11 a.m.

And, of course, those polls are open. Check here for the times and locations of polling places in your town. Don't know where to vote? Find out know by searching this database provided by the Secretary of State's office.

Want to do your part to the lines moving? Look at your local ballot, especially the many local referenda questions, ahead of time.

All polls in Rhode Island, by the way, close at 9 p.m.

Come back to projo.com tomorrow for reports on turnout, any issues at the polls, and results on all the local races -- including how Rhode Islanders vote for president -- shortly after those polls shut down.

PAWTUCKET -- The police are looking for help in finding a man who robbed a Sovereign Bank this morning.

At 11:01 a.m., the man, described as 50 to 60 years old, with short blond or gray hair and wearing prescription eyeglasses, handed a teller a note in the bank at 215 Main St. The note "contained the threat of a weapon and demanded cash," a Pawtucket police news release says.

The suspect fled on foot. The police did not say how much cash he left with.

The police ask that anyone with information call (401) 727-9100, ext. 737.

PROVIDENCE -- Test results confirmed a package that was labeled anthrax and mailed to The Providence Journal last week was sugar, the FBI said today.

test results for a similar letter received by the Newport Daily News were negative for anthrax or other biological agents, said Annemarie Beardsworth, a state Department of Health spokeswoman.

The Providence Journal and Newport Daily News are among more than three dozen media outlets around the country that have received hoax letters containing packets of sugar that were labeled anthrax.

A California man was arrested last week on three counts of sending hoax anthrax threats by mail. The man, Marc M. Keyser, 66, was released on $25,000 bail. He is next due in court on Nov. 19.

At least some of the packages had Keyser's return address on them, and agents found 11 more packets in Keyser's car, according to the complaint.

None of the packets has so far tested positive for hazardous material, the agency said.

Keyser, 66, had already been interviewed by the FBI in January 2007 for allegedly sending a package containing a small aerosol can labeled "Anthrax," along with a compact disc, to the Sacramento News and Review newspaper, according a criminal complaint filed Thursday in federal court, the Associated Press reported.

At the time, Keyser told agents that he was using the mailing as a publicity stunt for a novel he had penned, and "to model what would happen if terrorist were to use anthrax ... to show the amount of anthrax a terrorist might spray into the air conditioning system in a shopping mall." The can did not contain anthrax.

-- With reports from The Associated Press

PROVIDENCE -- Judging by the questions that state Supreme Court justices posed while hearing oral arguments Friday in John F. Cullen's lawsuit contesting a land deal in Lincoln, the justices thought he may have a point but not necessarily a case.

Cullen's suit is one of the last echoes of a major local controversy in 2004 when then-Lincoln Town Administrator Sue P. Sheppard persuaded the Town Council to sell a 1.4-acre parcel off Breakneck Hill Road to developer Ralph Branca.

Branca was a supporter of and campaign contributor to Sheppard. Critics, Cullen among them, claimed that the $67,000 Branca paid for the land was less than what it was worth.
Since then, Branca built a $2.5-million office building on the land, which is just off the Breakneck Hill Road exit from Route 146.

Cullen is asking the high court to overturn a Superior Court ruling against him. His lawsuit alleges, among other things, that the town violated the Open Meetings Law by not making public an assessment of the land that was higher than the $67,000 price Sheppard sought.

Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl
Narragansett Indian Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas walks down the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court with Tribal Councilman Randy Noka, left, following arguments in the tribal land trust case today. They were among several spectators from Rhode Island, who included Governor Carcieri and Attorney General Patrick Lynch.

By Katie Mulvaney and John E. Mulligan
Journal staff writers

WASHINGTON -- A federal lawyer told the U.S. Supreme Court today that the Narragansett Indians are entitled to a special trust status that would free 31 acres of tribal land from Rhode Island laws and taxes, but several skeptical justices greeted the argument with intense questioning.

Much of the hour of oral argument was spent on warring interpretations of a key clause in the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (IRA), which created the modern trust system for Indian lands.

Assistant Solicitor General Deane E. Maynard described it as "New Deal legislation for Indians'' that exempted tribal trust lands from local law and taxation in order to help tribes "to revitalize, to revive economically and to have self-governance.''

But Theodore B. Olson, a prominent Washington lawyer arguing for the state of Rhode Island and the Town of Charlestown, gave a starkly different interpretation of the 1934 law - and of who qualifies for its land trust benefits.

Olson said the law was meant to repair damage that the federal government had done to Indians under an earlier system of land allocation. Olson argued that Congress clearly aimed to apply the law's remedies - notably the exemption of tribal trust lands from local laws and taxes - to Indians who had been dealing with the government under the old system.

Olson based his argument on the fact that that, for purposes of identifying who would be eligible, the 1934 law defined the word "Indian'' as including "all persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under federal jurisdiction.''

" 'Now' must be given its ordinary meaning,'' Olson told the justices, arguing that when Congress said "now'' in the language of IRA, it meant 1934. Thus, the Narragansetts don't qualify for IRA trust benefits because they did not win federal recognition as a tribe until 1983, Olson argued.

By contrast, Maynard, a Department of Justice lawyer representing the Department of Interior, argued that "now" indicates the moment in which the Interior Department exercised the law by taking land into trust for a tribe.

Several of the justices zeroed in with pointed questions about Maynard's argument. Justice Antonin Scalia asked, with characteristic bite, whether Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne "understands that we usually do not interpret words to mean nothing.''

Kempthorne is named as respondent in the case because his department acted to put the Narragansetts' 31-acre property in trust. Governor Carcieri, the plaintiff in the case, has asked the court on the state's behalf to rule that the Interior Department cannot take the land into trust for the tribe.

The outcome of the case could reopen the question -- bitterly disputed for decades -- of whether the Narragansett Indians can build gambling casinos and other enterprises over the objections of their neighbors in South County and the state of Rhode Island.

>> Continue reading: Tribal land case arguments ask: What does 'now' mean?

Some people dress for success.

When Brian Hartley was picked up for drunken driving in Barrington, he was dressed for arrest.

The 22-year-old Hartley, of 237 Oaklawn Ave., in Providence, told the police he was "going to the next party" after they stopped his car because he was seen swerving on Nayatt Road just after midnight Friday. He claimed he had had just one or two drinks.
After reportedly failing a field sobriety test, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and refusing to take a breath test.

He was still wearing his Halloween costume, dressed as a convict.

"I just want to pass out in my car," he was quoted as saying in the police report. Instead, he got the chance to do it in lockup.

Hartley pleaded not guilty in Providence District Court Halloween morning and was released on personal recognizance. He is due back in court, most likely not in costume, on Nov. 12.
-- C. Eugene Emery Jr.

The American Civil Liberties Union's Rhode Island affiliate wants the state and Governor Carcieri held in contempt of court or restrained by court order for allegedly ignoring a ruling the state "likely violated" law by not obtaining advance public comment on regulations to carry out a program for screening new hires' immigration status.

The ACLU announced today that it had filed a Superior Court motion asserting the state ignored dictates of the Sept. 15 Superior Court ruling in reference to Governor Carcieri's executive order cracking down on illegal immigration. Part of the governor's order mandated that state vendors and contractors use the federal employment screening system known as E-Verify to determine whether employees are legally authorized to work in the United States.

Named as defendants in the ACLU's motion are the governor and Jerome Williams, formerly the state Department of Transportation director, and since February, director of the state's Department of Administration.

The September court ruling -- in which the judge denied the ACLU's request for a temporary restraining order against the E-Verify requirement -- stated the Department of Administration "more likely than not ... illegally circumvented" the rule-making requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act, and needed to publicly announce a new rule pursuant to that act. Until that happened, Superior Court Judge Mark A. Pfeiffer ruled, the state would not be allowed to end any existing contracts and current vendors were not required to register with E-Verify until further notice.

Steven Brown, ACLU Rhode Island affiliate executive director, said in a news release today that the ACLU was "recently advised that, although the state had commenced the rule-making process, it had also adopted 'emergency' regulations for the program, to take effect immediately, thus circumventing the advance notice and comment mandate."

But Amy Kempe, the governor's spokeswoman, noted today that this was "round two," or the ACLU's second attempt to achieve the effect of the temporary restraining order it unsuccessfully sought in the first round that concluded with Pfeiffer's September ruling.

Kempe said the emergency regulations are for 120 days, and that the ACLU does not mention that a permanent regulation has already been submitted and that people have been and continue to be able to submit comments. She said a public hearing on the permanent regulations has been scheduled for later this year.

The ACLU said the Administrative Procedures Act allows adoption of emergency regulations only if necessary to address an "imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare."

The ACLU says that, to justify the emergency regulations, the state noted:

* July's raids at several Rhode Island state-level courthouses in which 32 janitors who worked for two contracting companies were detained. They were accused of being in the county illegally.

* Rhode Island's unemployment rate -- most recently, the nation's worst.

The ACLU calls the justifications "specious" and said it has been seven months since the executive order was issued and three months since the raids.

The brief asks the court to find the state in contempt or to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the regulations from being carried out.

A motion hearing is slated for Wednesday, the ACLU said.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A boil-water advisory remains in effect for the University of Rhode Island's Biological Sciences Center, said Annemarie Beardsworth, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health.

The advisory, first issued three weeks ago after water tests on campus showed fecal coliform bacteria, initially applied to the entire Kingston campus.

University officials then installed an isolation valve to contain the suspected source of the contamination at the Biological Sciences Center and the advisory was lifted elsewhere on campus.

Last week, a test came positive for the fecal coliform bacteria, prompting university officials to change some pipes within that building's water system.

The boil-water advisory will end when there are negative water test results for three consecutive days. Daily testing continues, Beardsworth said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Runners, get ready.

Organizers today announced the second-annual Cox Providence Rhode Island Races.

The trio of races on May 3 includes a marathon that will be a qualifying run for the Boston Marathon. The course for the 26.2-mile is still being developed.

Other races include a half-marathon and a 5K.

All three races start and end in downtown Providence.

Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl
Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, center, heads today to the U.S. Supreme Court. This afternoon, the court will hear the state's appeal on whether 31 acres of Indian tribal land in Charlestown can be taken into trust. Until Friday, the question of whether Olson or Charlestown's assistant solicitor of Indian Affairs Joseph S. Larisa Jr. -- or both -- would present the case was still up in the air. Olson now has that task, while Larisa will sit at the table. The case that could reopen the question -- bitterly disputed for decades -- of whether the Narragansett Indians can build gambling casinos and other enterprises over the objections of their neighbors in South County and the state of Rhode Island.

Read an analysis of the case by Journal staff writers John E. Mulligan and Katie Mulvaney, and come back later today for more reports from the two.

In this 2003 photo, the lighthouse had a new coat of paint. Journal archives / Judy Cochran

By Paul Davis
Journal staff writer

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- It's hard to reach the Plum Beach Lighthouse, even by boat. The 109-year-old tower rises from some of the most treacherous waters in Narragansett Bay. The rocks are slippery and there's no dock.

But on Friday, maintenance man Keith Lescarbeau placed a plaque on the cast iron tower honoring Shirley Silvia, the founder of The Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, the beacon's current owner.

"In Memory of Shirley Silvia, whose quiet dedication and leadership saved this lighthouse," reads the plaque. The state gave the property to the Friends in 1999. Silva, who died six years later, was quiet but determined, said Friends president David Zapatka. "She overcame so many obstacles to save the lighthouse, we really needed to remember her efforts forever."

Now comes the hard part. The group must raise $50,000 to repaint the structure, which was renovated in 2003 with federal highway money.

"We knew in 2003 that the paint wouldn't last," Zapatka said. The lighthouse still works under a private charter. On Friday, Lescarbeau, with Abcore Restoration, installed a new battery for the light in the beacon room.

The group will raise money for the new paint job at the Wickford Art Festival, the Providence Boat Show and other events. For more information, or to join the Friends, contact Dee Hoebbel at (401) 295-7665.

EAST PROVIDENCE -- The state Department of Transportation announced this morning that exit 4 of Interstate 195 eastbound -- the Taunton Avenue / Route 44 and Riverside exit -- will close Wednesday at 9 a.m. for construction.

It will reopen Friday, Nov. 21.

Traffic headed to Riverside should use Exit 7 -- Route 114 / East Shore Expressway -- and traffic headed to Taunton Avenue should use Exit 8 -- the Warren Avenue exit.

PROVIDENCE -- The state Board of Elections expects thousands of Providence residents who have not registered to vote to turn out tomorrow at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, register and cast their ballots for president.

Throughout the state, anyone who has not previously registered to vote can cast a "same day" ballot for president and vice president if they are otherwise eligible to register to vote. They are not able to vote for statewide or local races tomorrow.
In most places, go to your community's city or town hall to cast a same-day ballot.

However, four cities and towns have set up special locations instead of town hall for such Election Day registration and voting. Those are: Coventry Town Hall Annex, 1675 Flat River Road; Little Compton, Wilbur McMann School, 28 Commons; Providence, Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 LaSalle Square; and Smithfield Senior Center, 1 William J. Hawkins Jr. Trail.

It's difficult know how many people to expect at such same-day voting locations, but Board of Elections Executive Director Robert Kando based his projection for thousands in Providence this year on past year results. In 2004, more than 3,000 people in Providence who had not previously registered came out to vote, he said. In 2000, more than 2,500 people did so.

If you are registered to vote in Rhode Island but have since moved and not updated your voter-registration records, you have several options depending on when and where you moved, according to Kando.

If you've moved within the same voting district, go to the same polling place.

If you've moved within the same city or town but to a different voting district in the last 30 days, go to the polling place of your previous address or to the Board of Canvassers. If you made such a move 30 days or more prior to the election, go to the polling place of your new address or the Board of Canvassers.

If you've moved from one city or town in Rhode Island to another more than 30 days before the election but less than six months before, go to the Board of Canvassers of your former city or town. You'll be able to vote on a limited ballot, which includes the presidential election, congressional offices and statewide ballot questions. However, if you cannot or don't want to travel back to your former city or town, you can go to your new location's special voting spot for people who are just casting a ballot for president.

Also, if you've moved more than six months ago from one Rhode Island community to another, your only voting option is to vote for president only in your new location, Kando said.

If you are newly registering on Election Day and voting for president only, you may be asked to provide identification, but you are not required to have it, Kando said. If anyone who is not a Rhode Island resident, not a U.S. citizen or not 18 years of age votes, they are subject to prosecution for voter fraud, which is a felony, Kando said.

Whether you go to town hall or a special location, local elections officials will be on hand to help. You can register to vote and cast a ballot in the presidential race on the spot. And you are officially registered in Rhode Island for future elections.

Check out the Rhode Island Secretary of State's web site for last-minute voting options.

By Karen Lee Ziner
Journal staff writer

BOSTON - The former head of a New Bedford factory pleaded guilty this morning to a felony criminal charge of knowingly harboring and concealing illegal immigrants, stemming from a 2007 immigration raid at the Michael Bianco Inc. plant.

Francesco Insolia, founder and former president of the Bianco company, entered into a plea agreement before Judge Douglas P. Woodlock at U.S. District Court, Boston, but Woodlock reserved acceptance of the plea until a sentencing hearing scheduled for January 27, 2009.

Insolia faces 12 to 18 months in federal prison and a $30,000 fine at sentencing.

The company, which has been sold and renamed Honors USA since the raid, also admitted to several separate counts and has agreed to pay a $2 million fine. Speaking on behalf of the company, Elaine Rich, a company director, entered guilty pleas to harboring of illegal immigrants, Social Security fraud, failure to pay overtime, knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and mail fraud.

Immigration agents rounded up more than 300 suspected illegal immigrant workers during the March 6, 2007 raid at the Bianco factory on West Rodney French Boulevard.

The workers were helping Bianco fulfill almost $230 million in government contracts to manufacture rucksacks and ammunition pouches for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Insolia was indicted last year for conspiracy to hire illegal aliens, as well as knowingly harboring them for purposes of executing the company's military contracts.

Through a plea agreement hammered out in August, the conspiracy charge against Insolia was eliminated and the potential prison time diminished.

Last week, the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston filed an information charge against Insolia for one count of harboring and shielding aliens "in reckless disregard of the fact that the aliens had come to, entered and remained in the United States illegally." The charge states he did so "for commercial advantage and private financial gain."

The information indicated that the government had reached an agreement with Insolia and he had agreed to waive a jury trial.

During this morning's session, Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Cabell said if the case had gone to trial, the government would have presented evidence the Insolia knew he had hired illegal immigrants based on the circumstances of a December 2005 raid at a New Bedford fish processing plant.

During that raid, friends and relatives called workers at Bianco to warn them that immigration officials could be coming, prompting many of the Bianco workers to flee, according to Cabell. After discovering that his workers had fled, Insolia allowed the company to submit false Social Security numbers to the IRS and Social Security Administration, according to Cabell.

After the raid, workers alleged that Insolia and his managers had exploited them and subjected them to poor working conditions.

Insolia issued a public statement that called those allegations "simply untrue," and produced a video that he said showed amenable working conditions inside the plant. He also extended his "heartfelt sympathy to the families of our loyal workers whose lives have been terribly disrupted" by the arrests.

Handling of the raid sparked widespread criticism

Michael Bianco Inc. sold the New Bedford plant last November 2007 to Eagle Industries, a longtime Bianco competitor based in Fenton, Mo.. The sale involved transfer of the lease for the plant, and sale of all Bianco equipment in the New Bedford, as well as a facility that Insolia had been building in Puerto Rico before the raid.

After falling 27 cents in the past week, gas prices in Rhode Island have fallen almost a dollar in the past month, according to AAA Southern New England.

The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline is now $2.359 at the self-service pump, the lowest price since Febbruary of 2007, according to AAA's weekly survey.

The price has fallen 97 cents in the past month.

A year ago at this time, the average price in Rhode Island was $2.949.

Rhode Island is currently six cents below the national average.

AAA's survey found a 60-cent range in prices from $2.199 to 2.799.

The price for diesel is down 19 cents this week to $3.44.

PROVIDENCE -- The murder trial of a Woonsocket man charged in the brutal death of a 3-year-old boy in 2004 is set to begin today.

Gilbert Delestre was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy.

The first half of this week is expected to be taken up with pre-trial motions about how the case will be tried, with jury selection probably beginning by the end of the week, said Michael Healey, spokesman for Atty. Gen. Patrick Lynch.

Delestre and his then girlfriend, Katherine Bunnell, were accused of beating to death Bunnell's nephew Thomas "T.J." Wright after they returned to their Woonsocket apartment Oct. 30, 2004, and found a mess the child had made on the living room floor.

The couple had taken custody of Bunnell's three nephews in February 2004 after her sister, Karen Wright, was convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and was sentenced to 2½ years in prison in Illinois.

Delestre and Bunnell accused each other of causing the fatal injuries.

Bunnell was found guilty on May 16 of second-degree murder and murder conspiracy in the child's death.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer John Hill

The state Department of Human Services field office in Cranston will close at the end of the day today for renovations, and those people who are served at the office will be assigned to other field offices, according to the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

Also, tomorrow all state offices will be closed for Election Day.

The closing of the Cranston field office affects people who live in Cranston, Johnston, Scituate and West Warwick receiving or applying for Medical Assistance, Food Stamps, and Rhode Island Works cash assistance.

Starting Wednesday, people who live in Cranston, Johnston or Scituate should seek services at Providence Regional Family Center, 206 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI, 02907; Telephone: 222-7000.

People who live in West Warwick should seek services at the Warwick Field Office, 195 Buttonwoods Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886; Telephone: 736-6511.

People who live in these cities and towns who are only applying for Food Stamps and not any other benefits should use the Warwick Field Office located on Buttonwoods Avenue.

PROVIDENCE -- Election Day comes a day early to Rhode Island, where Rhode Island Right to Vote is sponsoring a pre-election bash in Burnside Park, off Kennedy Plaza.

The party starts at 12:30 and is expected to run until 2 p.m.

Hot 106 will co-sponsor the event, which will be hosted by Joey Foxx. Performances by Mama Charlotte O'Neal, Chachi, Riders Against the Storm, Big Scythe, Dilemma and Sapience, and Baggz.

Information will be available on voting rights for those on probation or parole (Their voting rights were restored through a constitutional referendum in 2006.) Residents who aren't registered to vote can also learn how to submit a vote in the presidential election.

EAST PROVIDENCE -- An East Providence man and his passenger died Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident, the police said.

George Langevin, 47, of Riverside, and Cheryl Marier, 52, of Thompson, Conn., were heading north on Route 12 in Thompson, Conn., when their motorcycle went over an embankment, and both were thrown from the motorcycle, according to the Connecticut State Police.

Langevin died at Day Kimball Hospital. Marier was pronounced dead at the scene.

-- The Associated Press

EAST PROVIDENCE -- Teachers and students in East Providence are heading to school this morning after the city's teachers voted unanimously yesterday to keep working.

The teachers' contract expired at midnight Friday, but the teachers will continue working under the terms of the old contract while the union and the School Committee's negotiators work to reach a new agreement.

Read the full story from today's Journal and projo.com

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear the state's appeal on whether 31 acres of Indian tribal land in Charlestown can be taken into trust.

Trust status would free the land from most state and local laws and place it under federal and tribal control, something Rhode Island and Charlestown leaders fear would open the door to a casino or other venture free from state oversight.

The state and Charlestown have argued the federal government cannot take land into trust for tribes recognized after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, unless Congress specifically authorized it. The Narragansetts became a federally recognized tribe in 1983.

Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, the lawyer who successfully argued the 2000 case that put President George W. Bush in the White House, is scheduled to argue the case for the state at 1 p.m.

-- With reports from Journal staff writers Randal Edgar and Katie Mulvaney

From our archives: 7.20.07: Court sides with Narragansetts in key ruling on land

Read the First Circut Court of Appeals' 80-page ruling on this case

JAMESTOWN -- E-ZPass applications can be now picked up in the office adjacent to the Jamestown toll plaza.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is expecting to introduce E-Z Pass to the Claiborne Pell Bridge by mid-December.

Rhode Islanders who buy one of the new E-ZPass transponders will pay 83 cents each time they cross the bridge -- matching the lowest rate now available to people who buy tokens in bulk.

Out-of-state motorists with a Rhode Island transponder will pay $1.75 per crossing, but the rate will drop to 91 cents -- the rate now available with the purchase of 10 tokens -- if they opt into a high-frequency program and cross the bridge more than 30 times a month, according to David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority's Board of Directors.

The cash rate for crossing the bridge -- $2 -- will remain the same.

Motorists will be able to buy a first transponder for $10 and a second for $15. Additional transponders will cost $20.95. A family can have up to four transponders.

-- With reports from Journal Staff Writer Randal Edgar.

>> Continue reading: E-Z Pass applications are available today

Today's front page features a story about the rash of cell-phone robberies in Providence. They account for one-third of the robberies in the City.

Download a copy of today's front page in .pdf format.

PROVIDENCE -- It may not feel like it now, but temperatures will be reaching the upper 50s today and the warming trend continues through Wednesday at least.

Tuesday, Election Day, expect temperatures topping near 66.

Go to projo.com/weather for up to date weather forecasts.

PAWTUCKET -- A man suspected of robbing the Shell Mart at 1414 Newport Ave. with a knife early yesterday morning is expected in Sixth District Court today on a first-degree robbery charge.

Around 10:20 last night, Lt. Kevin Crawley said detectives were still questioning the man. Crawley would not identify the suspect.

The robbery took place shortly after midnight Saturday.