2 Arrested Following Stolen Car Chase In Bristol

BRISTOL, RI — Two people were arrested in Bristol Thursday evening in a stolen vehicle, Bristol police said. Several rounds of ammunition and drug paraphernalia were found in the vehicle.

According to Bristol police, an officer stopped the vehicle, a 2013 Honda Fit, at the intersection of Wood Street and Mt. Hope Avenue, just before 6 p.m. The officer ran a vehicle check, which showed it was stolen from Providence.

The driver suddenly drove off, turning onto Mount Hope Avenue and heading east. The officer followed, chasing the vehicle onto Metacom Avenue and onto State Street before the stolen vehicle stopped at the State Street Dock.

The driver, Danny Rodrigues, 28, of Providence, and Nicole Pacheco, 31, of Bristol, got out of the car and ran away. Police chased them on foot and both were arrested.

Officers later searched the vehicle and found two nine-millimeter rounds of ammunition and drug paraphernalia, which were confiscated, police said.

Both Rodrigues and Pacheco were charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, eluding police, obstruction and resisting arrest. Rodrigues was also charged with driving with a suspended license and given several traffic tickets. Pacheco, meanwhile, had several previous Superior Court bench warrants. Both appeared before a Bail Commissioner and were held on $10,000 bail at the Adult Correctional Institution and appeared in 6th District Court on Friday morning for a formal arraignment.