Cranston Police Arrest Two In Connection With Bar Fight

CRANSTON, RI—Police were called to the Blow Hookah Lounge at 1285 Park Ave., around 1 a.m. Sunday for a bar fight involving a crowd and an unconfirmed report gunshots were fired into the air. According to Col. Michael J. Winquist, police chief, police found three people who had been stabbed and three who had been struck by a car in the parking lot of Nardolillo’s Funeral Home. One other stabbing victim was driven to a hospital by a friend.

Cranston medics took three stabbing victims and one person hit by a car to the hospital. All the injured were treated at the hospital and released, he said. No one suffered a gunshot wound.

According to police, the fight may have started in the bar over a woman after a man was accused of touching her inappropriately.

Police arrested the driver who allegedly deliberately hit three people with his car. Michael Noth, 32, of Providence, was charged with Assault with a dangerous weapon. He was caught when his vehicle went into bushes at the funeral home and became disabled. Noth was also among the three stabbing victims. He was released from police custody on $4,000 surety. His passenger, Katerin Delarosa, 23, of Cranston, was also arrested. She was charged with Obstruction.

The incident is still under investigation. Police say the victims and some potential witnesses have been uncooperative. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 401-477-5147 or 477-5169.

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