Crime & Safety
Report: Adams Accused of Pointing Gun at Woman where Body Was Found
James Adams, 31, is being held on $200,000 bail after being charged with assault. He is a person of interest in connection with the discovery of a young woman's body inside a garage on Farmington Avenue.
The convicted rapist named as a person of interest in connection with the discovery of a young woman's body in a garage behind a Farmington Avenue house last week is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions as a bail violator.
James A. Adams was charged with assault.
Court records show that Adams, 31, last known to live in Warwick, is accused of pointing a gun at a woman at 391 Farmington Ave. on June 30. That's the same address where the unidentified woman's body was found.
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The Providence Journal reported that prosecutor John Krollman said the victim, identified as Jessica Lynn Dyer, was injured as she got away from Adams.
Adams is on probation for a rape and assault charge from 2005 stemming from an incident during which he raped an acquaintance at knife point. He was sentenced in 2007 to 20 years, 7 to serve after pleading no contest to the charges.
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Cranston Police have released few details about the case and the woman who was found dead in the garage has still not been identified.
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