By Richard C. Dujardin
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police charged a 51-year-old man on assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly throwing the contents of an urn with the ashes of a deceased relative during an argument with his girlfriend late last Friday at their residence at 8 Hill St.
Mark Jeffrey Duarte was released on personal recognizance in an arraignment before Bail Commissioner Daniel Connors and ordered to stay away from his girlfriend, Maryann Vaughn.
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