By Amanda Milkovits
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man convicted of drug dealing and gun crimes was arrested in South Providence Wednesday night after he was allegedly caught with a loaded gun.
Officers called about men with guns at Sayles and Cahill streets saw Fernando Santana, 26, suddenly run away, according to a police report.
Santana stuffed a Taurus .357 revolver into a stack of mattresses outside 260 Sayles St. and jumped over the fence -- where he was caught by police, the report said.
This was the 34th gun seized this year, said Detective Capt. Michael E. Correia.
Santana was arraigned Friday on two felony gun charges.
He'd served time in federal prison for dealing cocaine, and in state prison for dealing crack cocaine and carrying a gun.