SCITUATE, R.I. -- A Level III sex offender wanted for a sex assault in Massachusetts was arrested in a Providence Marriott Hotel room early Wednesday after a standoff in which the fugitive said he would shoot himself if police entered, Rhode Island State Police officials said in a news release Wednesday.
Troopers negotiated with the Taunton man, James M. Bowen, 49, for several hours, the release said, during which he claimed a female was with him. He eventually surrendered, and a search of the room yielded no weapons or other people.
The release said Bowen was held overnight at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and was arraigned in District Court, Providence, on obstruction and fugitive charges. He waived an extradition hearing and awaits return to Massachusetts.