LINCOLN, R.I. -- Two young men sleeping in a parked car at the Twin River Casino were arrested Saturday morning after one of them tried to rob a 74-year-old woman walking inside to gamble.
Johnny Nunez, 20, of Providence, grabbed the Burrillville woman's purse, but tossed it when he realized there were witnesses, said Lincoln Police Chief Brian Sullivan.
Nunez's friend Franklin Castillo, 18, drove him away, not knowing about the robbery -- until police from Cranston and Providence tracked his car to his home in Cranston, Sullivan said.
Castillo was arrested on a bench warrant for a drug charge. Nunez was arrested at his home at 191 Vermont Ave., Providence, where he was charged with drug possession and first-degree robbery.
Nunez is being held on surety bail.