Crime & Safety

Stabbing Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

Joseph Perryman plead not guilty to murder on Tuesday

 

Joseph Perryman, 42, of Newport pleaded not guilty to murder in Newport County Superior Court on Tuesday.  He is being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institute. 

Perryman allegedly stabbed and murdered 44-year-old Anthony E. Simmons, also of Newport. He was arrested and charged with murder last December after being found a short distance away from the crime scene.

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According to police reports, several witnesses said the two men had been arguing before the incident at the 53 ½  Gould St. apartment.

Perryman allegedly stabbed Simmons several times. Simmons was pronounced dead at Newport Hospital.

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He is scheduled for a pretrial conference on May 16.

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