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Two Held Without Bail After Providence College Overdoses

Investigators say the suspected supplier was identified through confidential sources.

Overview

  • Detectives obtained a warrant for an apartment on Hawkins Street after multiple confidential sources linked Angel Williams to narcotics tied to the party.
  • Officers made forced entry, detained Williams, Patrick Patterson and Kimsheree Simoneau, and seized about 19.64 grams of fentanyl, roughly $1,700 in cash, two rifles and three handguns, including a loaded ghost gun.
  • Williams, 33, and Patterson, 32, were arraigned on drug and firearms charges and ordered held without bail by Judge Stephen M. Isherwood.
  • Simoneau, 33, was charged with possessing a 3D‑printed handgun and was released on a $10,000 bond.
  • Seven Providence College students at an off‑campus house on Liege Street were revived with Narcan and taken to hospitals, where they were reported conscious and alert as the school launched its own review.