Fall River Police recently arrested a man on several charges in an alleged domestic incident.
According to police, following an investigation by the Patrol Bureau on Lincoln Avenue. 46-year-old Peter Rais was arrested on Friday.
Rais was charged with the following:
- Two counts of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon on a Child Under 14
- Strangulation or Suffocation
- Kidnapping of a Child
- Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
- Assault with a Dangerous Weapon
- Assault and Battery on a Police Officer
Due to the nature of the incident and applicable Massachusetts state laws governing domestic matters, FRPD was limited in the amount of information they could release regarding the circumstances surrounding the call for service and subsequent investigation.
Court records show that Rais pled not guilty in Fall River District Court Monday and was released on personal recognizance with a pretrial hearing scheduled for January 7th. Part of the conditions of his release are to comply with a restraining order
