Man convicted of murdering 10-year-old in Massachusetts arrested in Rhode Island on several gun and drug charges

A man who served two decades for a crime in Massachusetts is facing several new charges in Rhode Island.

According to police, on Monday, the Pawtucket Police Department’s Narcotics Unit conducted a court-authorized search warrant at an address on North Bend Street in the city of Pawtucket after a narcotics investigation involving the distribution of Cocaine and Fentanyl throughout the city and surrounding communities.

Detectives located and seized a 10mm Glock-29 Semi-automatic handgun, a 9mm Glock-19 semi-automatic handgun with an automatic Glock switch, several high-capacity magazines, a 50-round 9mm magazine drum, several hundred rounds of various ammunition, approximately $8,100.00 in cash, approximately 55 grams of Fentanyl, approximately 20 grams of Cocaine, digital scales, cutting agents, and packaging material.

The suspect in this investigation, 40-year-old Joseph Cousin of Pawtucket, had been previously charged and convicted with 2nd Degree Murder of a 10-year-old child in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 2002 and had served approximately 21 years in State Prison.

Cousins was charged with:

1. Manufacturing/ Delivery/Possession (Fentanyl)
2. Manufacturing/Delivery/Possession (Cocaine)
3. Possession of a Firearm while in Possession of a Controlled Substance 2 counts
4. Possession of a Firearm by a convicted felon (2 separate charges)
5. Maintaining a Common Nuisance
6. Possession of a High Capacity Magazine (6 separate charges)
7. Modification of Semi-automatic Weapon (Glock switch)
8. Alteration of Marks of Identification on Firearms (Obliterated Serial Number)
9. Carry Pistol or Revolver without License or Permit (2 separate charges)

Cousins was held without bail Tuesday after not issuing a plea at arraignment.