Man, 36, Charged as Cyber-Stalker

An East Providence man, 36, faces charges of stalking and cyber-stalking after sending scores of “vulgar” text and email messages to an East Providence woman on whom he appears romantically fixated. 

Idio M. Vargas, of 10 Robin Hood Drive, was charged by East Providence police on Sunday, June 9, after receiving a report at 3:46 am from the woman that he was watching her and a man she has been dating from outside her home. 

Police officers responded and found Vargas on a nearby street and arrested him, according to the police report.

An investigation into the woman’s allegations indicates that Vargas sent more than 60 unwanted and sexually explicit messages to the woman over two days from his cell phone, according to the arrest report, even after she told him to leave her alone. 

Vargas was taken to the police station to be charged. When he was told he would be taken to the Adult Correctional Insitutions (ACI), police said, he became unruly and emotionally agitated and banged his head against the cage holding him in the police station.

EMTs were called to treat an injury to his forehead. They also checked him for other health issues after he reportedly collapsed in the police station sally port while being put into a police vehicle to be transported to the ACI.

He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for additional treatment and a mental evaluation before being jailed.