WJAR 10 Reporter Assaulted Outside House Where Armed Standoff Occurred in Providence
Saturday, February 12, 2022
A reporter at WJAR NBC 10 was assaulted outside the home in Providence where the deadly armed standoff occurred occurred this week.
According to police, the son of the man who barricaded himself inside the home at 25 Denison Street — and ultimately died — pushed WJAR newscaster Joanna Bouras to the ground as she was filming a segment on Friday.
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About Incident
Shortly after 4 PM on Friday, police went to 25 Denison street to assist Family Services in allowing the children of Scott MacLean — who died in the standoff — into the house.
According to police, they asked Bouras to move the news vehicle a street over for the family privacy and Bouras complied.
Police reported that the family arrived shortly after 5 PM, at which time Joshua MacLean, age 30, began to approach Bouras aggressively while shouting at her.
While police said they ordered MacLean to refrain from approaching Bouras further, he reportedly disregarded commands and pushed Bouras into a concrete wall while she was filming.
MacLean was handcuffed and arrested and is now facing assault charges.
About Bouras
According to her bio, Bouras had just joined NBC 10 last month — she had most recently been a multimedia journalist/fill-in anchor for WXIX-TV (FOX) News in Cincinnati, where she covered breaking news and crime.
There, Bouras earned a 2021 Kentucky Associated Press 1st Place Award for "Continuing Coverage" of a high speed chase that killed two people.
Prior to moving to Cincinnati, Joanna spent two years working at WBBH-TV (NBC/ABC) in Fort Myers, Florida, where she covered Southwest Florida's toxic algae crisis and the shooting of Fort Myers Police Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller in early 2020.
Before moving to Florida, Joanna worked at KOLN (CBS) in Lincoln, Nebraska, as a news reporter/MMJ/fill-in anchor. While at KOLN, Joanna earned two Heartland Emmy Awards. Joanna was a reporter for both KOLN (CBS) newscasts that won Heartland EMMY NATAS Awards for Best Evening Newscast and Best Morning Newscast.
Latest Violence Toward Media in Rhode Island
The reported violence against a reporter is the latest in Rhode Island.
In 2013, ABC 6 reporter Abbey Niezgoda was on location reporting when she was attacked by a woman — and her pit bulls.
The video of the incident showed Melissa Lawrence, wielding a baseball bat, throwing a rock at the ABC6 crew and then sending her dogs to attack. Lawrence was ultimately charged with felony assault.
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