PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Both the man and woman who were shot in a truck on a Route 95 on-ramp had numerous brushes with police and the courts.

But though the arrests were many, the encounters were not for violence.

Joseph J. Santos, 32, had a criminal record beginning in the early 2000s for such offenses as shoplifting, larceny, fraudulent use of credit cards and vandalism, according to court records. His most recent arrest in August was on a charge of driving with a suspended license. He was taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions on Aug. 16 and released the next day.

It was just the latest time he’d been to prison. According to the state Department of Corrections, he’d spent time in the ACI on 14 previous occasions since 2003.

In 2015, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 42 months probation after pleading no contest to a charge of driving without the consent of owner after he was arrested in East Providence operating a car that had been reported stolen. He was remanded to the ACI on April 17, 2015, and released on May 3, 2016, after being credited for time served during trial and having his sentence reduced for good behavior.

In 2012, he was sentenced to one year in prison and nine years probation after pleading no contest to breaking and entering and misdemeanor larceny after stealing a computer from an apartment in Providence.

Two warrants had been issued for his arrest, one on Sept. 20 and the other on Oct. 6, after he failed to appear in court for probation violation hearings, according to court records.

Christine Demers’ criminal record dates to 1999, when Warwick police arrested her for possession of marijuana and Cranston police arrested her for obtaining money under false pretenses — both on Halloween. Demers, 19 at the time, was sentenced to 25 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution.

What followed was a succession of arrests over the years for drug possession, driving on a suspended or expired license, outstanding warrants, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, according to court records. Most infractions occurred in Rhode Island, but Demers was arrested in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on May 9, 2013, when a police officer pulled over a BMW driving erratically.

Demers, a passenger in the car, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and narcotics, interfering with arrest, and carrying a dangerous weapon, described as a pocket knife. The driver, William Gonzalez, was also arrested. A smoking pipe and hypodermic needle were found in the automobile.

The next year, on Aug. 7, 2014, Demers was arrested at the Econo Lodge on New London Avenue in Cranston and charged with drug possession. According to the police report, crack cocaine and heroin were found in the hotel room. Demers was later placed on probation, given a six-month suspended sentence to the Adult Correctional Institutions, and ordered to undergo drug counseling.

On March 14, 2015, Demers was again arrested at a house on Sooner Lane in Coventry. She was charged with possession of narcotics, obstructing a police officer, and being a fugitive from justice. The disposition of those charges is unclear.