DWI Case Dismissed against Rhode Island Federal Prosecutor
Posted on Jan 13, 2010 4:13pm PST
In Warwick,
Rhode Island, a
driving under the influence (DUI) case was recently dismissed against a Rhode Island federal prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard Sullivan. When Sullivan was arrested, many people speculated that local police treated him favorably because of his career status.
However, this past Monday, a Warwick judge agreed to drop the charges against Sullivan, per a city lawyer's request.
The city lawyer, Robert Sgroi, said that he asked for the case to be dismissed because Sullivan had admitted last week that there was not enough evidence to prove that he had refused chemical breath testing. Sullivan was pulled over on Thanksgiving morning. After the incident, he lost his driver's license for seven months.
While stopped by police, Warwick allegedly told officers that he was a federal prosecutor and that he knew their chief. He made this clear by repeating the same thing several times.
At this time, the police chief of Warwick has made an inquiry to find out why Sullivan was not charged with DUI when he was pulled over.
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