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April 7, 2006

Judge drops Roger Williams from corruption case

PROVIDENCE -- A federal judge today dismissed a 36-count indictment against Roger Williams Medical Center, accepting a deferred prosecution agreement that the hospital struck with federal prosecutors in January.

Under the agreement, the venerable Providence nonprofit hospital took responsibility for "criminal misconduct’’ of two of its former executives, president Robert A. Urciuoli and Frances P. Driscoll.

Urciuoli, Driscoll and Peter Sangermano remain under indictment for allegedly stealing the ``honest services’’ of a state senator, John A. Celona.

But the hospital itself, the first Rhode Island nonprofit to face federal corruption charges, is now out of the case.

More to come on projo.com ...

-- Journal staff writer Mike Stanton

Posted by Jack Perry  at 12:19 PM | Permalink

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Hopefully, the federal prosecutors and the judge will soon realize that most of the other charges are idiotic. Let me get this straight - an admitted Crook Celona makes allegations against others in order to mitigate his penalty and we believe him. Give me a break

PJ | April 7, 2006 1:06 PM link

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