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December 14, 2006

La Salle buildings director indicted for bribery

PROVIDENCE -- The director of buildings and grounds at La Salle Academy has been indicted on 20 counts of soliciting or accepting a bribe.

Richard "Rocky" Rochefort, 48, of 16 Round Hill Road, Foster, and two other people associated with a bribery scheme were arrested by the state police earlier in the week following a grand jury investigation.

Police allege that Ralph Catallozzi of Future Contracting and Estimators, of Johnston, bribed Rochefort in relation to the business of La Salle Academy between April 2003 and August 2005, according to an announcement today by the Attorney General's Office. The details of the bribes have not yet been released.

Catallozzi was charged with one count of bribery.

La Salle Academy released a statement this afternoon that Rochefort has been placed on an "indefinite unpaid leave of absence."

"The indictment is isolated to one individual employee at La Salle Academy and in no way implicates or affects any member of the student body, faculty, and administration," reads the statement. "The indictment is the culmination of an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police with the full cooperation of La Salle Academy."

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:29 PM | Permalink

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