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« U.S. defense attaché, of Cranston, dead in Cyprus | Today | Photo: Nuns at work » July 3, 2007Mayor's brother accused in conspiracy schemePROVIDENCE _ An accused drug dealer has alleged that the brother of Mayor David N. Cicilline and the Providence police conspired to set him up and grab more than $200,000 from him and his partner, Derrick Isom. During a two-day hearing in U. S. District Court, Khalid Mason, of Providence, who is being held on three felony cocaine charges, said that John M. Cicilline, a lawyer, and Lisa Torres, a paralegal in his office, vowed that they could make the criminal charges disappear if Mason and Isom each paid them $100,000. Mason also implicated Providence police Sgt. Scott Partridge in the scheme, claiming that part of a $25,000 retainer fee was used to pay for Cicilline and Partridge to attend the 2004 Super Bowl. Patridge took the stand and testified that he did not attend the Super Bowl and he vehemently denied that he planted drugs in Mason’s apartment in Providence. ``I’m insulted by the allegation,’’ he testified. The suppression hearing is scheduled to resume on July 11 with three more witnesses taking the stand. If Judge William E. Smith believes the testimony of Mason and the other defense witnesses, the drug case could fall apart. Smith will issue a ruling sometime after the testimony concludes. Ciclline, Torres and Joseph A. Bevilacqua, a disbarred Rhode Island lawyer, were indicted on federal charges in Boston last January for allegedly participating in a similar scheme with other drug dealers. They have pleaded innocent to the charges and are awaiting trial. -- W. Zachary Malinowski, Journal staff writer Posted by Peter Phipps CommentsChris Young | July 3, 2007 6:04 PM link I am not a resident of Providence but I recently heard on the radio and know of Chris Young and I certainly hope that the residents of Providence will vote for him. He is for the people of Rhode Island and is concerned with the high taxes Rhode Islanders are paying and for the services we are all paying for. Peter | May 24, 2008 5:45 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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SENT: Friday, Jan. 5th, 5:40 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2010 MAYORAL CANDIDATE CHRISTOPHER YOUNG MAKES FORMAL STATEMENT ON THE
RECENT FEDERAL INDICTMENT OF MR. CICILLINE.
PROVIDENCE, RI - On Friday January 5th, 2007, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for
Mayor of Providence in 2010, stated:
"I'm asking for David Cicilline to resign his position as Mayor of Providence because of the air
of organized crime's influence over the city of Providence that these indictments create both
locally and nationally. This air pollutes the city and sickens its people, a people who deserve
better and have yearned to become free of this type of corruption."
Candidate Young recieved 26% of the vote and over 16,000 votes, in the 2006 election for Mayor of Providence.