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July 18, 2007

Westerly Democrat under investigation for missing laptop

WESTERLY -- A prominent Westerly Democrat is under scrutiny after a laptop computer he reported missing from his state office turned up in his car trunk.

Robert Ritacco leads the Westerly Democratic Town Committee and worked for the state Division of Taxation.

Court documents allege that Ritacco told police that someone stole a state-issued laptop from his office in March. A few weeks later, Ritacco told police he found the computer in the trunk of his vehicle. He said he was trying to fix it.

Prosecutors charged Ritacco with filing a false police report, but later dismissed the case. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Patrick Lynch says an investigation is ongoing.

Ritacco says he voluntarily left his state job and that the dismissal of charges speaks for itself.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:19 PM | Permalink

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