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November 1, 2007

Cranston man arrested for giving private driving lessons

A Cranston man has been charged with illegally giving private lessons in how to drive commercial trucks, the state police said today.

Emmett Childress, 60, of 23 Sherwood St. was arrested yesterday on three counts of giving instruction in the operation of a commercial vehicle without being properly licensed to do so, the state police news release said.

Childress, a former Life Long Learning Center employee, was licensed by the state to give state-sanctioned commercial driving instruction at the Community College of Rhode Island. Childress was not licensed for private instruction.

At District Court arraignment, Childress's bail was set at $10,000 personal recognizance. Childress was ordered held without bail as a probation violator, the state police said, adding that in 1992 Childress pleaded no contests to five counts of child molestation and received a 20 year suspended sentence and 20 years of probation.

The investigation started in November 2006 when a business owner told State Police about concerns. The business owner believed Childress was purposely failing people trying out for licenses so that he could give private instruction at a cost to help them pass the test. Over the next year, more complaints were received.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:16 PM | Permalink

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