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February 8, 2008

DiFazio misdemeanor filed for one year

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A misdemeanor fraud case against Dominic DiFazio, a member of the Westerly School Committee and a private contractor, was filed for a year today on the condition that he stay out of trouble and pay $100 to the victims-of-crime fund.

Judge William C. Clifton met with the lawyers and agreed that because DiFazio had no record, had paid restitution and the victim had agreed not to prosecute, he would accept a not guilty plea and file the case for a year.

DiFazio gave the owner of A-1 Rolloff Disposal in Warwick a payment of $779 in December, but the check bounced. DiFazio made good on the check about a month later.

Defense lawyer Michael P. Lynch said that under ordinary circumstances, the case should have been “dismissed out of hand.” After conferring with the judge, he said, he and the special prosecutor reached a resolution, but the town wanted to proceed.

-- Journal staff writer Donita Naylor

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