Suspect Threatens to 'Assassinate' Police if Newport Man Not Charged
The Rhode Island State Police issued a call for help in identifying the caller, who said "the Mexican gangs" were "out to get" state troopers.
Rhode Island State Police Col. Steven O'Donnell issued a request on Apr. 3 asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who called the Warren Police Department and threatened state officers. According to O'Donnell, the caller contacted the local department on Feb. 8, the day after Benjamin Servideo, 24, of Newport, pleaded guilty to two traffic violations stemming from a fatal car accident in East Greenwich. Rhode Island Atty. Gen. Peter Kilmartin and the state police declined to file criminal charges against Servideo in the accident, which killed Sullynette Sanchez, 23, of Providence. At the time, Sanchez was eight months pregnant. Doctors removed the baby, but he died two weeks later. "State Police officers will be …
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Hairsonfire
6:24 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
A grim reminder of how inherently dangerous it is to operate a motor vehicle. We have come so far in automobile safety standards but mass x velocity still = momentum and two objects of mass cannot occupy the same space at the same time. In the blink of an eye- So sad. more ›