Court Report

3 RI Cops Charged in Cocaine-Dealing Operation

SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) - Three Providence police officers, including a narcotics detective and a school resource officer, were arrested on charges that they helped with a cocaine-dealing operation. Detective Joseph Colanduono, Patrolman Robert Hamlin and Sergeant Steven Gonsalves were arrested at police headquarters and have been suspended without pay, said Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman, who called it a "hard day" for his department. The officers either used the cocaine or helped arrange the drug deals, police said. Read more...


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