THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Justice announced Tuesday that a local man, a former federal air marshal, has admitted to collecting fraudulent disability benefits. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID AKE
PROVIDENCE – A former federal air marshal has admitted in federal court that he concealed his self-employment and his role in a Middletown-based martial arts business from the U.S. Department of Labor in order to collect nearly $250,000 in Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs disability benefits, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. Joseph Patrick…