RI a ‘Showcase State’ for disaster mitigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U..S. Department of Commerce has awarded Rhode Island $92,000 for its disaster mitigation efforts, and by so doing has recognized the state as the first ‘Showcase State’ for its efforts. Gov. Lincoln Almond issued an executive order in December 1998 instructing state officials to focus on a 14-point strategy for mitigating the effects of natural disasters. The state’s historic vulnerability to hurricanes, flooding and ice storms prompted the order by Almond. The award was announced by the office of Sen. John H. Chafee, the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which oversees disaster relief funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Two sentenced in case of the three Regans
PROVIDENCE – The case of the three Regans was resolved in U.S. District Court recently when John J. Regan Jr., 61, of Sarasota, Fla. was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. A co-conspirator, John C. Dawson Jr., 43, of North Kingstown also pleaded guilty to the charge and was placed on home confinement and probation. The case developed after Citizens Bank mistakenly changed the mailing address of the victim, John Regan, 83, to the West Warwick address of John J. Regan III, son of Regan Jr. , the defendant, but unrelated to the victim, Regan. When Regan III began receiving the statements of the four Regan accounts, he told his father, Regan Jr., the defendant, about it. After responding that he would take care of it, according to the report from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Regan Jr. conspired with Dawson to get access to the accounts. Between June and December 1996 the pair took about $96,000 out of the accounts. The U.S. Secret Service then began an investigation which led to Grand Jury indictments of conspiracy and bank fraud for Regan Jr. and Dawson. According to the U..S. Attorney, no evidence was discovered to show that Regan III was involved in the scheme. After Regan Jr. and Dawson both pleaded guilty in March to a single count of conspiracy, Judge Mary M. Lisi on June 8 sentenced Regan Jr. to 16 months in federal prison. On June 9 she sentenced Dawson to three years probation, six months of that on home confinement. She also ordered both Regan Jr. and Dawson to repay Citizens Bank the $95,236 which it had reimbursed Regan, the victim, for the money taken from his accounts. She also ordered the defendants pay the victim $1,000 for the items they took from his deposit box, including rare coins, papers and World War II service medals.
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State employee charged after time card check
PROVIDENCE – George R. Carello, 65, of Cranston was arraigned recently on one count of obtaining money (over $500) under false pretenses. The indictment was handed up by a statewide grand jury in May. The indictment alleged that Carello at various times between July 1, 1998 and August 31, 1998 left his full-time position with the Department of Administration to conduct personal business and that his time cards did not accurately reflect the reduced number of hours that he actually worked. Associate Justice Mark A. Pfeiffer set bail for Carello at $10,000 personal recognizance at his arraignment A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled in Providence Superior Court Sept. 2. Carello, who has been employed by the state since 1985, retired on June 1.
Log On America, Interspeed agree on joint service
PROVIDENCE – Log On America and Interspeed, Inc. of North Andover, Mass., have agreed to combine their skills to provide better and faster access to the Internet for subscribers at a lower cost. Under the terms of the two-year agreement, Log On America will be able to offer Internet and telecommunications services with its digital subscriber line units in cooperation with Bell Atlantic offices in the Northeast. Those services include local dial tone, long distance, high speed Internet access and cable TV programming, offered at lower cost by bundling them through use of Interspeed’s Digital Subscriber Line hardware. Both companies jointly announced their intention to develop products for the improved delivery of high-speed Internet and voice services throughout the Northeast.
Cytation.com ties in with GSA program
MIDDELETOWN – Cytation.com, Inc. has announced that it has been chosen as a subcontractor by EER Systems Inc. in the $9 billion General Services Administration Seat Management Program. EER is one of eight systems integrators participating in the GSA program which is expected to extend over nine years. The SEAT Management Program is designed to produce solutions for the management of the federal government’s desktop computers, including purchase, installation, training and maintenance. Cytation is a provider of Internet training and related services.
Flashlight firm to use Hopkinton plant
HOPKINTON – Garrity Industries of Madison, Conn., announced that it is buying the former Imperial Wallcoverings factory here for the assembly of flashlights. Garrity is reputedly the second largest flashlight manufacturer in North America. A spokesman for the company said he expected the company would employ about 50 workers in light assembly jobs. Garrity’s chairman said he hoped to start pilot operations at the plant soon after its acquisition this week with about 10 employees. He added that plans call for expansion in the fall. When the Wallcoverings factory closed last summer, about 150 workers lost their jobs.
