January 11, 2010           

WARWICK , RI

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor arrest sparked an internal investigation into whether or not the local police treated him favorably, and the DUI charges against him have been dropped.

A Warwick judge dropped the charge against Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard Sullivan at the city lawyer’s request.

Robert Sgroi says he made the recommendation in part due to Sullivan admitting last week that there was sufficient evidence to prove that he refused a chemical breath test when he was pulled over early on Thanksgiving morning.  As a result, he lost his driver’s license for seven months.

Sullivan mentioned several times to the Warwick police that he was a federal prosecutor and knew their chief.  The chief has ordered an internal inquiry into why Sullivan was not initially charged with DUI.