PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A judge has ruled Providence officials can keep a controversial police sergeant who pleaded no contest to beating a man in handcuffs five years ago on unpaid leave, as the ...

PROVIDENCE – A Superior Court judge has told the city that it must pay a suspended police sergeant who pleaded no contest to assaulting a handcuffed man, according to a spokesman. The officer, Sgt.

A judge has ordered the City of Providence to start paying an embattled police sergeant who has finished serving a suspension over accusations he roughed up a handcuffed suspect five years ago. The ...

(WJAR) — An embattled Providence police sergeant cannot return to work, at least for now, even though his suspension ended two weeks ago. A judge made the ruling Wednesday afternoon. The city wants to ...

Sergeant Joseph Hanley was initially slated to return to the force on Sept. 3. City leaders argue he is violent and should not be a police officer PROVIDENCE — A judge on Wednesday ruled that ...