Rhode Island union leader charged with driving under the influence after weekend arrest
JOHNSTON — Michael Sabitoni, the president of an influential arm of the Laborers International Union in Rhode Island, was arrested by the state police over the weekend and charged with driving under the influence of "liquor and/or drugs."
The full report is not yet available, but state police Maj. Laurie Ludovici released this summary of what happened:
At 12:07 a.m. Sunday, troopers arrested Michael Sabitoni, age 55, of Peppermint Lane, Johnston, for "Driving Under the Influence of an Intoxicating Liquor and/or Drugs - 1st Offense...[and] Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test."
"The arrest was the result of a motor vehicle stop on Route 6, in the Town of Johnston. The subject was transported to State Police Headquarters where he was processed, arraigned by a Justice of the Peace, and released into the custody of a responsible adult."
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Among his other titles, Sabitoni is chairman of the Rhode Island Laborers' Pension Fund, the Rhode Island Laborers’ Health and Welfare Fund, and the Rhode Island Laborers’ Annuity Fund, and a trustee of the New England Laborers’ Labor‐Management Cooperation Trust.
Sabitoni has not responded to a Journal inquiry about the arrest.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: RI labor leader Michael Sabitoni arrested for DUI
