WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A lawyer for former North Providence police chief John Whiting is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn his 2012 larceny conviction in the theft of $714 from a stripper.
The Providence Journal reports that attorney John Reilly argued the chief should have been charged with a misdemeanor, not a felony because of the amount of money involved.
Whiting was convicted of stopping the dancer’s car and stealing from her during a tropical storm in August, 2011 after someone in the car flashed an obscene gesture. He also was convicted of solicitation to receive stolen goods for trying to persuade a Pawtucket police officer to take the stolen cash and keep it.
Whiting, who is free pending his appeal, attended Wednesday’s hearing.
