Tiverton police officer charged with theft of gasoline from town

Posted 12/5/18

TIVERTON — A sergeant on the Tiverton Police force has been charged with stealing gasoline from the town.

Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety,

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Tiverton police officer charged with theft of gasoline from town

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TIVERTON — A sergeant on the Tiverton Police force has been charged with stealing gasoline from the town.

Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announced that at approximately 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, members of the Special Investigations Unit arrested William R. Munroe, 55, of 93 Keeley Street, Fall River, on 14 counts of larceny as a result of a month-long investigation.

During the month of October 2018, Tiverton Police Chief Patrick Jones learned that one of his officers was allegedly stealing gasoline from the Town of Tiverton, State Police said. Chief Jones requested the assistance of the Rhode Island State Police to investigate these allegations.

Members of the Rhode Island State Police Special Investigations Unit began an investigation, and, after conducting multiple surveillances, the unit confirmed that they had witnessed Sergeant Munroe fueling his marked police cruiser multiple times at the town gasoline pumps, located at 50 Industrial Way, Tiverton. 

The detectives observed that, in addition to putting gasoline in his cruiser, he also would often fill a large gasoline container and take it to his personal vehicle that was parked in the parking lot of the Tiverton Police Station located at 20 Industrial Way. 

“Sergeant Munroe would then allegedly pour the gasoline from the container into the gas tank of his personal vehicle, utilizing the gasoline for his own personal use.

Sergeant Munroe was taken into custody early this morning at the Tiverton Police Department without incident. He was transported to State Police Headquarters, where he was processed.  He will be arraigned later today at Second Division District Court in Newport, Rhode Island.

Any person convicted of larceny of less than $1,500.00 faces penalties of imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $500, or both.

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