Records: RI chief denied theft after confession
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ? For a Rhode Island police chief, the question of what happened after a high-speed chase during Tropical Storm Irene and how he portrayed it has put his livelihood and freedom on the line. The police chief in North Providence, Col. John J. Whiting, is accused of stealing hundreds of dollars from the pocketbook of a stripper whose SUV crashed after a high-speed chase last August.