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POLITICS

Defiant Gordon says he wont resign from Assembly

Portsmouth lawmaker blames legal woes on prior alcohol abuse; House may seek his ouster
By KATHERINE GREGG and KAREN ZINER
JOURNAL STATE HOUSE BUREAU

PROVIDENCE As calls for his resignation mounted and fellow Republicans talked about expelling him

from the Rhode Island House of Representatives, freshman Rep. Daniel P. Gordon went on the defensive Tuesday. The Portsmouth Republican said he Gordon would not resign. In a Twitter post early in the day, a defiant Gordon said: Ted Kennedy killed a woman, and spent a long ca-

reer in Congress. I didnt pay a speeding ticket & they want me out after 6 months. Gordon was apparently referring to the 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne in a car accident on Marthas Vineyard. Kennedy, who was driving the car, later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, a misdemeanor. But in a series of media interviews throughout the day, Gordon also said

he is not proud of the long and previously undisclosed criminal record he racked up in Massachusetts that has emerged in recent days. That includes four months in jail for assault with a dangerous weapon in 1999, and an attempted murder charge in 2004 that was subsequently dismissed. Of the 2004 case, he said: It was a spat. Tempers were flaring. There was alcohol involved, but when the

dust settled, cooler heads prevailed. He said every one of the incidents directly or indirectly had to do with alcohol abuse after a leg injury in the first Gulf War cut short his time in the Marines as a rifleman and electrician and sent him home in 1991 with no job prospects and a case of posttraumatic stress disorder. It was a little bit embarrassing,
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HOUSING | LUXURY CONDOS IN PROVIDENCE

COURTS

I was looking at her, trying to convince myself that I could see the covers rising. ... I rolled her on her back, but she was ice cold. ... I knew she was gone.
Camdens father, Timothy Fry

Husband tells of discovering his dead child

Court hears recording of Timothy Frys call to police during trial of his estranged wife
By KATIE MULVANEY
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / RUBEN W. PEREZ

Just 15 of the 193 luxury condominiums at Waterplace have sold to date. An auction of 29 of the units will be held in October to spur sales. The development came on the market in 2008 just as the luxury condo housing market imploded.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN Nothing seemed awry when Timothy Fry returned to his North Kingstown home after playing hockey around 9:40 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2009. No furniture was overturned. His 8year-old daughters plastic

animals were in place in the bathtub, and his wife, Kimberly, was half asleep on the couch. That wasnt unusual, he told jurors Tuesday morning at his estranged wifes trial in Superior Court, because Kimberly Fry often took Clonazepam and Benadryl to help her sleep. Nothing caused him concern. After urging his wife four times to go up to bed, he said,
SEE FRY, A11

UNITS UP FOR AUCTION

29 apartments being offered in bid to spur sales
By CHRISTINE DUNN
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

PROVIDENCE With just 15 of the 193 luxury condominiums at Waterplace sold to date, the developer, Intercontinental Real Estate of Boston, will offer 29 of the units for auction. Minimum bids will start at $175,000 and go up to $995,000 for a penthouse, according to Jon Gollinger, East Coast CEO of Accelerated Marketing Partners, the company hired by Intercontinental to sell the condos. Gollinger said the minimum bids are

up to 69 percent below the original asking prices. The auction is yet another signal of the weakness of the once robust market for luxury condominiums. Construction of Waterplace began in 2005, at the height of a real-estate bubble that deflated, bringing the rest of the economy down with it when the condos went on the market in the fall of 2008. Just three years ago, prices at the 17and 19-story Waterplace towers started in the $400,000s and ranged up to $2.5

million. Gollinger said the auction will help establish market prices to help sell the remaining units conventionally. We have been doing this all over the country, Gollinger said. Weve sold $41billion worth of real estate, predominantly luxury high-rise products in cities. Like many luxury condo developers, Intercontinental turned to leasing units at Waterplace when the housing crisis
SEE AUCTION, A2

THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / FRIEDA SQUIRES

Defendant Kimberly Fry reacts to a tape of her husbands 911 call in court Tuesday while Timothy Fry, 41, testifies.

WESTERLY

CENTRAL FALLS

Moreau, council fight receiver over order to cover legal fees

By JOHN HILL
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Kin says man died due to police beating

Autopsy finds Ryan OLoughlin died of blunt force trauma after being released
By BRYAN ROURKE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / MARY MURPHY

Central Falls Mayor Charles D. Moreau waged an unsuccessful court battle over the receivership law.

CENTRAL FALLS Lawyers for the state-appointed receiver and the demoted city administration will be in Bankruptcy Court Friday, arguing over the claim by Mayor Charles D. Moreau and the City Council that the citys bankruptcy filing should stop efforts by the receiver to recover from them thousands of dollars in legal fees from fighting their challenge to the state receiver-

ship law. Besides the case law that he said prevents the receiver from going after Moreau and the council, at least for now, for legal costs, John O. Mancini argued in his brief that even if the receiver were successful in getting Moreau and the council to pay, the effort would wind up costing the city, not his clients. Thats because of a provision of the
SEE MOREAU, A8

PROVIDENCE A Mystic, Conn., man who died hours after being released from Westerly Police Department custody in June, died from blunt force trauma, according to the autopsy report of the Connecticut medical

examiner. The case is under investigation by the Rhode Island State Police, and Im hoping OLoughlin they will look at this as possible manslaughter, said Mark Dana, a lawyer for the family of Ryan OLoughlin. Because the people involved were wearing uniforms should not give
SEE POLICE, A10

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