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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Misdemeanor charges against former congressional candidate Michael G. Riley were dismissed Tuesday in District Court.
Riley, 57, of Narragansett, was arrested April 3, on charges of drunk driving and resisting arrest.
Riley, became belligerent, police said, refused to identify himself, accused the officer of harassing him and threatened that responding officers would lose their jobs over his arrest.
Riley unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. James Langevin for his District 2 Congress seat.
"I wish to publicly and sincerely apologize for my actions of April 3," Riley wrote in a letter to the South County Independent that was posted online on May 23. "I realize now, with 20/20 hindsight, that members of the Narragansett Police Department were doing their job."
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