A former fire chief in Coventry and Johnston was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution to the Town of North Providence and the state retirement system Tuesday after pleading no contest to charges he illegally obtained a pension for his time as a North Providence firefighter.
Judge Netti T. Vogel sentenced former North Providence firefighter Paul Labbadia to two three-year and one one-year suspended prison sentences, all to be served at the same time.
Vogel also ordered Labbadia pay restitution of $147,133 to the town and $51,711 to the state retirement system. She approved repayment agreements that lawyers for Labbadia, the town and the state had reached. They called for Labbadia to make a $34,578 payment toward his town debt Tuesday and gave him three years to repay the rest.
Vogel gave Labbadia three years to repay the state $51,711 for improperly obtained retirement benefits.