(WJAR) — The chairman of the Westerly Democratic Town Committee
faces two counts of first-degree sexual assault.
The Rhode Island attorney general said Monday that Robert Ritacco
was charged in a grand jury indictment.
The indictment said the accuser was physically helpless when she was
raped in Westerly on May 29, 2021. The Rhode Island State Police
conducted the investigation.
Ritacco is also the treasurer of the Rhode Island Association of
Democratic City and Town Chairs.