Top Rhode Island labor leader arrested by state police on DUI charge

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — A top labor leader in the state has been arrested on a DUI charged in Johnston.

Michael Sabitoni, 55, of Johnston, has been charged with DUI-first offense and refusal to submit to a chemical test and speeding

According to Rhode Island State Police and court records, Sabotoni was stopped just after midnight Sunday on Route 6 in Johnston for going 81 mph in a 55 mph zone.

He was taken taken to state police headquarters where he was arraigned and subsequently released.

Sabitoni is the president for the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council and business manager for Local 271.