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   CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- A suspended policeman was arrested Wednesday in the
overnight shooting deaths of three teen-agers, one of whom he was charged with
assaulting earlier this year, police said.
   Robert Sabetta, 24, was arrested at gunpoint about three hours after the
teens were shot at an auto body shop in Foster in northwest Rhode Island around
midnight. He offered no resistance and no weapons were recovered, police said.
   Killed were Frank Sherman, 16, his 17-year-old brother, Charles, and Jeremy
Bullock, 19. A fourth youth, Darryl Drake, 18, was critically wounded.
   Drake ran up a road and called police from a nearby house. A fifth person who
escaped injury by hiding under a car gave police a description of a car similar
to the one Sabetta was driving, said state police Capt. Theodore Kidd.
   "All he saw were the guy's feet and pant leg," Kidd said. "He said (the
gunman) walked in and said 'You're going to die' and started shooting."
   Sabetta was suspended without pay Jan. 10 after allegedly striking Frank

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Sherman during a traffic stop a day earlier, Foster Police Chief Donald Kettelle
said. "Witnesses allege that (Sherman) was struck with a flashlight and lost a
couple of teeth," the chief said.
   Sabetta was arraigned March 31 on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon
and was released on $10,000 personal recognizance, Kettelle said.
   Sabetta's father, Robert Sabetta, himself a former policeman, arrived at
state police headquarters while his son was being questioned inside.
   "Being an ex-police officer, I'm very strong," Sabetta said in a voice choked
with emotion. "I hope to God he didn't do it."



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