Former Gansett Senator Leads in Election Fines

According to GoLocalProv, Narragansett resident, and former state senator and lawyer Patrick T. McDonald leads all former candidates in the state with $144,678 in fines.

McDonald is the only candidate or resident from Narragansett or South Kingstown listed in the list of 30 produced by GoLocalProv. For a summary of some of the campaign finance proceedings against McDonald, click here.

In October 2008, McDonald’s law license was suspended – click here for a PDF.

McDonald is also facing six felony counts for financial crimes. According to online records, McDonald is due for a pre-trial conference at Kent County Superior Court on April 1.

He was originally arraigned in December 2011, and since then, 16 hearings on the case have been held. (In many white collar crime cases, a plea or trial is sometimes delay if the defendant is attempting to pay back the parties or raising assets.) McDonald’s last hearing was on Nov. 27.