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BOSTON --A former Tiverton, R.I., police officer convicted of acting as a lookout for a drug ring had almost six years shaved off his 24-year sentence Tuesday following an appeals court ruling that found errors in calculating his original sentence.

William Sedoma, an 18-year police veteran, was convicted in February 2001 for his role in a cocaine and marijuana distribution ring that operated in Fall River and Tiverton, alerting drug dealers when their packages were intercepted by police.

Prosecutors also said Sedoma warned members of the ring when an undercover Massachuse... Read more