RI Fire Station Altercation Began with Mother Insult

Sept. 20, 2017
Cranston Deputy Chief Paul Valletta was charged with assault after punches were thrown at the station.

Court records obtained by NBC 10 paint a clearer picture of what happened inside a Cranston fire station Saturday that led to Deputy Chief Paul Valletta being arrested for assault after an altercation with another firefighter, 52-year-old Lt. Scott Bergantino.

A police affidavit describes a wild scene at Station 6 that began with the men shouting obscenities at each other and ended with insults to family, namely Valletta's mother, and punches thrown.