PROVIDENCE The Barrington doctor accused of assaulting his neighbor while hurling racial epithets was convicted Wednesday in an attack that spurred outrage and protests.
District Court Judge Stephen Isherwood found Dr. Richard Gordon guilty of simple assault and disorderly conduct in the Aug. 3 altercation with Bahram Pahlavi over a boundary dispute in the Rumstick Drive neighborhood.
But Judge Isherwood appeared, at least initially, to clear Gordon, 71, of the more serious allegations that the assault was driven by animus based on Pahlavi’s Iranian heritage. State prosecutors had been seeking jail time for Gordon under the Rhode Island Hate Crime Sentencing Act.
The Pawtucket Red Soxâ half-century at McCoy Stadium wasnât supposed to end like this.
The team had been poised to spend its final season in Rhode Island before the Boston Red Sox Triple A franchise traded 78-year-old McCoy Stadium for brand, spanking new Polar Park â an $86 million facility under construction 45 miles to the northwest in Worcester that will seat 9,508 fans â by saluting local fans for their longtime support.
PawSox officials had planned on doing that by holding a season-long toast to the teamâs last 50 years at McCoy. Highlights were to have included weekly fireworks shows (including Fourth of July extravaganzas on July 2-3), dozens of souvenir giveaways and legend nights featuring prominent retired Red Sox and PawSox players.