PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island State Police lieutenant who is under internal investigation for a business he co-owns has applied for retirement, officials said.
Lt. Jay Gibbs’ retirement will be effective Saturday, the Providence Journal reported Tuesday. He applied for retirement on Feb. 4, just a few weeks before reports surfaced about the investigation into his scale company.
Newly-obtained emails show Gibbs was involved in a state bid related to the scale industry. Gibbs, who is publicly listed as a co-owner of Ocean State Scale & Balance, communicated with other scale companies about a state bid. He received documents from one company and sent them to another, according to documents obtained by the Journal.
The company that received the documents won a bid to sell the state about $26,000 worth of commercial scales in 2018. It was later canceled after the competing company filed a protest. The company that filed the protest, Intercomp, won the contract.
Gibbs did not respond to the Journal’s requests for comment.
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