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Copley Indicted for Threatening Council President March 21

[CREDIT: Scott Copley for Dist. 5] Scott Copley, is running in the Coventry Dist. 5 Race.

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Solicitor Stephen Angell tells the April 8 Town Council crowd that he reported Councilman Scott Copley's threat to "skull fuck" Council President Hilary Lima.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Solicitor Stephen Angell tells the April 8 Town Council crowd that he reported Councilman Scott Copley’s threat to “skull fuck” Council President Hilary Lima.
[CREDIT: Scott Copley for Dist. 5] Scott Copley, former Coventry Dist. 5 Councilman. A Statewide Grand Jury indicted Copley for threatening Council President Hilary Lima.
[CREDIT: Scott Copley for Dist. 5] Scott Copley, former Coventry Dist. 5 Councilman. A Statewide Grand Jury indicted Copley for threatening Council President Hilary Lima.
COVENTRY, RI — The RI Attorney General’s office reported former Coventry Dist. 5 Town Councilman Scott Copley indicted by a Statewide Grand Jury Wednesday for threatening a public official, Council President Hilary Lima, on March 21.

The RI Attorney General’s office reported the grand jury had indicted Copley Wednesday afternoon, on one count of  threatening a public official. On May 20, Warwick Post reported the matter was before the Statewide Grand Jury, according to a statement by Lima the previous Saturday.

Copley Indicted for reportedly threatening ‘sexual violence’

 The threat, repeated in open session by Solicitor Stephen Angel during the April 8 Town Council meeting, referenced sexual violence, that Copley was going to “skull fuck” Lima, as told to him by Council Vice President JP Verducci. Verducci said Copley uttered the threat against Lima during a heated discussion of the upcoming April meeting. Copley was agitated over his and Dist. 3 Councilman James LeBlanc’s attempts to access un-redacted invoices for Angell’s services. The two resigned prior to the April 8 meeting in protest over their frustrated attempts at access.

Coventry Police ultimately turned their investigation of the threat over to RI Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office. A copy of the CPD report has been attached to this article below.

When asked for comment, Copley’s lawyer, Attorney John D. Lynch, Jr., Esq., referred to the statement in the Coventry Police report provided by his lawyer at the time, and declined to elaborate until learning more about the inidctment.
“Mr. Copley has previously given a full detailed statement to the Coventry Police Department and at this point we would rely upon that statement. We have no further comment to make it this time as we have not been advised of the specifics of the indictment of the information relied upon to secure that indictment. We will defend this matter vigorously and expect that he will be fully exonerated,” Lynch wrote.
Copley is scheduled to be arraigned on July 25, 2025, in Kent County Superior Court.
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Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at editor@warwickpost.com with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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