PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Independent gubernatorial candidate Joe Trillo acknowledged Wednesday that he was charged with simple assault in the 1970s in Cranston when he “inadvertently” hit a then 12- or 13-year-old Nicholas Mattiello, now the speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.WPRO’s Gene Valicenti hosted Trillo on his show to reveal that he pleaded no contest to the charge in the neighborhood dispute; it was later expunged.Trillo said the [...]