PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and 21 attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH halting the Trump Coup attack on Congressionally appropriated […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Neronha is co-leading 22 attorneys general filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal Jan. 28 freeze […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Warwick man has been found guilty in Kent County Superior Court for a 2021 shooting that endangered a family with three young children, Attorney General Peter […]
WARWICK, RI — A Charlestown man has been sentenced to 17 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) in Kent County Superior Court for the 2022 fatal Warwick hit & […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – The RIBridges system compromised by cyber theft of personal data for anyone receiving or applying for RI health coverage & benefits isn’t available for health plan renewals, […]
WARWICK, RI — A Charlestown woman has been found guilty in Kent County Superior Court for her role in the 2022 fatal hit & run that killed 17-year-old Olivia Passaretti […]
PROVIDENCE, RI –Councilwoman Donna Travis will be arraigned in Third Division District Court in Warwick today on a misdemeanor charge of filing a false document in the transfer of property […]
WARWICK, RI – A Warwick man has been charged in Kent County Superior Court with illegal firearm & knife possession following his May 8 arrest by Warwick Police, Attorney General […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – A Warwick heroin trafficker caught with heroin, a loaded pistol, drug packing tools, and smuggling spaces in his car was sentenced to nine years in federal prison […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Providence man has been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve 12 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for a 2021 Warwick sexual assault […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Coventry man was found guilty in Kent County Superior Court Wednesday for a Coventry party sexual assault of a woman in 2020, Attorney General Peter F. […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Attorney General’s office has charged a Warwick man in Kent County Superior Court with multiple driving offenses and carrying an unlicensed pistol during an Feb. […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has objected to proposed 2024 health insurance rate increases filed by six Rhode Island insurers, noting the price hikes are an unfair […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Warwick man has been charged with multiple counts of second-degree child molestation following his arrest on May 27, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced. Steven Porricelli, […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence has been found guilty in Kent County Superior Court for a Warwick Motel 6 sexual assault in 2021. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced the […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Attorney General’s office reports a 72-year-old Coventry man has been charged with second-degree child molestation following his arrest by Coventry Police in April 2023. According […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island’s Attorney General has charged a Warwick man as the RIDOT backhoe thief in a January 2023 report. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced the charge, […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — In 2018, Rhode Island brought a fossil fuel lawsuit against companies for deception that stymied fossil fuel harm prevention from sea level rise, and the U.S. Supreme […]
PROVIDENCE, RI– Two Providence men have been convicted in Providence County Superior Court of multiple counts of sexual assault and armed robbery of two women in Providence in 2019. On […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Attorney General’s office has asked for 52 cocaine tests by the Rhode Island Department of Health lab to be retested following a report of a Forensic […]
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to 15 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to child molestation, sexually assaulting […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – Forty-two local and state police agencies will receive $16 million in grants to equip about 1,773 officers with police body cameras. The RI Attorney General Peter F. […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has filed a consumer protection complaint against RI Contractor Michael Bresette and his companies, BTTR LLC, HAM Inc., and asks people harmed by […]
WARWICK, RI — PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced arrests of three men charged with multiple felony counts from a joint investigation into multiple shooting incidents in […]
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE – The Senate on Thursday approved legislation sponsored by Majority Leader Michael J. […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced a Warwick man has been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve 8 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Michelle Rothgeb, 58, formerly of Oakland Beach has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to 18 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office has announced the indictment of a Scituate and West Warwick man on charges stemming from delivering cocaine in Warwick […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Public Safety will hold a virtual meeting Tuesday, Oct. 12 from 5 – 7 p.m. to gather […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — RI Attorney General Peter Neronha is contesting proposed 2022 health insurance rate increases with the Office of Health Insurance Commissioner, arguing there’s no actuarial basis, rates increased […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Warwick man was sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to four years at the ACI for assaulting and seriously injuring his ex-girlfriend. Attorney General Peter F. […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — On May 26, the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Michael Elgar of Warwick with four counts of first-degree sexual assault. According to RI Attorney General […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction Tuesday for killing George Floyd drew praise among RI law enforcement and officials. “Justice was served this afternoon in […]
WARWICK, RI —A Pawtucket man will serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to possessing an illegal firearm while on probation from a previous conviction during […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced a former Warwick business owner pleaded yesterday in Providence County Superior Court to wage theft and check fraud charges stemming from […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office has charged a Massachusetts cleaning service owner with wage theft; failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage; and workers’ compensation insurance […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced continued support for legislation boosting RI civil rights protections and his authority to investigate individual instances, and patterns of, police misconduct. The legislation, […]
PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter Neronha warns Rhode Island residents to watch out for scams including relief checks or price gouging stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak. Call, e-mails, or text […]
WARWICK, RI — Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has announced seven contractors face felony charges and 10 were arraigned on misdemeanor charges in Providence District Court for failing to comply […]
PROVIDENCE, RI— A Warwick man and two others charged in a home invasion and hostage standoff with Providence Police March 19, 2019 pleaded no contest to the crime Feb. 12 […]