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08/25/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former Warwick woman pleaded to manslaughter and child neglect charges in Kent County Superior Court stemming from her actions that caused the death of 9-year-old Zhanae Rothgeb at her home in Warwick in 2019. Michelle...
08/18/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Statement from the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General on the release of body camera video and ongoing investigation into an incident involving the arrest of three juveniles on July 9, 2021: "Consistent with Office policy and guidance from the Supreme Court Ethics...
08/17/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), following a months-long joint investigation by the Providence Police Department; Bureau of Alcohol,
08/16/2021
Proposed increases would affect nearly 182,000 subscribers of "individual market" plans and large and small employer group plans PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today the filing of objections to proposed health insurance rate increases in 2022 with the...
08/12/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Warwick man was sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) following his arrest in 2020 for assaulting a former girlfriend, causing serious injuries. Gregory Ward (...
08/12/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Massachusetts man was found guilty in Providence County Superior Court and sentenced to serve 18 months at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), stemming from his arrest in July 2018 by the Pawtucket Police Department for...
08/12/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Portsmouth man pleaded to misdemeanor wage theft charges in Newport County District Court and was ordered to pay over $1,500 in unpaid wages to two former employees. Ronald Harnois (age 43), owner of Roharn Construction in...
08/05/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Pawtucket woman was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve a life sentence, plus 20 years, at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for her role in the murder of Cheryl Smith in Pawtucket on New Year's Day in...
08/04/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve five years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), stemming from his 2019 arrest outside of a city nightclub for the illegal possession of a firearm.
08/12/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Coventry woman was sentenced in Washington County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), stemming from her arrest in July 2017 for leaving the scene of a deadly accident that claimed the...