Department of the Attorney Generalhttp://www.riag.ri.govWed, 10 Feb 2010 01:50:03 GMTDepartment of the Attorney General - Press Releasesen-usrihelp@nicusa.comMon, 25 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTVitamin Grant Application, Department of the Attorney General1 VITAMIN GRANT APPLICATION 1. Name of Organization: 2. Type of Organization Corporation Limited Partnership Other:____________________ Association Limited Liability Company 3a. Contact Person: 3b. Email Address of Contact Person: 3c. Name of Individual Filling out Application 4a. Business ...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10627Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTAG Lynch settlement with vitamin makers makes $100K in grants available to Rhode Island nonprofitsAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch today announced that his office is accepting grant applications from Rhode Island nonprofits that would implement, subsidize or create programs to improve the health and/or nutritional needs of residents of the state. The grants will be funded by Rhode Island's...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10626Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTInterim Report of the Newport County Grand Jury. Reported Jan. 22, 2010Please note: An indictment, information or complaint is merely an allegation. The US Constitution guarantees that a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. Lawrence Clay, DOB: 12/18/73 106 Baxter Street Providence, RI N1-2010-0045A The Newport...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10625Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTWesterly woman sentenced to 5 years to serve for stealing a combined $500K from family business and charity that provides therapeutic horseback riding to children with disabilitiesAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch described a five-year-to-serve sentence imposed today against a Westerly woman who had admitted to stealing a combined $506,649 from a Wakefield family business and a Hopkinton charity that provides therapeutic horseback riding to children with disabilities as...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10624Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTAG Lynch to eligible RI consumers of Countrywide's shady sub-prime mortgage practices: Your checks are comingAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch is alerting Rhode Island consumers who qualified for a portion of the $547,000 in foreclosure relief funds resulting from his office's settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp. that their checks are scheduled to be mailed to them on Feb. 12. Lynch said that...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10598Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMT AG Lynch opposes amendment that would damage EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gasesA group of state Attorneys General led by Patrick C. Lynch has called on the United States Senate to reject an 11th-hour attempt to undermine climate change regulations. In an effort organized by Lynch this week, the top law officers from California, Connecticut, Delaware, New Mexico and Vermont...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10597Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTInterim Report of the Statewide Grand Jury. Reported Jan. 13, 2010Please note: An indictment, information or complaint is merely an allegation. The US Constitution guarantees that a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. David Griswold, DOB: 11/8/62 66 Fenner Hill Rd. Hopkinton, RI P1-2010-0194A Cheryl Carr,...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10596Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTInterim Report of the Kent County Grand Jury. Reported Jan. 19, 2010Please note: An indictment, information or complaint is merely an allegation. The US Constitution guarantees that a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. David Lopes, DOB: 7/25/57 35 A Home Street, 2nd Floor West Warwick, RI K1-2010-0039A The...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10595Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTFinal Report of the Providence County Grand Jury. Reported Jan. 15, 2010Please note: An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. The U.S. Constitution guarantees that a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. Carlos Nogue, DOB: 7/23/69 210 River Avenue Providence, RI P1/2010-0196A The Providence...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10594Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTAttorney General Lynch notifies customers of The Ski Market of Mass. Bankruptcy Court's terms concerning use of gift cardsAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch is alerting customers who are holding gift cards for The Ski Market that the store, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 29 and has a retail location in Warwick, has agreed to honor the gift cards at 50 percent of their face value, will start accepting the...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10593Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMTLynch offers tips to help RIers avoid being scammed in giving to victims of Haiti earthquakeAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch is issuing a consumer advisory reminding Rhode Islanders to use their heads as they open their hearts - and wallets - to donate to victims of the horrific earthquake in Haiti. "Unfortunately, we've seen time and again that scammers don't respect the bounds of...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10592Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:30:00 GMTAG Lynch warns parents of highly toxic carcinogen in children's jewelry sold in RIAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch is alerting consumers to the presence of children's jewelry, trinkets and other items made in China that contain dangerous levels of cadmium, a known carcinogen, in stores in Rhode Island. A recent Associated Press investigation revealed that trinkets and...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10591Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:30:00 GMTAG Lynch urges Congressional delegation to ensure that, like Nebraska, RI has its place held to address any unfunded mandate for health-care overhaul's Medicaid expansionWith the US House and Senate currently at work merging their two versions of the national health-care overhaul, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has written to the members of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation urging them to ensure that, as was promised to the State of Nebraska, Rhode...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10590Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:15:00 GMTAG Lynch moves to make Bay Queen Cruises refund deposits to consumers who had booked tours that were canceledAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced today that his office has taken action in Superior Court to force the owners of Rhode Island Cruise Co., which until recently had operated dinner and other excursion tours of Narragansett Bay aboard the Vista Jubilee and Harbor Queen, to refund the...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10531Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:15:00 GMTInterim Report of the Statewide Grand Jury. Reported Jan. 6, 2010Please note: An indictment, information or complaint is merely an allegation. The US Constitution guarantees that a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. Christopher Person, DOB: 10/9/79 315 Columbia Avenue Warwick, RI K1-2010-0016A The Statewide ...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10529Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:15:00 GMTAG Lynch comment on plea and sentencing of Karl EkAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch issued the following statement concerning today's sentencing of Karl Ek, 67, formerly of 69 Circuit Drive, Narragansett. Ek pled guilty before Judge Edwin J. Gale in Washington County Superior Court today to one count of second-degree murder for the Aug. 11, 2008,...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10530Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:15:00 GMTFormer RI Senate aide charged in 54-count criminal case alleging check-cashing schemeHaving received and screened a Rhode Island State Police investigation that was conducted throughout most of the year 2009, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch's office today announced that it is charging Raymond T. "Chip" Hoyas Jr. DOB: 2/20/59, 50, of 162 Mount Vernon Blvd. in Pawtucket, with one ...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10528Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:15:00 GMTAG Lynch to introduce legislation creating residential mortgage fraud statute. Lynch also one of 15 AGs asking Federal Reserve to make changes to curb predatory lending.Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced today that he would submit legislation in the 2010 session of the General Assembly that would, for the first time, put a strong residential mortgage fraud statute on the books in Rhode Island. If enacted, the legislation would create a new felony...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10527Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:15:00 GMTLocal officials meet to plan next steps in opposition to Mount Hope Bay LNG terminalAttorney General Patrick C. Lynch met with US Congressman James McGovern, Fall River Mayor-elect Will Flanagan, RI state Rep. Raymond E. Gallison Jr., Massachusetts state Rep. David B. Sullivan and Somerset Selectman Lorne Lawless today to discuss the next steps in their continuing opposition to...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10526Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:00:00 GMTAG Lynch wants accountability from RIRRC, EDC & all other quasi-public corporations. Says privatization of landfill may not be in best interest of taxpayers.Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, in a letter delivered to Governor Donald L. Carcieri today, said that the recent audit of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation RIRRC makes it "crystal-clear that RIRRC can never again operate without effective, honest and accountable leadership on site ...http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10525