Attorney General Peter Kilmartin joined his fellow attorneys general in asking Congress to oppose legislation targeting consumers' telephone privacy. The "Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011" [H.R. 3035] would amend the Communications Act of 1934 and allow for robo-calling to all cell phones,...
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin today announced the creation of a Child Abuse Unit in the Office of the Attorney General. The Child Abuse Unit will prosecute individuals charged with physical and sexual abuse of children. Joining the Attorney General at the announcement were representatives from...
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin today commended the decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court upholding the Family Court judgment in the contempt sentence of Craig Price.
"I am very pleased that the Supreme Court affirmed the Family Court's rejection of Craig Price's post-conviction relief...
Rhode Island Set to Receive More than $900,000 from Settlement
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Rhode Island has joined with 42 other states and the federal government and reached agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (Merck) to settle civil and criminal...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined his colleagues in 11 other states in taking two actions to force the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue rules against soot, something the agency is required to do by the Clean Air Act and court order.
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Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, along with 34 other attorneys general and the San Francisco city attorney, filed comments today responding to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s proposed settlement with Phusion Projects, LLC regarding its deceptive marketing of the flavored malt beverage "Four...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Superior Court Justice Susan E. McGuirl sentenced Daniel Mercedes (DOB: 5/12/59) to 35 years, with 20 to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for child molestation and sexual assault.
In July, after a six day trial presided...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that David Leite, 35, with a last known address of 33 Ormond Street, Woonsocket, pleaded guilty today before Superior Court Justice Susan McGuirl to second degree murder in the March 12, 2009 murder of Mellissa Perry. McGuirl sentenced Leite to life...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined 43 Attorneys General and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) in a letter sent to U.S. House and Senate Appropriations leadership urging them to fund a series of authorized programs to fight the growing problem of human trafficking and...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Jonathan Comeau (DOB: 5/5/48), formerly of Bristol, RI, pleaded guilty yesterday before Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel to two counts of transmission of child pornography, two counts of possession of child pornography, and one count of...
