Eighty-two percent of young adult drivers (16-24) have read a standard text message while driving, according to a national survey conducted by the Ad Council. In an effort to educate young drivers about the dangers of texting while driving, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, the State Attorneys...
Eighty-two percent of young adult drivers (16-24) have read a standard text message while driving, according to a national survey conducted by the Ad Council. In an effort to educate young drivers about the dangers of texting while driving, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, the State Attorneys...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Devon Letourneau (DOB: 12/26/91), formerly of 1000 Douglas Avenue, Providence, was found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury in the 2010 drive-by shooting of Manuel Hilario. Letourneau was found guilty of first degree murder,...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that on Friday, September 21, 2011, Michal Brooks (9/17/61), with a last known address of 125 Knowles Way Extension, Narragansett, pleaded nolo contendere before Superior Court Justice William Carnes to four counts of first degree robbery for the...
Department of Health Initiates Process to Regulate in Rhode Island
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Michael Fine, MD, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) today announced that the chemicals used in "Bath Salts” are now under federal control and regulation.
On Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Office of Attorney General, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Rhode Island State Police, the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH), and the Rhode Island Police...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced the Office sought and received a temporary restraining order shutting down East Coast Fidelity, LLC, aka Fidelity Corp., and the company’s manager Janice McCarthy, citing the company in violation of the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Rachin McCoy (DOB: 12/31/87) was sentenced to life in prison for the 2009 murder of his 48 day old daughter.
McCoy, whose last known address was 90 Girard Avenue, Newport, pled guilty to one count of second degree murder on July 7, 2011...
Citing an alarming increase of individuals – often young people – under the influence of a dangerous drug known as “bath salts,” Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has asked the Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH) to place the main chemicals in the drug on the list of Schedule I drugs,
The Office of Attorney General (RIAG) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) announced that on Friday, October 14, 2011 the two offices received the Hospital Conversion Application for Steward Health Care System LLC, Steward Medical Holdings LLC, Blackstone Medical Center, Inc.,...
