With a state of emergency now in effect for Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin is warning all retail sellers, whether individual business owners or corporations, not to try to profit from Hurricane Irene. Rhode Island General Laws section 30-15-19 broadly prohibits all retail...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that investigators from the Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) recently executed warrants on six contractors for failing to comply with final orders of the Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board (CRLB)...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that a Providence County Superior Court jury today found Yoneiry Delarosa, DOB 06/12/90, a former resident of Providence, guilty on all counts related to his role in a July 27, 2010 home invasion and robbery on Federal Hill.
The jury deliberated...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Superior Court Justice Susan E. McGuirl sentenced Markus Matthews, DOB 04/28/90, with a last known address of 52 Canton Street, Providence, to 20 years, with nine to serve and 11 suspended with probation, for the May 2009 robbery of a Domino’s...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Antone Williams (DOB: 12/30/86) to 30 years, with 17 to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for the March 4, 2008 shooting incident in Central Falls.
Williams, with a last...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin will host the 13th annual Open Government Summit, Summer Session, to educate and inform public officials and the public about the state’s Access to Public Records Act (APRA) and Open Meetings Act (OMA). The Summit is scheduled for August 5, 2011, 9:...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin reminds Rhode Islanders that “sexting” is now illegal. Governor Chafee yesterday signed the legislation, under which minors (individuals under 18 years of age) who create and transmit sexually explicit images of themselves can be charged with a “status”...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Blake Covington (DOB: 03/28/84) to 60 years, with 50 to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for September 30, 2010 shooting in the Prospect Heights housing complex in Pawtucket.
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that a Providence County Superior Court jury today found Daniel Mercedes, DOB 5/12/59, with a last known address of Tampa, FL., guilty of one count of first degree child molestation and one count of first degree sexual assault upon the same victim.
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that a Providence County Superior Court jury yesterday found Charles Mitchell, DOB: 10/22/47, with a last known address of 383 Pond Street, 1st Floor, Woonsocket, guilty of two counts of first degree child molestation and five counts of second degree...
