Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined Senator Susan Sosnowski and Representative Teresa Tanzi at a press conference to announce legislation to amend Rhode Island General Law 42-56-24, Earned Time for Good Behavior or Program Participation or Completion.
The legislation, drafted by...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that the Office is filing suit in Providence County Superior Court against the Albion Fire District for “a willful or knowing violation” of the Open Meetings Act (OMA). This is the first lawsuit Kilmartin has brought against a public body...
Antone Williams, formerly of Pawtucket, was found guilty today, March 17, 2011, by a Providence County Superior Court of assault with a dangerous weapon, commission of a crime of violence with a firearm, carrying a pistol without a license and firing in a crowded area (P2-2009-2368AG). The jury’...
Lawrence Clay (DOB: 12/18/73) today was ordered to serve 30 years for the October 2009 kidnapping of a Middletown girl and reckless driving. Clay was found guilty on October 19, 2010 by a Newport County Superior Court jury in a trial presided over by Judge Melanie Wilk Thunberg.
On the count of...
Abraham Montijo (DOB: 9/9/69), whose was last known to reside in Pawtucket, was ordered to serve seven years for second degree sexual assault and second degree child molestation.
Montijo was found guilty on January 10, 2010, by a Providence County Superior Court jury on one count of second...
As a party to the original Woodmansee case, the Office of the Attorney General sought an order from the Presiding Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court to inspect the contents of the sealed court file, including the Woodmansee journal. Upon review of the contents of the court file and...
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and the Children’s Health Forum (CHF) today announced $850,000 in competitive grant awards to five Rhode Island organizations working in various aspects of lead poisoning prevention in the state. The grants, totaling $850,000 over two years, will fund a variety...
In the largest ever multi-state consumer protection-based pharmaceutical settlement,
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that he along with 37 other Attorneys General reached a record $68.5 million dollar settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP arising from...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin formally opposed National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI’s) request for an overall 3.9 percent increase for advisory loss costs for workers’ compensation insurance line of business. After thorough analysis and an independent...
Emanuel Baptista, formerly of Pawtucket, was found guilty today, March 2, 2011, by a Providence County Superior Court jury on two counts of first degree child molestation and two counts of first degree child abuse (P1/09-2502A). The jury’s verdict, reached after four days of deliberations,...
