Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced today that Rhode Island joined 41 states and the District of Columbia in reaching a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group Inc. and its subsidiaries Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC, one of the nation's largest debt buyers.
U.S. District Court Finds Federal Government Cannot Withhold Byrne-JAG Funding for not Certifying Compliance with Immigration Conditions
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin released the following statement upon a federal court decision in the lawsuit he and a coalition of...
With the news breaking early this morning that up to 500 million Marriott customers have been victim of a data breach at the hotel giant's Starwood-brand properties going back as early as 2014, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin is sharing information on the breach and the steps Rhode Island...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that he has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief today with the Supreme Court of the United States asking the high court to review and reverse the First Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation...
The Statewide Grand Jury has completed its investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the non-fatal shooting of Dyewane Traynum by a member of the Providence Police Department on October 14, 2017. The Grand Jury has determined that the actions of the officer were legally justified.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined a group of 13 attorneys general to defend a California law that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities. California passed this law to improve public safety for everyone by focusing...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Trearra Hudgen (age 28), of Pawtucket, was found guilty today by a Providence County Superior Court jury of first degree murder, discharge of a firearm while committing a crime of violence resulting in death, first degree robbery, assault with a...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today Anthony Sudduth (age 48), of Narragansett, pleaded nolo contendere to DUI resulting in serious bodily injury and driving to endanger resulting in injury for the May 9, 2018 DUI crash that seriously injured seven-year-old Haylee Molina in...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Acting Director Mick Mulvaney to continue protecting military servicemembers against predatory lenders under the Military Lending...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that on Thursday, October 18, 2018, Miguel Tebalan-Rivera (age 36), of Providence was found guilty of one count of murder and one count of possession of a knife while committing a crime of violence for the December 23, 2015 stabbing death of Julio...
