Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin - part of a bipartisan coalition of nine attorneys general - filed comments urging the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) to ban flavored tobacco products, which have been repeatedly shown to lead middle and high school students to begin tobacco use at a young...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that on Friday, July 20, 2018, a Providence County Superior Court jury found Ezekial Johnson (age 28), of Pawtucket, guilty of the July 2007 murder of Jose Rodriguez. Johnson was found guilty of first degree murder, discharging a firearm while...
Today, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 Attorneys General in urging congressional leaders to improve American cyber security and protect the integrity of the upcoming 2018 midterm election, and elections to come, against cyberattacks and infiltrations like...
Joined by members of the Michaelson family and friends, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin officially opened the Attorney General Julius C. Michaelson Customer Service Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today.
Located at 4 Howard Avenue in the Pastore Complex in Cranston, the...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Jonathan Phillips (age 35), of Hampton Bays, N.Y., and formerly of Cranston, was sentenced Thursday by Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel to a total of 150 years in prison, with 125 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for...
As part of July being Military Consumer Protection Month, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joins the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in announcing "Operation Donate With Honor," a new education campaign to help donors spot fraudulent charities that claim to help veterans and active duty service...
The "Ocean State" Becomes First State to Challenge Big Oil in
Court for Knowingly Putting Rhode Island Infrastructure,
Businesses, Families, and Ecosystems in Jeopardy
PROVIDENCE, RI - Faced with growing effects of climate change and the costs related to protecting the State,...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Ricardo Franco (age 40), of Central Falls, was sentenced today by Superior Court Justice Brian P. Stern to 45 years, with 30 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for three counts of first degree child molestation. In addition,
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today expressed his disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, a labor case involving public employees paying fees to support the cost of critical representation during collective bargaining.
In January, Attorney...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. A total of 16 other states and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit, filed today in the U.S. District...
