Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined a bipartisan coalition of 56 states and territories today urging Congress to end secret, forced arbitration in cases of workplace sexual harassment. Too often employees are required to sign employment contracts containing arbitration agreements mandating...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Araya Brinkley (age 54), of Providence, was sentenced today for the May 23, 2015 stabbing death of 41-year-old Troy Henderson of Providence. The State recommended the defendant be sentenced to life in prison. Superior Court Justice Netti C....
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin issued the following statement regarding the detention of Lilian Calderon-Gordillo, who, while spared deportation while her case is being decided by the U.S. District Court, is still being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
"Lilian came...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in English v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging President Trump's decision to appoint Mick Mulvaney as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
The brief, filed...
Joining a coalition of 17 Attorneys General, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin filed opposition to the U.S. Department of Labor proposal to rescind a rule that allows all employees to keep the tips they have earned. The rule issued in 2011 clarified that, consistent with long-established...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that yesterday Joseph Ametal (age 53), of Cranston, waived indictment and pleaded nolo contendere to one count of second degree robbery for the November 28, 2017 robbery of the Citizens Bank located at 10 West Shore Road, Warwick. Under the terms of...
Suspension of "Clean Water Rule" Violates Federal Law, Threatens to Undermine Decades of Clean Water Protections in RI and Across Country
The Clean Water Rule Is Vital to Rhode Island's Environment and Economy by Preventing Polluted Water from Flowing into the State
Rhode...
Deadline to file claim extended to May 31, 2018
Did you lose money to a scammer who had you pay using Western Union between January 1, 2004 and January 19, 2017? If so, you can ask for money back from a multistate settlement with Western Union. And the deadline to file your claim was just...
The Providence County Grand Jury has completed its investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Joseph Santos and the non-fatal shooting of Christine Demers by members of the Rhode Island State Police and the Providence Police on November 9, 2017, and has...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today urged U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to terminate his plan to allow offshore drilling off the coast of Rhode Island. Kilmartin stressed those comments to Secretary in a letter signed by attorneys general from 12 coastline states. Kilmartin and...
