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06/16/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former state representative-elect was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court after pleading to felony embezzlement and campaign finance charges stemming from actions undertaken during his campaign for state representative...
06/16/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that his office has filed a motion to intervene in Energy Facility Siting Board Docket No. SB-2021-03, which involves a proposed expansion and associated increase in operations at a Liquified Propane Gas (LPG) facility that could...
06/10/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve consecutive life sentences in prison for the 2014 murder of Yusef A'Vant in East Providence. Thomas Mosely (age 39) was found guilty by a Providence...
06/08/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement following the decision reached by the court in State v. Longo: "First and foremost, I am thankful to the Akpabie family, who endured an event that no one in Rhode Island – regardless of the color of their skin –...
06/08/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the statement below after the passage of five bills in the Rhode Island Senate following a floor vote on Tuesday evening: "The work of this Office covers a broad spectrum of issues that affect Rhode Islanders every day. As we have...
06/08/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Woonsocket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to an illegal firearm charge. Tahkell Holland (age 24) pleaded nolo contendere...
06/01/2021
AG Neronha grants conditional approval of ownership change of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital; sale subject to conditions that will ensure future operational stability of local hospitals, including $80 million in escrow PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General...
05/27/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve six years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to firearms and drug trafficking charges. Luis Negron (age 21) pleaded nolo...
05/20/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Cranston man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) stemming from a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF),
05/12/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Portsmouth man was arraigned in Newport County District Court yesterday on charges stemming from his failure to pay wages to two former employees in 2018. Ronald Harnois (age 43), owner of Roharn Construction in Portsmouth,...