Lawsuit Filed Against Education Secretary DeVos for Delaying Rules That Protect Students and Taxpayers from Abuse by Predatory For-Profit Schools
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined a coalition of 19 states in suing the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Hasim Munir (age 37), of Providence, was sentenced yesterday by Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel to 35 years, with 23 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for first degree child molestation. In addition, Munir was...
With passage by the Rhode Island General Assembly, legislation filed at the request of Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin that gives specific public safety agencies restricted access to the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) to properly investigate prescription drug diversion and...
In the latest effort to challenge attempts by the Trump Administration to ignore its legal duty to control emissions of methane from existing oil and gas operations, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and a coalition of 15 Attorneys General, the California Air Resources Board, and the City of...
With passage last evening by both the House and the Senate, legislation (H5695/S0835) filed at the request of Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin that creates the criminal offense of residential mortgage fraud now moves to the Governor's desk for signature.
Residential mortgage fraud is when a...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Troy Lake Simonds (age 28), of Westerly, was found guilty today of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon after a six-day, jury-waived trial presided over by Superior Court Justice Melanie Wilk Thunberg.
During the course of the trial,...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that three individuals recently pleaded to unemployment insurance benefit fraud totaling more than $26,000. To date this year, the Office has secured $ 492,096 in court-ordered restitution from those convicted of unemployment insurance fraud.
"Time...
Legislation places deadly synthetic opioids on Schedule 1 and Schedule II Lists of Controlled Substances
Legislation heads to Governor for signature
With passage today by the Rhode Island General Assembly, legislation filed at the request of Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin...
There was no evidence that the DOC unreasonably conducted its search and retrieval, which consisted of two hours, the first hour being free. Because the Complainant did not tender pre-payment, as a matter of law, the DOC could not have denied access. R.I. Gen. Laws 38-2-7(b). The DOC did deny...
Joins Coalition of States in Filing Motion To Oppose Stay of Nationwide Standards to Cut Methane Emissions from New Facilities in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
In the latest measure to block EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt from halting regulations of leaks of greenhouse gas emissions...
