RIAG and RIDOH will hold public comment meetings beginning tomorrow on proposed Lifespan-CNE merger Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Third public comment meeting for early February to be announced soon; merger application is available for public review on RIAG and RIDOH web sites Read article
Former Woonsocket man sentenced to serve 17 years in state prison for child molestation Tuesday, January 18, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former Woonsocket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 17 years at the Adult Correctional In... Read article
Providence man pleads guilty to 2015 murder at Providence apartment building Friday, January 14, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man pleaded guilty in Providence County Superior Court to the 2015 murder of 54-year-old Zenaida Pacheco at... Read article
Attorney General Neronha announces $4.6 Million Settlement with Student Loan Servicer Navient Thursday, January 13, 2022 Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, will provide relief totaling $4.6 million to Rhode Island borrowers to r... Read article
Woonsocket man sentenced to serve 14 years in state prison for child molestation Thursday, January 13, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Woonsocket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 14 years at the Adult Correctional Instituti... Read article
December’s one-month violent crime prosecutions included 5 convictions; sentences totaling over 54 years in state prison; 14 guns seized, including two AR-15 rifles; 28 new gun cases Tuesday, January 11, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that during the month of December 2021, the prosecution of significant violent crime cases led to the conviction of fi... Read article
Interim Report of the Statewide Grand Jury (Reported January 5, 2022) Tuesday, January 11, 2022 An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Lucio Lara (age 42) Coventry, R.I. K1-2022-0009A ... Read article
Providence woman charged with wage theft and check fraud Monday, January 10, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, announced that a Providence woman was charged by way of cr... Read article
AG Neronha issues guidance on OMA requirements following today’s Executive Order 22-01 Friday, January 07, 2022 Attorney General Peter F. Neronha provided guidance today for Rhode Islanders who might have questions concerning Executive Order 22-01, which modifies certain provisions of the Open Meeti... Read article
RIAG and RIDOH make Lifespan-CNE merger application available to the public, schedule public comment meetings Thursday, December 30, 2021 Pursuant to Rhode Island’s Hospital Conversions Act, the Office of the Attorney General and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) have made available to the public the transacting ... Read article