Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Senator Tiara Mack (D-Dist. 6, Providence), Representative John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Tiverton, Portsmouth) in partnership with community advocates, today announced the publication of Rhode Island’s first Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights. The document, the product of legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2022, sets forth rights held by victims of sexual assault in Rhode Island. The announcement comes during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (April 23-29, 2023) and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, alongside legislative partners, today announced a package of bills aimed at drastically reducing childhood lead poisoning in Rhode Island. The three proposed bills mark a crucial step in eradicating childhood lead poisoning by ensuring compliance with existing laws.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Woonsocket woman has been charged in Providence County Superior Court with multiple impaired driving offenses stemming from her arrest by the Woonsocket Police Department in October 2022.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement in response today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to deny a petition by fossil fuel companies for a writ of certiori in Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Co.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was found guilty in Kent County Superior Court of committing multiple counts of sexual assault against a female victim in 2021. On April 21, 2023, following the conclusion of a four-day trial before Superior Court Justice Luis M. Matos, a jury found Hector Ramirez (age 38) guilty of three counts of first-degree sexual assault.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 18 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to assault and firearms charged in two cases involving an September 2021 shooting and an armed standoff with the Providence Department in November 2021.
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Having received approval from the Acting Presiding Justice of the Superior Court, the Office of the Attorney General today announced the following: The Statewide Grand Jury investigated and reviewed the facts and circumstances of the death of Steven Velozo, age 47, on October 1, 2022, in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and determined that no criminal charges should be brought against any person.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man has been charged in Providence County Superior Court with multiple child molestation offenses stemming from his arrest by the Providence Police Department on January 27, 2023. On March 31, 2023, the Office of the Attorney General charged Pasquale Gaudiano (age 46), by way of criminal information, with two counts of second-degree child molestation.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man has been charged in Providence County Superior Court with three counts of second-degree child molestation following his arrest by the Providence Police Department on January 23, 2023. On March 31, 2023, the Office of the Attorney General charged Luis Lorenzo (age 40), by way of criminal information, with three counts of second-degree child molestation.
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