Official State of Rhode Island website

  • Change the visual color theme between light or dark modes
  • Adjust the font size from the system default to a larger size
  • Adjust the space between lines of text from the system default to a larger size
  • Adjust the space between words from the system default to a larger size
State of Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha ,

Press Releases

Woonsocket man sentenced to serve five years in state prison for arson

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Woonsocket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve five years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to setting a fire in a Woonsocket apartment in 2020 while it was occupied by an adult and three children. ...

Read article

Interim Report of the Statewide Grand Jury (Reported January 24, 2022)

An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Francisco Vasquez (age 36) Providence, R.I. K1-2022-0056A On January 24, 2022, the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Francisco Vasquez with one count of first-degree sexual assault. The alleged acts occurred in the city of Warwick sometime on or about March 6, 2021. The Warwick Police Department conducted the investigation. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned on February 11, 2022 in Kent County Superior Court. ...

Read article

RIAG and RIDOH to hold second public comment meeting today from 3-5 on proposed Lifespan-CNE merger

Third public comment meeting scheduled for February 10; written comments now being accepted through February 11, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Attorney General and the Rhode Island Department of Health will hold a second virtual public comment meeting concerning the proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England Health System (CNE) today from 3pm-5pm. A third copmment meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022 from 6pm-8pm. ...

Read article

Attorney General Neronha, State and Municipal Leaders Announce Settlement with Opioid Distributors, Bringing Rhode Island’s Opioid Litigation Recoveries to over $114 Million

Agreement also reached between Attorney General Neronha and 39 cities and towns, ensuring settlement funds are used to directly address the opioid crisis PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, joined by Governor Daniel J. McKee, announced today that Rhode Island will join the national opioid settlement with three major opioid distributors that will provide over $90 million in funding for state and local efforts to address Rhode Island’s opioid crisis. ...

Read article

Final Report of the Providence County Grand Jury (Reported January 21, 2022)

An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Luis Roman (age 31) Providence, R.I. P1-2022-0180AG On January 21, 2022, the Providence County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Luis Roman with one count of assault with intent to commit murder, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of discharging a firearm while in commission of a crime of violence, two counts of possessing a firearm while in conviction of a crime, one count of possession of a stolen firearm, one count of possession of a ghost gun, one count of domestic strangulation, one count of domestic assault with a dangerous weapon, and one count of using a firearm while in commission of a crime of violence. The alleged acts occurred in the city of Providence sometime on or about August 11, 2021. The Providence Police Department conducted the investigation. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned on January 28, 2022 in Providence Superior Court. ...

Read article

Local Hells Angels leader to be sentenced to serve 5 years in state prison for possessing illegal gun and assault

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, announced that the leader of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels pled today in Providence County Superior Court and will be sentenced to serve five years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) stemming from a shooting incident outside of a Hells Angels clubhouse in Providence in 2019 and a fight at a Providence strip club in 2020. ...

Read article