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 an apartment building on Randall Street in Providence.
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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 resolve allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory student loans.
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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 Institutions (ACI) after pleading to multiple counts of child molestation involving three male victims under the age of 14 in 2021.
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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 five defendants, resulting in prison sentences totaling 54.5 years, five defendants indicted by state grand juries, and a further 23 defendants charged by way of criminal information. In addition, 14 guns, including two AR-15 rifles, were seized from defendants.
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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
On January 5, 2022, the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Lucio Lara with two counts of first-degree child molestation and three counts of second-degree child molestation.
The alleged acts occurred in the towns of Coventry and West Warwick sometime between December 9, 2012, and October 14, 2016. The Coventry Police Department conducted the investigation.
The defendant was arraigned on January 10, 2022 in Kent County Superior Court.
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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 criminal information in Providence County Superior Court with wage theft and check fraud, following an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police (RISP), Department of Labor and Training (DLT), and Office of the Attorney General into allegations that she failed to pay over $22,000 in wages to a former employee from 2018 to 2019.
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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 Meetings Act (OMA) as part of the State’s emergency response to COVID-19.
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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 parties’ application in the proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England Health System (CNE).
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An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Johan Quinones (age 22)
Providence, R.I.
P1-2021-3710AG
On December 10, 2021, the Providence County Grand Jury returned a secret indictment charging Johan Quinones with one count of first-degree murder, one count of discharging a firearm when in commission of a crime of violence resulting in death, and one count of carrying a pistol without a license.
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U. S. Department of Justice grant announced by Congressional delegation will help fund program to equip more than 700 patrol officers across 12 police departments in Rhode Island with body-worn cameras
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Office of the Attorney General (RIAG), Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association (RIPCA) announced that a statewide program to equip police departments with body-worn cameras has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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