PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today expressed disappointment when reacting to the plan Purdue Pharma filed in bankruptcy court. Along with 23 other states and the District of Columbia, Attorney General Neronha released the below statement:
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court last week to serve eight years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges stemming from his role in trafficking kilos of cocaine through the mail.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Cranston man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court last week to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges stemming from his 2020 arrest for possessing an illegal ghost gun and dealing narcotics.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced on February 26, 2021 in Providence County Superior Court to serve 5 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges. The charges stem from his arrest in 2020 by the Rhode Island State Police (RISP) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force while in possession of cocaine, fentanyl, and an illegal firearm.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging a former North Attleboro man with the 2010 murder of Zackary Marshall in the city of Providence.
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The Attorney General will testify before the House Judiciary Committee tonight at 7 p.m. in support of his proposed legislation to allow grand juries, in limited circumstances, to issue reports when in the public interest
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Pawtucket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 10 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges stemming from his role in a 2020 drive-by shooting on Jefferson Avenue in Pawtucket.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today an agreement with Brown University, following a review of the University's hate crime reporting to the Rhode Island State Police (RISP). The Attorney General found that the University's Department of Public Safety failed to report alleged hate crimes to the RISP as required under state law. Part of the Attorney General's initiative to protect Rhode Island's diverse communities from any crimes motivated by bigotry and bias, the agreement marks the first time the Office has enforced Rhode Island's hate crime reporting statute.
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