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State of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha

Press Releases

Attorney General Neronha and coalition win temporary block on mass firings of federal probationary employees

Attorney General Neronha joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general to issue the following statement after a federal judge in the United States District Court for Maryland issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) for 18 federal agencies, ordering them to stop the illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees and to reinstate fired employees by 1:00pm on Monday, March 17, 2025. ...

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Providence man sentenced to double life for drive-by killing of 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to double life sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for murder and related assault and firearms charges stemming from a 2021 shooting that killed 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann and for the attempted murder of her boyfriend, Sheron Robinson. ...

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