On August 29, 2023, Derek Sheppard (age 37) entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree murder and one count of carrying a pistol without a license. Following his plea, Superior Court Justice Richard Raspallo sentenced the defendant to serve life in prison and a consecutive 10-year suspended sentence with probation.
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At a hearing on August 23, 2023 in Providence Superior Court, Justice Joseph A. Montalbano sentenced Jayquan Garlington (age 33) to serve life in prison, and a consecutive 10-year suspended sentence.
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Today, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Department of Health Interim Director Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH, the two state regulators empowered to oversee hospital conversions in Rhode Island, notified the parties involved in a proposed hospital conversion involving Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital that their application has been deemed incomplete.
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