PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that two Providence men were sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to prison at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to possessing a ghost gun and drug trafficking charges following their arrests by the Rhode Island State Police (RISP) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force in 2021, where investigators also seized a large-capacity magazine.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 28 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to his role in the murder of 78-year-old Delor “Dean” Cabral in Providence in 2013.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Pawtucket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to a life sentence at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after being found guilty of committing multiple counts of child molestation against a female victim under the age of 14 from 2012 to 2018.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Commissioner of Public Safety Steven M. Paré, and Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging two Providence men with murder in the shooting death of 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann in Providence in 2021.
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An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Kane Loomis (age 44)
Westerly, RI
W1-2022-0246A
On August 17, 2022, the Statewide Grand Jury returned a secret indictment charging Kane Loomis with one count of first degree child molestation.
The alleged act occurred in the town of Westerly sometime between May 1, 2021, and July 8, 2021. The Westerly Police Department conducted the investigation.
The indictment was unsealed and the defendant was arraigned on August 24, 2022, in Washington County Superior Court.
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An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Ronaldo Goncalves Andrade (age 27)
Central Falls, RI
P1-2022-3014AG
On August 18, 2022, the Providence County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Ronaldo Goncalves Andrade with one count of first degree robbery, one count of carrying a pistol without a license, and one count of using a firearm during the commission of crime of violence.
The alleged acts occurred in the city of Pawtucket sometime on May 20, 2022. The Pawtucket Police Department conducted the investigation.
The defendant was arraigned on August 24, 2022, in Providence County Superior Court.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Pawtucket man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 12 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after being found guilty of committing multiple counts of second degree child molestation in 2019 against a female victim under the age of 14.
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Proposed settlement would provide additional settlement funds to Rhode Island to address opioid crisis, require significant document disclosure, and ban the promotion of Endo’s opioids
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Today Attorney General Peter Neronha and state attorneys general from 35 states have announced an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide a total of up to $450 million to participating states and local governments.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the former director of the John Rollins Recreation Center was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve nine years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to sexually assaulting a female victim under the age of 14 in 2021.
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Rhode Island’s combined recoveries from settlements as part of Rhode Island’s ongoing MTBE litigation total more than $18.8 million
PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that his office has resolved Rhode Island’s lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest refiners of gasoline. The State’s case, filed in September 2016, alleged that Chevron, Irving, and Valero – along with several other refiners – caused pollution of Rhode Island’s soil and groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE).
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