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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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former Warwick woman was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 18 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to manslaughter and child neglect charges stemming from her actions that caused the death of nine-year-old Zhanae Rothgeb at her home in Warwick in 2019.
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Arrests made as part of Attorney General’s Urban Violent Crime Initiative
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Pawtucket Acting Public Safety Director Chief Tina Goncalves announced that a Lincoln man and Foster woman were arrested on Monday on a multitude of drug and firearms charges.
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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 three and a half years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) stemming from his arrest by the Providence Police Department for possessing an illegal pistol and MDMA (ecstasy/molly).
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Cranston man was found guilty in Kent County Superior Court of perpetrating a $50,000 fraudulent investment scheme against his neighbor between 2015 and 2018.
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