PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement today after today's announcement about health insurance rates by the Office of the Health Insurance:
"Several weeks ago, my Office objected —across the board — to requests by insurers to raise health insurance rates for Rhode Islanders, citing serious concerns about affordability in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the frequency of substantial annual rate increases, and adverse impacts on minority communities already suffering from economic and health inequities.
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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking gives the public the first of many opportunities to provide input
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of Public Safety, announced the start of a months-long public process for establishing a statewide policy for the use and operation of police body-worn cameras.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former Warwick woman pleaded to manslaughter and child neglect charges in Kent County Superior Court stemming from her actions that caused the death of 9-year-old Zhanae Rothgeb at her home in Warwick in 2019.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Statement from the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General on the release of body camera video and ongoing investigation into an incident involving the arrest of three juveniles on July 9, 2021:
"Consistent with Office policy and guidance from the Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel, we today authorized the release of Providence Police body-worn camera footage from an incident involving the arrest of three juveniles on July 9, 2021, in response to a public records request under the Access to Public Records Act. That authorization was given now that the investigation is substantially complete, that is, all witnesses to the incident that were available to the investigative team have been interviewed. Those witness interviews were concluded yesterday, August 17, 2021. Consistent with Office policy, the Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel Opinion, and our obligations as prosecutors under the Rhode Island Rules of Professional Conduct, this Office cannot comment at this time on the content of the body-worn camera footage.
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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 four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), following a months-long joint investigation by the Providence Police Department; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and the Office of the Attorney General into illegal firearms and narcotics trafficking in the greater Providence area.
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Proposed increases would affect nearly 182,000 subscribers of "individual market" plans and large and small employer group plans
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today the filing of objections to proposed health insurance rate increases in 2022 with the Office of Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC).
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Massachusetts man was found guilty in Providence County Superior Court and sentenced to serve 18 months at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), stemming from his arrest in July 2018 by the Pawtucket Police Department for carrying a pistol without a permit.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Warwick man was sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) following his arrest in 2020 for assaulting a former girlfriend, causing serious injuries.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Portsmouth man pleaded to misdemeanor wage theft charges in Newport County District Court and was ordered to pay over $1,500 in unpaid wages to two former employees.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Pawtucket woman was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve a life sentence, plus 20 years, at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for her role in the murder of Cheryl Smith in Pawtucket on New Year's Day in 2020.
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