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State of Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha ,

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Brown University reaches agreement with Attorney General to improve hate crimes reporting process

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today an agreement with Brown University, following a review of the University's hate crime reporting to the Rhode Island State Police (RISP). The Attorney General found that the University's Department of Public Safety failed to report alleged hate crimes to the RISP as required under state law. Part of the Attorney General's initiative to protect Rhode Island's diverse communities from any crimes motivated by bigotry and bias, the agreement marks the first time the Office has enforced Rhode Island's hate crime reporting statute. ...

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Five Providence men indicted in statewide illegal firearms dealing scheme

In the second significant case of illegal firearms dealing this month, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging five Providence men with 38 felony counts, stemming from allegations that they ran a straw-purchasing scheme to sell 89 illegal handguns in Rhode Island between June 2019 and August 2020. ...

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North Providence man sentenced to serve 9 years in state prison for drug distribution

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a North Providence man was sentenced last week in Providence County Superior Court to serve nine years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to drug distribution charges stemming from a long-term, Court-authorized wiretap investigation into incidents of drug trafficking and violent crime by the Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force and the Office of Attorney General. ...

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