State Government Press Releases

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04/05/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued guidance last week reminding creditors, debt collectors and financial institutions that stimulus payments resulting from the federal government's American Rescue Plan Act are exempt from seizure or garnishment by debt collectors. "...
04/01/2021
The Office also issued new guidance this week to law enforcement regarding reporting hate crimes statistics and began its statewide training program for liaison officers PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that every police department in the state has now...
03/31/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced last week in Providence County Superior Court to serve 13 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges stemming from his role in a 2019 armed home invasion on...
03/26/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement today following the Supreme Court Order denying the Joint Motion in Champlin's Realty Associates v. the Coastal Resources Management Council: "I am pleased with the Court's decision to refuse to ratify and enter...
03/26/2021
An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Florida man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged...
03/26/2021
An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Parι announced that two individuals are facing...
03/25/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Tiverton man was sentenced yesterday in Washington County Superior Court to serve 30 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for sexually assaulting a minor female victim multiple times between 2012 and 2018 at a home...
03/23/2021
"In late January 2021, the Attorney General's Office undertook a review of Lifespan and Care New England (CNE) in response to public reports that Lifespan and CNE had offered their respective board members an opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, which at that time was in limited supply and...
03/18/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence police officer was found guilty in 6th Division District Court of simple assault, stemming from an April 19, 2020 incident during the arrest of an East Providence man. Following the conclusion today of a seven-
03/16/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court last week to serve eight years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges stemming from his role in trafficking kilos of cocaine...