State Government Press Releases

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06/28/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Paulo DaCosta (DOB: 6/4/74) with a last known address of 83 Smith Street, Cranston, was sentenced to 30 years, with 18 to serve, for a 2011 sexual assault. DaCosta pled nolo contendere before Superior Court Justice Judith Colenback Savage on...
06/27/2013
Kilmartin to Host Meeting of International Association of Prosecutors in August Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin was recently appointed as vice-chair for the Eastern Region for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). The appointment was announced at the NAAG Annual...
06/25/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Haley McKee, age 34, of 54 Tucker Street, Lincoln, was sentenced today by Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel for the February 17, 2011 hit and run accident that killed 23 year old George Adams of Pawtucket. McKee was sentenced to a total of...
06/25/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined with 39 other state and territorial attorneys general in sending comments to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the Commission take action to stop "mobile cramming," the placement of unauthorized third-party charges on mobile phone bills. ...
06/20/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Miguel Davis (DOB: 1/24/89) was sentenced today by Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause to consecutive life sentences for the March 20, 2009 murder of his romantic rival Dominique Gay. On February 22, 2013, a Providence County Superior Court...
06/19/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Michael Tully, AKA "Bang Bang," age 30, was sentenced to life in prison for the felony murder of 26-year old Ralph Joseph. A Superior Court jury found Tully guilty on April 1, 2013 of felony murder and conspiracy to rob after a trial...
06/18/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Jared Tefft (DOB: 6/6/83), with a last known address of 110 Woody Hill Road, Hopkinton, RI, today pleaded nolo contendere before Superior Court Justice Melanie Wilk Thunberg for the January 26, 2011 murder of Peter Newman. In accordance with...
06/18/2013
In response to the Rhode Island Supreme Court decision affirming the murder conviction for Alfred Bishop, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin issued the following statement. "I am pleased with the Supreme Court decision affirming the conviction of Alfred "Freddie" Bishop for the 2007 murder...
06/13/2013
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Franci Villorio (age 22), with a last known address of 27 Palm Street, Pawtucket, was sentenced today by Superior Court Justice Susan E. McGuirl to 40 years, with 17 to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for multiple arsons in...
06/07/2013
The Rhode Island Office of Attorney General (RIAG) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) will hold a public informational meeting concerning the proposed affiliation of The Memorial Hospital. The public meeting is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at...