State Government Press Releases

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Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Family Court Judge Kathleen A. Voccola waived Russell Burrell (DOB: 9-24-95) out of Family Court, allowing Burrell to be tried as an adult for the July 30, 2012 murders of Shemeeka Barrows, Michael Martin, and Damien Colon. After being waived,
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that Armand Ferrio (DOB: 11/1/86), with a last known address of 168 South Main Street, Woonsocket, pleaded guilty to two counts of first degrees sexual assault and one count of first degree robbery. The sexual assaults took place in 2004 and...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Jovani Torres (DOB: 4/24/81), with a last known address of 292 Potters Avenue, Providence, was arraigned today before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause for the June 2, 2012 murder of Ivan Tavares. A Providence County Grand Jury reported...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Lemar Wilburn (DOB: 7/9/92), with a last known address of 5 Sixth Street, Attleboro, pleaded nolo contendere today to the May 2011 murder of 26 year old Princeton Miller. Wilburn pleaded guilty before Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers on...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that Armando Garcia (DOB: 10/16/79), with a last known address of 486 Mineral Spring Avenue, Pawtucket, was found guilty of the murder of Brooke Lee Verdoia by a Providence County Superior Court jury after a nine-day trial presided over by...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that he is forwarding money collected on behalf of the Town of Warren to cover the Town's expenses in overseeing the removal of illegal docks on the Kickemuitt River last winter and spring. The funds were sent to Solicitor Anthony DeSisto...
To recognize National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin is once again holding a cell phone recycling drive throughout the month of October to benefit victims of domestic violence and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV). In...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) Director Craig Stenning, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), RI State Police and local law enforcement at a press conference this...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Michal Brooks (9/17/61), with a last known address of 125 Knowles Way Extension, Narragansett, pleaded nolo contendere before Superior Court Justice Melanie W. Thunberg to four counts of first degree robbery for the August 2010 robberies of...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that Jorge Jacinto Masariego (DOB: 3/30/79), with a last known address of 27 Mavis Street, Pawtucket, pleaded guilty to four counts of first degree child molestation and five counts of second degree child molestation involving three young boys,...