Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin will host the 14th annual Open Government Summit, to educate and inform public officials and the public about the state's Open Meetings Act (OMA) and the recently amended Access to Public Records Act (APRA).
The Summit, which is free and open to...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin issued the following statement regarding the guilty verdict in the case of North Providence Police Chief John Whiting:
"This office takes seriously its responsibility of bringing all those who break the law to justice.
"That responsibility is made more...
Rhode Island to Receive Over $4 Million from Settlement
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Rhode Island and various other states and the federal government have reached an agreement in principle for the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history. Under the terms...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that Superior Court Associate Justice Susan E. McGuirl sentenced Victor Onishi (DOB: 7/4/80) to life in prison for the July 10, 2010 murder of 22-year-old Lisbeth Catalan. On April 13, 2012, Onishi pled nolo contendre to an amended count of...
With Governor Chafee signing S2655Aaa/H7555Aaa (Senator James C, Sheehan and Representative Michael J. Marcello) into law, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin hailed the changes to the state's Access to Public Records Act (APRA) as a significant win for the citizens of Rhode Island and government...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Robert Lamoureux (DOB: 12/25/59), with a last known address 765 Oakland Avenue, Warwick, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel for the November 27, 2010 murder of 83-year-old Pauline Buco, and was sentenced to life...
Citing three violations of the Open Meetings Act (OMA) for failure to conduct meetings in a handicapped accessible location, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today filed a suit in Providence County Superior Court against the Manville Fire District.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Marcel...
Attorney General Kilmartin commented on the Supreme Court decision reversing, without hearing arguments or accepting briefs, a Montana Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the state's right to impose its own ban on independent spending by corporations.
"Today's decision is a clear indication that...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Victor Arciliares (DOB: 12/1/88) of Providence to life plus 45 years for the October 29, 2009 murder of 18-year-old Dayvellis Cotto. Arciliares was found guilty by a jury on March 23, 2012...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, in partnership with the Loan Modification Scam Alert campaign, will host a free mortgage foreclosure prevention and loan modification workshop on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Roger Williams Park...
