Emanuel Baptista, formerly of Pawtucket, was sentenced to two life sentences plus 20 years for the 2009 molestation of a four month old child in his care.
On each of the two counts of first degree child molestation, Baptista was sentenced to life, with the sentences to run concurrently. ...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today applauded the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision upholding the 2007 convictions of Gerald Lynch. A jury convicted Lynch of four counts of first degree sexual assault for assaults that took place more than 20 years prior to the trial.
During the...
Arrests of 24 Suspects Conclude Six Month Wiretap Investigation
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and Lieutenant Colonel Raymond White, Acting Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, announced the arrests of 24 individuals resulting from a long term investigation into illegal gambling...
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin praised the Senate for expanding the list of crimes that would not be eligible to earn early release from prison for good behavior but the Attorney General also expressed great disappointment that the Senate did not include community supervision in the amended...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that the town of Barrington has signed an agreement in which the town acknowledges it violated the state’s Access to Public Records Act (APRA) when it failed to respond in a timely manner to the APRA request of a Barrington resident. ...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined the federal government and other state attorneys general in announcing a settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer EMD Serono, Inc. (Serono), a Rockland, MA company, to settle allegations that the company filed false or fraudulent claims for its drug...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Lawrence Martin (DOB: 09/07/62), with a last known address of 128 Social Street in Woonsocket, was found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury of one count of first degree child molestation.
The verdict came just four hours after...
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced today that a Providence County Superior Court jury found Blake Covington (DOB: 03/28/84) guilty on all counts stemming from the September 30, 2010 shooting in the Prospect Heights housing complex in Pawtucket. The verdict was handed down after just three...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Daniel Gilcreast (DOB: 01/07/87), of 35 Jacksonia Drive, North Providence, pleaded nolo contendre today before Superior Court Magistrate William J. McAtee, to charges of DUI death resulting and DUI serious bodily injury in the February 12, 2010...
Joint federal and state prosecution secured conviction of Arjusz Roszkowski on federal firearm charges
A Reading, Massachusetts man convicted in September 2010 on federal firearms charges in connection with a November 2009 scuffle with a Rhode Island State Police Detective in Lincoln Woods...
