Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that a United States appeals court has ruled against an affiliate of the Downing Corporation, a Providence developer, in a dispute with officials over a major Native American site discovered in Narragansett. Officials at the Rhode Island Coastal...
Upon learning the news that convicted child killer Michael Woodmansee has agreed to voluntary civil commitment; Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced his intention to continue to pursue involuntary commitment.
“While voluntary civil commitment ensures Michael Woodmansee will not be...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that a Providence County Superior Court jury found Lakesha Garrett (DOB: 06/03/76), with a last known address of 392 Pine Street, Providence, guilty of manslaughter for the October 15, 2009 stabbing death of Gary Mitchell. The verdict was handed...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and several other attorneys general urged the United States Congress to take action to combat online intellectual property theft. Citing that counterfeit and infringe operations costs the global economy upwards of $600 billion each year and 2.5 million jobs in...
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...
