Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that yesterday a Providence County Superior Court jury found Antonio Acosta (age 69), of Providence, guilty of three counts of second degree child molestation and one count of first degree sexual assault. The jury returned the guilty verdict in four...
Settlements with Two Corporations and Three Individuals Net Judgments of Nearly $137 Million, Litigation Proceeds Against Others
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, with state law enforcement partners in every other state in the nation, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Trade...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that on Monday David Lee Waters, 43, with a last known address of 57 Jackson Flat Road, Scituate, was found guilty by Superior Court Justice Allen P. Rubine after a jury waived trial of assault on a person over 60 years of age. The defendant remains...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that yesterday Orlando Luciano, 23, with a last known address of 104 Vandewater Street, Providence, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause to two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license and...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that the Office of Attorney General filed a lawsuit in Rhode Island Superior Court citing the Warwick Retirement Board for a willful or knowing violation of the Rhode Island Open Meetings Act (OMA) when the Board held a meeting on less than 48...
Rhode Island to Receive $306,000 from the Settlements; Consumers Eligible for PaymentsAttorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced today that the Office of Attorney General reached settlements with Sprint Corporation ("Sprint") and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless ("Verizon"
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that the Office of Attorney General has reached a settlement agreement with the Manville Fire Department for violations of the Access to Public Records Act (APRA) for failing to provide a timely response to an APRA request. Under the terms of the...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that John Cope (age 49), with a last known address of 1 Harkness Street, Providence, waived indictment and pleaded nolo contendere to manslaughter for the November 2014 death of 78 year-old Erick Brandon. Under the terms of the plea agreement,...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Ernest Sabourin (age 75), with a last known address of 120 Earle Street, Central Falls, was found guilty on Wednesday by a Providence County Superior Court jury of two counts of first degree sexual assault, one count of second degree sexual assault,
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that Jesse Perry (age 61), with a last known address of 140 Beattie Street, Fall River, was sentenced to a term of life for child molestation. In addition, Perry was ordered to undergo sex offender counseling, must comply with sex offender...