Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that on Friday, a Providence County Superior Court jury found Jason Cardoso (age 34) of North Providence guilty of first degree robbery. The jury returned the verdict after less than one hour after a four-day trial presided over by Superior Court...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Francisco Diaz (age 33), with a last known address of 512 Chalkstone Blvd., Providence, was found guilty on Friday of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in a dwelling with the intent to commit murder, one count of discharge of a firearm...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that John Cavanaugh (age 64) of Spring Hill, Florida, was sentenced on Friday by Superior Court Justice Brian P. Stern to life in prison for the molestation and sexual assault of a young girl in the 1990s. Cavanaugh had been found guilty by a jury in...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin will join General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, Providence Police Colonel Hugh Clements, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections A.T. Wall and others on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at the annual Victims' Grove Ceremony</
The Rhode Island State Senate passed legislation that prohibits so-called "patent trolls" in Rhode Island. The legislation (S0596), filed on behalf of Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin by Senate Minority Leader Dennis Algiere (R, District 38 – Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown), would...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Robert Bethea (age 46) with a last known address of 790 Providence Street, West Warwick, pleaded guilty today before Superior Court Justice Susan E. McGuirl to the murder of his estranged wife Shelina Moreino on Mother's Day 2014. Under the terms...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that the Office had reached a settlement agreement with the State Properties Committee for violations of the Open Meeting Act for failure to post the minutes of several meetings as prescribed by RIGL §§ 42-46-7(d). Under the terms of the...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee announced today the two have intervened in National Grid's Energy Procurement case now pending before the Public Utilities Commission to request the termination of the "billing adjustment" practice that has left many customers...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee will hold a press conference to call for greater transparency and fair competition in the competitive electricity market and the elimination of so-called "billing adjustments" by National Grid when ratepayers switch to a...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that the Office has filed open government lawsuits against the Western Coventry Fire District and the Manville Fire Department.
Western Coventry Fire District
Attorney General Kilmartin filed a complaint in Rhode Island Superior...
