A.G. honors citizens, groups for justice work

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin is recognizing several individuals and organizations for their crime-fighting and peacekeeping efforts.
The eighth annual Justice Awards ceremony was due to be held last week at the Office of the Attorney General, 150 South Main Street, Providence.
The awards are given in recognition of the individuals’ “extraordinary commitment to justice” and are presented in honor of the eight previous attorneys general.
Those receiving honors are: North Providence Acting Police Chief Paul Martellini; Rhode Island State Police trooper Michael A. Ferruccio; Amos House, Family Service of Rhode Island Victim Service Program; Warwick police officer Stephen Lombardi and East Providence police officer Thomas Aguiar; Michael Canole, Donald Englert, James Galvin, Peter McVay, Jacques Moreau and David Sullivan, all of the R.I. Division of Taxation; Providence police officers Kristopher Poplaski and Patrick Potter; and Clean the Bay. •