Tag: Justice
URI coach among parents, school officials charged in vast college-entrance scheme
NEW YORK – Parents, coaches and test administrators were among 46 people charged Tuesday in a sweeping criminal conspiracy that sought to help applicants...
Equine insurance agent sentenced for $1.3M fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – Randall N. Levesque, owner of Equine Insurance Services LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison...
Will Robert Kraft’s alleged involvement with a ring of prostitution in...
While it seems as if not a week goes by when a professional athlete has some manner of a run-in with the law, it...
Nigerian nationals deported for bank fraud
PROVIDENCE – Two Nigerian nationals have been deported and two others face deportation upon release from prison after they admitted to participating in a...
Newport restaurants sue National Grid for damages related to gas outage
NEWPORT – Five restaurants in Newport have filed a lawsuit against National Grid seeking restitution payments and punitive damages over the Newport gas outage,...
ACLU of Rhode Island settles suit against state on behalf of...
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has ended its class-action lawsuit against the state claiming its Medicare Premium Payment Program kicked people...
Man sentenced to 13 years in federal prison, ordered to pay...
PROVIDENCE – Hasan Hussain, 57, of Princeton, N.J., was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison and was ordered to pay more than $1.4...
Rite Aid pays $300K for excess controlled substance prescriptions
PROVIDENCE – The state has negotiated a $300,000 settlement from Rite Aid Corp. for filling excess prescriptions of Schedule III controlled substances, the R.I....
Senate confirms Weisman as U.S. attorney for R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Hours after the appointment of Richard B. Myrus as acting U.S. attorney for Rhode Island, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment of...
Rite Aid pays $300K for excess controlled substance prescriptions
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that he has negotiated a $300,000 settlement from Rite Aid for filling prescriptions of Schedule...