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THE R.I. STATE POLICE will be one of 12 police departments across the state to benefit from a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Justice grant for body-worn cameras.

R.I. gets $1.5M federal grant for police body cameras

Government 12/23/2021

PROVIDENCE – The state has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help equip police departments with body-worn cameras. The...

ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY for the District of Rhode Island Richard B. Myrus announced Monday that a second defendant has pleaded guilty in a case alleging a scheme to steal $700,000 in construction equipment, sport vehicles and boats. / COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

5 R.I. communities share $750K for community policing

Government 11/18/2021

PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island communities will get a combined $750,000 in federal funding to boost their community-policing programs. The funding announced Thursday comes from...

WAIT AND SEE: Attorney John L. Calcagni III says there are some gray legal areas when it comes to a new Rhode Island law that creates a pilot program for safe injection sites, or “harm reduction centers,” to counteract the opioid overdose crisis. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Legal questions loom for R.I.’s injection center law

Focus 08/20/2021

Combating the opioid overdose crisis is a cause with broad support. But a new Rhode Island law establishing a two-year pilot program for safe injection...

Homeless individuals in Providence recruited to cash counterfeit checks

Financial Services 03/04/2021

PROVIDENCE – Four Georgia men were charged in federal court for allegedly running a scheme in which homeless and transient individuals found in and...

U.S. ATTORNEY for the District of Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman has submitted a letter of resignation to the Biden administration. / COURTESY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

R.I. U.S. Attorney Weisman submits resignation to Biden

Government 02/26/2021

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman has submitted a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden, the...

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE announced that a local business owner was arraigned Wednesday in federal court in Providence on charges of submitting false export information and smuggling automobiles to Lebanon. / AP FILE PHOTO/J. DAVID AKE

Local businessman charged with smuggling cars out of U.S., pleads not...

Government 02/24/2021

PROVIDENCE – A local business owner was indicted on charges that he filed false export information to the U.S. Department of Commerce to smuggle...

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Justice announced Tuesday that a local man, a former federal air marshal, has admitted to collecting fraudulent disability benefits. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID AKE

Ex-federal employee admits to collecting fraudulent disability benefits

Government 11/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – A former federal air marshal has admitted in federal court that he concealed his self-employment and his role in a Middletown-based martial...

A MIDDLETOWN man admitted to fraudulently filing for $4.7 million in forgivable PPP loans. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Middletown resident pleads guilty to bank fraud, admits seeking $4.7M in...

Government 10/27/2020

PROVIDENCE – A Middletown resident has admitted in federal court that he fraudulently sought $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans, the U.S....

Sojourner House receives $550K grant to house assault victims

Nonprofit 09/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – Sojourner House Inc. has received a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to help fund...