Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
R.I. gets $1.5M federal grant for police body cameras
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...
5 R.I. communities share $750K for community policing
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...
Legal questions loom for R.I.’s injection center law
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
PROVIDENCE – Four Georgia men were charged in federal court for allegedly running a scheme in which homeless and transient individuals found in and...
R.I. U.S. Attorney Weisman submits resignation to Biden
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman has submitted a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden, the...
Local businessman charged with smuggling cars out of U.S., pleads not...
PROVIDENCE – A local business owner was indicted on charges that he filed false export information to the U.S. Department of Commerce to smuggle...
Ex-federal employee admits to collecting fraudulent disability benefits
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...
Middletown resident pleads guilty to bank fraud, admits seeking $4.7M in...
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
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...
DOJ: Warwick man to plead guilty to attempted PPP fraud
PROVIDENCE – In May, two businessmen from Rhode Island and Massachusetts were named by federal prosecutors as the first in the country to be...