Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
St. Elizabeth Community receives $400K federal grant for anti-elder-abuse training
WARWICK – The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant to Saint Elizabeth Community, to increase and strengthen training about abuse...
Skeptical voices gather against CVS-Aetna merger
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. have billed their pending $67.5 billion merger as a force for positive change in the health...
PPD gets $700K Smart Policing Innovation Grant from D.O.J.
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Police Department received $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Smart Policing Initiative: Smart Policing Innovation Grant, the PPD announced...
DOJ: Union local business manager/finance secretary to plead guilty to embezzlement
PROVIDENCE – Richard D’Antuono of Cranston is expected to plead guilty to charges that he embezzled between $250,000 and $550,000 in funds from a...
Multistate drug-trafficking investigation nets 23 charges in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three individuals were charged in federal court in Providence in connection with a series of investigations that has to date resulted in...
RIDOC, DOJ settle correctional officer employment discrimination suit
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with Rhode Island and the R.I. Department of Corrections to resolve a lawsuit alleging...