Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
Narragansett Police Department receives $100K community policing grant
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Police Department has received a $99,993 Community Policing Development Microgrant Program grant, U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island...
URI professor developing abuse-reporting app to help people with intellectual disabilities
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island assistant professor is working with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local organizations in creating an app...
Los Andes ordered to pay $775K over alleged overtime pay violations
PROVIDENCE – Los Andes LLC, doing business as Los Andes Restaurant, must pay $775,000 to the U.S. Department of Labor for violations of overtime...
Former R.I. construction manager pleads guilty to fraud and identity theft
PROVIDENCE – Gregory Meeker, a former construction manager for a Newport-based real estate development company, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of bank fraud and...
Cities, feds spar in court over immigration requirements
BOSTON (AP) — Two Rhode Island cities and the Trump administration were back in court Wednesday arguing over whether the federal government can require...
DOJ sues Omnicare and parent CVS over alleged “rollover” prescriptions for...
WOONSOCKET – The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has filed a lawsuit against Omnicare Inc. and its parent CVS Health...
Judge rules in favor of cities in suit over grant conditions
PROVIDENCE (AP) – A federal judge has sided with two Rhode Island cities that challenged the conditions of U.S. Department of Justice public safety...
Birch School revamps vocational program for intellectually disabled students
Providence officials are hoping a recent court decision puts to rest the tarnished history of the Harold H. Birch Vocational School.
In 2013, the U.S....
Providence school district hit with open-records lawsuit over federal law...
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Legal Services last week filed a lawsuit against the Providence Public...
Former U.S. House candidate sentenced to 3 years, ordered to pay...
PROVIDENCE – Harold R. Taub of Cranston was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution...