Tag: U.S. District Court
2 Brown University basketball players sue Ivy League over no-scholarship policy
PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University basketball players, one former and one current, filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday accusing the eight Ivy League...
Woman pleads guilty to role in online romance scam in R.I.,...
PROVIDENCE – A Texas woman admitted to her role in an online romance scam in which elderly women, including Rhode Island residents, were cheated...
Report: North Kingstown man arrested for role in U.S. Capitol attack...
PROVIDENCE – A North Kingstown man who was arrested for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has...
Woonsocket building arsonist gets 5 years in federal prison
WOONSOCKET – A man indicted in December 2019 on a charge of arson for allegedly breaking into a mill-type building and setting fires in...
N.Y. man sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for scamming...
PROVIDENCE – A New York man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for his role in scamming 14 elderly Rhode Island residents out...
McKee administration formally appeals ruling against truck tolls
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's administration on Wednesday filed a formal notice that it is appealing a federal judge's order to shut down...
Wholesaler sentenced in conspiracy to sell military and government counterfeit goods
PROVIDENCE – Ramin Kohanbash of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison Wednesday for his role related to the selling of...
R.I. man sentenced for role in email fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A 33-year-old Warwick man previously convicted for operating an illegal money transmitting business, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year...
SHADES OF GREEN: Can Providence’s working waterfront be both livable and...
Owning a home near the water isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not for Linda Perri, who lives a mile west...
West Warwick man indicted in unemployment fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A West Warwick man has been indicted in an alleged conspiracy to fraudulently apply for COVID-related unemployment funds.
Richard Allen, 56, pleaded not...
