Some musings on media happenings over the weekend:
The White House may be shunning Fox News, but its surrogates are still pushing the administration's line. Rhode Island's senior senator, Jack Reed, was on Fox News Sunday this weekend doing battle with Rudy Giuliani over Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try some [...]By Kathy Gregg
Journal State House Bureau
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the days since Governor Carcieri vetoed a bill that would have given "domestic partners'' the right to make funeral decisions for each other, potential gubernatorial candidates are lining up in opposition to his stand.
Republican candidate for Attorney General, Attorney Erik Wallin, today commended Governor Donald Carcieri for his veto of H-5134, Substitute A, “An Act Relating to Criminal Procedure – Arrest”. “I am very pleased that the Governor vetoed this legislation that would have made prosecuting the most dangerous [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- A local man has been indicted by grand jury on charges of assault on a child and kidnapping with intent to molest the child, according to the state attorney general's office.
Richard D. Marold, 54, of 251 Long St., in Warwick was charged with kidnapping a minor under [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A West Warwick man convicted in September of slaying a neighbor over a debt was sentenced to life in prison, the attorney general's office announced.
Robert Payette, 47, formerly of 19 Maple Ave. in West Warwick, will have to serve 20 years before he is eligible' [...]
The New York attorney general said Tuesday that Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS:NYSE) has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle charges that it sold expired products at its stores in that state.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo initiated legal action in 2008 against CVS after a [...]
There is a fundraiser tonight for Attorney General Patrick Lynch. It is interesting to note that his campaign website already proclaims "Patrick C. Lynch for Governor:"
Please join Mayor Richard Sardella
for a reception in honor of
Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch
[...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- District Court Judge Frank J. Cenerini on Friday ordered Michael J. Patino, 27, accused of fatally injuring 6-year-old Marco Nieves of Cranston, held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending trial, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release.
Marco died of an internal [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has convicted Roger Morin, 49, of 300 Front St., Pawtucket, of child molestation in a case dating to 20 years ago, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release Friday.
The jury cleared Morin of a second charge of child molestation. The [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said Thursday he will intervene in the Public Utilities Commission's deliberations over Narragansett Electric's request to raise its electricity distribution rates by nearly 30 percent, an amount he termed "drastic."
Lynch's ratepayer advocate, Special Assistant Attorney General Ladawn S. Toon, testified [...]
To learn more about R.I. Attorney General candidate Erik Wallin, visit his campaign website at http://erikforag.com .
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Eight months after he first emerged as a possible 2010 political contender, Republican defense lawyer Erik B. Wallin, of South Kingstown, put the state Board of [...]
By Katherine Gregg
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eight months after he first emerged as a possible 2010 political contender, Republican defense lawyer Erik B. Wallin, of South Kingstown, put the state Board of Elections on official notice Wednesday that he is raising money to run for attorney general.
A [...]
PROVIDENCE _ The City of Woonsocket violated the Access to Public Records Act when it failed to respond to a request from the local firefighters union seeking records involving the recent layoff of 11 city firefighters.
Attorney General Patrick Lynch ordered city officials to respond to a request from Woonsocket [...]
Despite the protestations of the Irrelevant Party, the RI Ethics Commission, dominated by Carcieri era appointees, has cleared Attorney General Patrick Lynch of any wrong doing in his use of campaign funds. Lynch said this in a statement:
“The Ethics Commission reviewed this complaint extensively, determined that it lacked merit [...]
Governor Carcieri signs legislation making indoor prostitution illegal in Rhode Island Tuesday. Among those with the governor, from left, are: state Sen. Paul V. Jabour, Rhode Island State Police Col. Brendan Doherty, Attorney General Patrick Lynch, First Lady Sue Carcieri, state Rep. Elaine Coderre, state Rep. Joanne [...]
By Mike Stanton
Journal staff writer
The Rhode Island Ethics Commission on Tuesday dismissed a complaint against Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch for accepting a $428 plane ticket from the National Cable and Telecommunications Association for a conference in New Orleans last year.
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Governor Carcieri will join Attorney General Patrick Lynch, State Police Col. Brendan Doherty, Rep. Joanne Giannini and Sen. Paul Jabour at a bill-signing ceremony for a new law intended to end legalized indoor prostitution in Rhode Island. The ceremony takes place at [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has finalized his divorce from his estranged wife.
Lynch and his now ex-wife, Christin, sought a divorce in July. He is among the Democrats planning to run for governor next year to replace Republican incumbent Don Carcieri, who is barred by [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Over the stiff opposition of Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon passed a bill that requires the police to electronically record confessions in capital cases, such as murder, first-degree sexual assault and first-degree child molestation.
The bill is one of two up [...]
Attorney Erik Wallin, Expected Republican Candidate for Attorney General, Decries Continued Inaction Against Corruption and Calls for Recusal of Attorney General in Landfill Case
October 28, 2009 – Erik Wallin, a Rhode Island attorney, former State Prosecutor and expected Republican Candidate for Attorney General, today decried the [...]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire Attorney General's office says a man hanged himself in Massachusetts after attacking his wife in their Londonderry home, killing her.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Massachusetts has determined that 46-year-old Suzanne Vernet's cause of death was blunt force trauma to the [...]
A New Hampshire man whose body was found in Rehoboth, Mass., apparently killed his wife before committing suicide, according to authorities.
The New Hampshire attorney general's office says that on Wednesday evening Londonderry police were called to a home where they found 46-year-old Suzanne Vernet unconscious and severely injured. She was [...]
Over the course of the fall, Drinking Liberally will be hosting each of the major candidates for governor, starting next week with Lincoln Chafee. October 28, 8pm, Wild Colonial.
Treasurer Frank Caprio will co-host the second part of the three-part series on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
Attorney General [...]
Sources say State Representative Peter Kilmartin, Democrat of Pawtucket, is set to run for Attorney General next year. N4N first reported Kilmartin's interest in the post in June.
Kilmartin, a former police officer-turned-lawyer who did not return calls for comment, will be able to draw on his professional background and [...]
In a very pleasing (although not frequent enough) rebuke to Bush-era policy, the Obama Department of Justice has changed the guidelines concerning the prosecution by federal agents of medical marijuana use. While not a de facto legalization of marijuana, Attorney General Eric Holder has said that [...]
