By Gregory Smith
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ronald J. Leddy, 48, on Thursday entered a no-contest plea in Superior Court to charges that he murdered Joanna Orzechowski on June 10, 2005.
Leddy agreed to the facts as recited by the prosecutor, Special Assistant Attorney General Kelly A. McElroy, who said [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A South Kingstown man who ran a glass-bead manufacturing business has admitted cheating on his taxes.
David Christensen pleaded guilty Thursday to underpaying his income tax by about $70,000. Federal prosecutors say he hid his income by depositing checks payable to the business into an account in [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Dominican immigrant, who slipped back into this country after being deported almost two decades ago, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally reentering the United States and dealing drugs.
Jose Francisco Medina-Liz, 52, most recently of Providence, entered his guilty pleas on Wednesday before U.S. District [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A federal prosecutor told a judge Wednesday that disbarred lawyer Scott Rothstein, accused in a $1.2-billion Ponzi scheme, may plead to the charges.
No details were revealed during the brief hearing held before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin Rosenbaum, the Miami Herald reported. Rothstein did not appear [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 17-year-old youth has changed his not-guilty plea and admitted that he shot and killed Jeffrey Lopez, 19, and wounded Carlos Javier, 19, as the victims stood on the front porch of Javier's house at 145 Camden Ave. on Smith Hill, in June 2008, it was announced [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Woonsocket police officer Thursday pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to charges that he assaulted a juvenile in his custody and obstructed justice, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
John H. Douglas was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with violating the civil rights' [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Johnston woman has pleaded not guilty to burying the body of her newborn baby under a garden shed.
Crystal Sullivan entered her plea Wednesday to a charge of failing to report a death, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison.
Police say the 20-year-old [...]
Save The Bay has a section on their site about the LNG facility, with info and a petition drive. You might want to stop by and sign up.
Seriously, this project is like something from the zombie apocalypse. Can't we just deliver a head shot please?
' [...]By Talia Buford
Journal staff writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Donald Young is being held without bail after pleading not guilty in Superior Court Monday in the July 12 murder of Kasean Benton, 19.
Young, 20, of Greeley Street in the city's North End, was indicted by a Providence County Grand [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Scituate man who pleaded guilty to robbing two banks in Cranston received a 30-month federal prison sentence on Friday, it was announced on Monday by U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha.
Jason Loyd, 33, passed notes to tellers demanding money at the Randolph Savings Bank on Pontiac Avenue [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I -- A Providence man who had led the city police on a foot chase through a cemetery and was found hiding in a dog house, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to being a felon in a possession of a firearm.
Adrian A. Aponte, 24, has prior felony [...]
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- A 26-year-old Massachusetts man will spend about eight months behind bars after pleading guilty to trying to entice a 15-year-old Minnesota girl to visit him.
The Sun Chronicle reports that David Weller of Attleboro was sentenced in district court on Thursday to serve 15 months [...]
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A Fairhaven teen accused of fatally stabbing his father has been indicted by a grand jury on a manslaughter charge, despite prosecutors' recommendations for a murder charge.
Kalibe Correia pleaded not guilty to manslaughter at his arraignment this week and is being held pending bail arguments' [...]
By Kate Bramson and Donita Naylor
Journal Staff Writers
WARWICK, R.I. -- Gerard B. Sullivan, an assistant U.S. attorney for the district of Rhode Island, pleaded not guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving in District Court, Warwick.
Sullivan, 50, of Lincoln, was released on personal recognizance pending a Dec. [...]
EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) -- A Rhode Island woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of embezzling almost $335,000 from the company that runs East Lyme's school lunch program.
Authorities say Westerly resident Beverly Howard needed to repay about $382,000 in gambling losses, mostly at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
She pleaded not [...]
Tonight at 6:30, sex educator Megan Andelloux is going before the Pawtucket zoning board to appeal the city’s September decision to prevent her from opening the Center For Sexual Pleasure and Health in downtown Pawtucket. As you may remember, city zoning officer Ron Travers told [...]
I often hear that American’s are saturated in sex: too many sexual images, too often using sex to sell an item, too often exposed to seeing sexual acts. But in the most Catholic State of the Union, adults TALKING about sex in an open and healthy manner seems to be [...]
Find [...]
Paper Cannon is a thoroughly enjoyable Flash game -- if you were any good at knock hockey on the playground, you'll love it. It's all about angles.
Aim your cannon at the one--eyed pink rabbits, bounce cannonballs off the walls, avoid the obstacles and blow' [...]
Please join me tonight in supporting the candidacy of my friend, Sabina Matos, for Providence City Council Ward 15. Ward 15 consists of the Olneyville, Silver Lake, Valley, and West Broadway neighborhoods of Providence.
Sabina nearly pulled off an upset when she ran in 2006, coming [...]
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The police arrested a 20-year-old Central Falls man on a charge of leaving the the scene of an accident Friday after witnesses reported seeing his car hit a young bicyclist in the area of Burnett Street and Pleasant Avenue.
Andrew J. Mendonca, of 17 Mowry St., Central Falls, [...]
Surely everyone is aware by now that Craftland is running year round on Westminster Street, but that doesn’t mean they are not having a Holiday Party to ring in their usual season.
Please join us for the Craftland Show 2009 opening party!
We have affordable handmade gifts made [...]
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- Two Massachusetts men who appeared in a profanity-laced rap video posted on the Internet in which police were threatened by name have pleaded not guilty to various charges.
Prosecutors say 28-year-old Jason Foley of Fairhaven and 24-year-old Matthew Ruffino of New Bedford were arraigned Monday in [...]
Please join Mr. Stephen Marra
For a reception
in honor of Rhode Island Attorney General
Candidate for Governor
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 – 6pm
Waterplace Restaurant One Finance Way Providence, RI
Suggested Contribution: $100
Maximum Contribution per RI Law: $1,000
Please make checks payable to: [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- Five and a half months after being ordered to stop doing business for lack of a license, Broadway Mart has finally closed.
The action came despite proprietor Mahmoud Hassan and his wife Rasha having begged the city Board of Licenses to let them stay open.
"Please, I've got four'" [...]
