BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Mexican national who, at the direction of an individual incarcerated in a Maine prison, participated in the delivery of four pounds of methamphetamine to a courier who drove to Rhode Island from Maine to take possession of the drugs, has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorne  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement with the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and city elections officials to resolve allegations that Pawtucket failed to provide Spanish-language assistance for voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act and did not allow qualified voters to cast provisional ballots in violation of the Help America Vote Act. The propose  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: A Rhode Island man was sentenced today for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alfredo Valdez, 45 of Providence, R.I. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release.   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - Petty Officer 1st Class Larry W. Fletcher enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1967 before joining the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, then known as the Naval Underwater Systems Center, in 1985 as a member of the Range Support Office. Three years later, on Jan. 12, 1988, while serving as an aerial spotter for a torpedo exercise being conducted at a range on Rhode Isl  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A Mexican national who, at the direction of an individual incarcerated in a Maine prison, participated in the delivery of four pounds of methamphetamine to a courier who drove to Rhode Island from Maine to take possession of the drugs, has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According to cou  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: A Windsor, CT, resident who admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that he conspired to deliver nearly 90 grams of fentanyl has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Daniel Alexander Smith, 20, previously admitted that between late February through May 2023, he sold seven firearm  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island posted the following news release on May 23, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced today that the United States has entered into a proposed consent decree with the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and city election officials, to settle a voting rights lawsuit, announced United States Attorney Zachar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man has been sentenced for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alfredo Valdez, 45 of Providence, R.I. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 30 months in prison and three years of supervis  more