Blog Posts in April, 2011
Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
I am honored to have had the opportunity to present with Judge Houlihan and Attorney Kimberly Petta, the Rhode Island Law Day program at the Newport County Superior Court. The Rhode Island Law Day ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by John Hill in the April 28, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, a Providence man was sentenced to jail in a drunk driving-death resulting case. Last year, the man was involved in a ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Thomas Morgan in the April 26, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, the Foster Police Department broke-up an underage drinking party over the weekend. The party was held at a hotel. ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Tatiana Pina in the April 22, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, a North Providence man has been charged with first degree child molestation , violation of a restraining order and ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
In February of 2011, our Client was charged by the Bristol Police Department with furnishing or procuring alcohol for a minor in violation of R.I.G.L. 3-8-11.1 after responding to a loud house party. ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
In a recent decision from Texas, a court ruled that it was permissible for a police officer to take a blood sample from a person arrested on suspicion of drunk driving . Previously, only trained ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Tatiana Pina in the April 19, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, a Warwick man was arrested and charged for possession of child pornography . The pornography was found on the man's ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by John Hill in the April 18, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, an East Greenwich case involving drunk driving - death resulting , was heard by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. An ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Donita Naylor in the April 15, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, the Narragansett Police responded to more than twelve (12) parties over the weekend. The police were able to break ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Katie Mulvaney in the April 12, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, a New Jersey man was arrested on charges of distribution of child pornography , using the Internet to entice a ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
In January of 2011, our Client was charged by the Providence Police with domestic assault , in violation of Rhode Island General Law 11-5-3/12-29-5. Simple assault is defined as every person who shall ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported in the April 10 and 11, 2011 editions of the Providence Journal, a Warwick woman has been charged with drunk driving - serious injury resulting and refusing to submit to a chemical test - ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
In March of 2011, our Client was charged by the Narragansett Police with larceny under $500.00 in violation of Rhode Island General Law 11-41-1. Larceny is defined as: Every person who shall steal any ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Bryan Rourke in the April 8, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, Cranston Police shot at a drunk driver . The driver hit another car and fled the scene. The driver then turned his ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
In February of 2011, our Client was charged by the Narragansett Police Department with misrepresentation of age to obtain alcoholic beverages (using a fake ID) in violation of R.I.G.L. 3-8-6. ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Bryan Rourke in the April 5, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, a Richmond man was arrested for drunk driving (DUI) . The man had blood alcohol readings of twice the legal limit ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported in the Sakonnet Times, a Cranston man has pled to charges of driving to endanger - death resulting and leaving the scene of an accident- death resulting. The charges stem from a motor ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2011 By Robert Humphrey
As reported by Bryan Rourke in the April 1, 2011 edition of the Providence Journal, a Newport student has been arrested on multiple drug charges . Newport police arrested a college student for dealing ...
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