Blog Posts in January, 2010

Marijuana Decriminalization

"Decriminalizing marijuana might save the state millions of dollars in prosecution and prison costs, or it could have the opposite effect and make a drug that is currently illegal in Rhode Island - and most of the United States - much more readily available to anyone within the state's borders, including teenagers, " reports Katherine Gregg, State House Bureau reporter in the January 20, 2010 ...

R.I. League of Cities / Towns Director Charged with DUI

"The executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns was pulled over by the Cranston police and charged with drunken driving on Sunday night," as reported by Steve Peoples, State House Bureau Reporter, in the January 13, 2010 Providence Journal. Prior to his arrest, the Executive Director confirmed "that he had been drinking at home" and had to go out regarding "a family matter." ...

DUI Charge Against Federal Prosecutor Dismissed

On Monday, January 11, 2010, the Warwick DUI charge against Federal Prosecutor for the District of Rhode Island Gerard B. Sullivan was dismissed based on his plea to the Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test charge at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal. In many Rhode Island DUI and Refusal cases the State and Municipal Prosecutors are willing to consider the dismissal of the criminal DUI charge in ...

Lawsuit for Fatal Crash

In the January 11, 2010, Providence Journal, staff writer, Katie Mulvaney, reported that a "Barrington teenager who served two years at the state Training School for driving drunk in the 2007 crash that killed his best friend is suing other teenagers and a liquor store alleged to have played a role in the 16-year-old's death." The lawsuit alleges that individuals, including the "liquor store that ...

Child Pornography

As reported by staff writer, Amanda Milkovits, in the December 22, 2009, edition of the Providence Journal, "for the second time in eight years, a former middle school teacher and church deacon has been accused of trying to solicit an underage girl over the Internet." In the past, the accused was caught in the same manner because the underage person he thought he was communicating with over the ...