Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Charges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man arrested during an FBI Safe Streets Task Force investigation into the sale of firearms and drugs in Providence and …
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Convicted Felon Sentenced for Possessing Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Pawtucket man convicted in Rhode Island state court in 2007 and in 2009 on drug trafficking charges, and found during a …
Central Falls Man Admits to Trafficking Crack Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Central Falls man with an extensive criminal record, including convictions for drug trafficking, assault, breaking and entering, and domestic assault, today …
Three Charged in Fraud Schemes Targeting Home Improvement Retailers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Federal arrest warrants were executed today against two individuals on charges they allegedly participated in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud Home Depot …
Nurse Practitioner Charged in Alleged $2.3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who allegedly billed and received more than $2.3 million dollars from commercial health insurers and Medicaid …
Providence Man Charged in Fraud Scheme Targeting Food Suppliers and Local Businesses, Assaulting Federal Agents
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man arrested nine days after he allegedly eluded arrest by ramming federal law enforcement vehicles, nearly running down an FBI …
Rhode Island, Massachusetts Healthcare Provider Resolves Allegations of Discriminatory Practices
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s Offices in the Districts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), …
Ringleader of Schemes to Steal and Sell Construction Equipment, Recreation Vehicles Sentenced
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Cranston man who organized and executed schemes to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain …
Providence Man Charged in Schemes to Defraud RI Businesses, MA Foundation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man has been charged in federal court based on allegations that he orchestrated schemes to defraud Rhode Island businesses and …
Jamaican Nationals Plead Guilty To Defrauding U.S. Citizens via Lottery Scams
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two Jamaican nationals admitted to a federal court judge in Providence that they participated in lottery scams that defrauded U.S citizens in …
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Fraud Scheme Exploiting Homeless in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Georgia man, one of four charged in March with running a scheme in which Providence area homeless and transient individuals were …
Registered Sex Offender Charged with Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 31-year-old registered sex offender living in Smithfield, RI, who allegedly claimed during Instagram communications with two minor boys in Florida to …
Three Indicted in Drug Conspiracy as Kidnapping Investigation Continues
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents, with the assistance of Rhode Island State Police and Pawtucket Police, continue to investigate the alleged …
Providence Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who took possession of a package containing more than a kilogram of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico moments after …
Operation River Fork Defendant Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Crack Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Woonsocket man, one of eighteen individuals arrested during a ten-month Project Safe Neighborhoods drugs and firearms investigation in Woonsocket, Providence, and …
Massachusetts Man Admits to Trading Firearms for Fentanyl in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Franklin, MA, man today admitted to a federal court judge in Rhode Island that on at least four occasions he traveled …
Two Detained, Three Kilos of Fentanyl Pills Seized
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two men have been ordered detained in federal custody following a Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force investigation into the trafficking of …