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PROVIDENCE, RI – A North Providence man is scheduled to be sentenced in December after admitting to a federal judge that he possessed and distributed child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

PROVIDENCE, RI – United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today that a Rhode Island Department of Human Services (RI DHS) supervisor now faces federal charges for allegedly using her position to improperly access the personal information of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits (SNAP) recipients, as well as SNAP EBT benefit card balance information, and, that she and her daughter allegedly used fraudulently accessed SNAP benefits for their own personal purchases. 

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in the City of Pawtucket for the Sept. 10 primary election.

PROVIDENCE, RI – El Departamento de Justicia anunció hoy que monitoreará el cumplimiento con las leyes federales electorales en la ciudad de Pawtucket, Rhode Island, en las elecciones primarias del 10 de septiembre.

PROVIDENCE, RI – A California man  who served for more than twenty years in the United States Navy before his discharge as a Petty Officer First Class has admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that, while actively serving in the Navy, he participated in a scheme to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars of government property from a Navy base responsible for supplying ships in the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. 

PROVIDENCE, RI – A level III sex offender who has four prior state convictions on child pornography charges has now been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for additional federal child pornography offenses, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

P A Cranston man was sentenced today to 24 years in federal prison for producing and possessing sexually explicit images and videos, including images and videos that he produced while victimizing a seven year old girl who had been left in his care, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

PROVIDENCE, RI – A convicted felon described in court documents as being a member of a “dangerous Providence Street gang and a driver of violence within that group” was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

PROVIDENCE, RI – The United States District Court and the United States Attorney’s Office are aware of an ongoing scam where individuals claiming to be representatives of law enforcement are calling Rhode Islanders attempting to acquire personal information (Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, etc.) or payment of fines or fees over the phone for failure to respond to a subpoena. In the course of these phone calls, the caller may claim that an order has been issued by a federal Judge, in some cases using the names of an actual Rhode Island federal Judge specifically.

PROVIDENCE, RI – As reflected in court documents unsealed in federal court in Providence, RI, today, a Massachusetts attorney, two individuals detained in the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, and a Connecticut woman have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints for their alleged participation in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention Facility, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

WASHINGTON, DC – Three men were sentenced on Thursday for various conspiracy and firearms offenses in connection with a racially-motivated scheme to destroy an energy facility.

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Providence man arrested early Wednesday has been ordered detained in federal custody on child pornography charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.