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PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island man has been arrested and is scheduled to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Providence today for threatening to kill President Donald Trump, United States Attorney General Pamela Bondi, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, announced Acting Rhode Island United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE – An Ecuadorian national deported from the United States in 2008 has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island on a charge of illegal re-entry, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE, RI – A former benefits service representative with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Providence pleaded guilty today to a six-count indictment that charges him with three counts of bribery and one count each of extortion, gratuity received by a public official, and witness tampering, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Pawtucket man with a lengthy record of arrests and convictions for financial fraud who admitted to defrauding the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the U.S. Treasury out of more than $100,000 combined was sentenced today to federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE – A South Kingstown man is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, charged by way of a federal indictment for allegedly trafficking cocaine, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE – A convicted felon was arraigned in federal court in Providence today on firearm and drug charges contained in a 15-count federal superseding indictment returned by a grand jury on June 18, 2025, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE   A Bronx, NY, man who participated in a conspiracy that intended to defraud banks in at least ten states of approximately $143,000 was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE –A Warwick man today pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he trafficked fentanyl-laced pills disguised as Percocet, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE -   A Guatemalan national who reentered the country illegally after having been convicted for drug trafficking in 2014 and subsequently deported was sentenced today on a charge of illegal reentry and will again face deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE - Seven individuals have been charged by way indictments unsealed in U.S. District Court in Providence related to a year-long Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation into firearm and drug trafficking in Rhode Island, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man admitted to a federal judge on Tuesday that he produced, possessed, and/or delivered thousands of methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced fake Adderall pills, and that he was in possession of significant quantities of methamphetamine pills and powder and a quantity of fentanyl powder at the time of his arrest in August 2022, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

PROVIDENCE – In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Month, the Department of Justice announced that it has reinvigorated efforts to protect American seniors from transnational schemes that cost seniors billions of dollars, often stealing their life savings. In the past few weeks alone, Department prosecutors have arrested and filed cases against foreign fraudsters and domestic actors who have knowingly facilitated foreign-based crimes.