RI Legislators Compete With Arizona For Craziness

by dave on August 25, 2010

This pair of Rhode Island legislators are aggressively targeting illegal imigrants, looking to mimic Arizona’s new immigration laws.

The peculiar part is the coining of the new term, “anchor embryos”, attacking benefits and prenatal care that Rhode Island may provide to illegal immigrants who are pregnant.

Watch:

(via think progress)

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RI DUI Arrests after Weekend Crackdown

by dave on August 24, 2010

Rhode Island police announced that they arrested at least 21 people statewide in the weekend drunk driving crackdown that we noted previously.

The detailed information on the arrestees was published in the Providence Journal, as part of the publicity campaign to prevent and enforce Rhode Island’s drunk driving laws for the rest of the summer.

It would be interesting to note if this number of arrests was comparable to any other weekend without these kind of supposedly intensive patrols, but that information was not released.

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RI DUI Patrols

August 21, 2010

Police across Rhode Island will be adding DUI patrols this weekend as the summer winds down. As reported by WPRI, additional “high visibility” police patrols will be out looking for impaired and drunk drivers on Rhode Island roads. The end of summer through labor day weekend is a typical period for more aggressive DUI enforcement [...]

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Pawtucket RI Embezzlement Investigation

April 29, 2010

A Pawtucket city employee is under investigation for possibly embezzling funds from a public employee union. The person’s name has not been released. According to WPRI, the details and amount of the alleged theft has not been disclosed, but it has been reported to be a long time city worker who is well-liked in the [...]

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Town league director charged with DUI

January 24, 2010

The executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns was charged with DUI by Cranston police. Daniel L. Beardsley Jr., director of the league that represents local governments in dealings with the state, was charged with at 10:04 p.m. Sunday, a Cranston police sergeant confirmed Tuesday.  While Mr. Beardsley indicated that he did [...]

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DUI charges dropped against Federal Prosecutor

January 24, 2010

Assistant United States Attorney Gerard Sullivan was arrested over thanksgiving weekend and eventually was charged with DUI and refusal to submit to a chemical test.  The final disposition of his case resulted in a plea to the refusal charge and a dismissal of his DUI charge.  This is an extremely common disposition that is generally [...]

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