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More details are now emerging as to how the Rhode Island State Police (RISP) investigation into the illegal dumping of contaminated material at the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) 6/10 project was derailed.
Lawyer Charles "Chas" Calenda, 39, first signaled his intent to run for attorney general in September when he notified the Board of Elections he had created a campaign fundraising account to run for the office. He made headlines earlier this month as the lawyer for two fitness centers, in court, challenging the legal authority for the temporary gym shutdown order imposed by Gov. Gina Raimondo to try to protect the public from the coronavirus. The gyms lost the first round. On Tuesday, Calenda resurfaced in an online blog post in which he blasted Neronha for prosecuting Britt on charges ste...
Beep-Beep Anthony Spiratos doesn't want to run a food delivery business -- he wants to start a movement. The Aquidneck Island native said he launched No Contact Valet during the pandemic to help out struggling restaurants, as well as out-of-work industry professionals. "At the start of this pandemic back in March, I was driving down Broadway and Thames [in Newport] and would see a lot of restaurants were closed, and I couldn’t figure out why they weren’t doing delivery," said Spiratos. "When I started to look into it, I saw an alarming trend — they can’t afford to go with the bi...
By PHILIP MARCELODecember 16, 2020 GMT A former campaign aide to Democratic Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has been cleared of criminal charges stemming from the 2016 campaign. Jeff Britt, 52, was found not guilty Wednesday of felony money laundering as well as a misdemeanor charge of making a prohibited campaign contribution. The verdict in the bench trial was handed down by Judge Daniel Procaccini in Kent County Superior Court in Warwick. Procaccini said in his decision that prosecutors had failed to sufficiently prove Britt was guilty of either charge beyond a reasonable ...
Former Mattiello aide Britt acquitted of money-laundering charges, violating campaign-finance laws Updated at 11:23 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2020. HOUSE SPEAKER Nicholas A. Mattiello's former aide Jeffrey Britt was found not guilty Wednesday of money-laundering charges and violating campaign-finance violations. / AP FILE PHOTO / CHARLES KRUPA PROVIDENCE – Jeffrey Britt, the former aide to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, was acquitted Wednesday by R.I. Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini of money-laundering charges and allegations of violating campaign-finance laws. The charges w...