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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 big [food delivery] apps who charge 15% commissions and up, charging customers, often inflating menu costs. I said we can be better than this.
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 doubt. He also criticized the state’s money laundering statute in his remarks in court, calling it “constitutionally deficient.”
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 were brought forth in an October trial that was tied to Mattiello’s 2016 re-election campaign when Britt worked for the house…
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Britt, former operative for Speaker Mattiello, found not guilty in high-profile case Published Wed Dec 16 2020 15:56:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Ian Donnis
Jeff Britt, a well-known Rhode Island political operative, was found not guilty Wednesday of two charges related to outgoing House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s 2016 campaign, including a felony count of money laundering.
In a brief hearing in Kent County Superior Court, Judge Daniel Procaccini called Rhode Island’s money-laundering law constitutionally deficient and he said prosecution witnesses lacked credibility.
With Britt appearing via video link from Florida, the judge summarized what he said were his three conclusions in the case.
Neronha says it s time to move past unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the election Published Tue Dec 15 2020 20:52:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Ian Donnis
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said that while he has not seen reason to be concerned about violence in the state related to the presidential election, State Police continue to monitor the subject closely.
“I hope we won’t see it here,” Neronha said, referring to violent incidents that took place after supporters of President Trump gathered in Washington, D.C. over the weekend.
Neronha said the fusion center run by Rhode Island State Police is keeping a close watch “on the threat picture, both generally and with respect to that kind of violence in particular.”