 Ricardo Florez, age 51, with a last known address of 27 Summit Street, Central Falls, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years, with eight to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for one count of second degree child molestation. Florez was found guilty by a jury on March 31st after a trial before Superior Court Justice Daniel A. Procaccini.
 At the beginning of June, 85 mayors, governors and county officials from across the country – and across the political spectrum – signed on to the Mayors Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness. Today, we’re announcing that in the two months since then, 97 more state and local leaders have signed on – meaning that a total of 182 local leaders have pledged to end homelessness among the veterans in their communities by the end of 2015.
I know that might sound like a pipe dream. After all, veteran homelessness is a problem we’ve faced for decades – in fact, almost 90 percent of all homeless veterans served prior to 9/11. And as a country, we’ve never been able to rally the resources and the public will to get all of our veterans off the streets and into stable housing.  Gianfranco Marrocco, owner of the Marrocco Group In plea to keep his controversial The $3 Bar open, Gianfranco Marrocco unleashed a verbal tirade, calling out his Federal Hill neighbors and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras. In the latter, he proclaimed that Taveras should "Run back to the Dominican Republic.
See the Mayor's response below Read the full article here  Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that a Providence County Superior Court jury found Quandell Husband, age 18, of Providence, guilty on three counts of first degree murder, three counts of discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence resulting in death, and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery. The jury returned the verdict after a three-week trial before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause and just two days before the two-year anniversary of the deaths of Shameeka Barros, Michael Martin and Damien Colon.
During the course of the trial, the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Husband was responsible for the murder of Shameeka Barros, Damien Colon and Michael Martin during an attempted robbery on July 30, 2012.  A group marched down Atwells Avenue in Providence toward City Hall to demand the permanent closure of The $3 Bar. Kevin Aherne (@KAherne17) Federal Hill business owners, employees, politicians, and residents marched on City Hall on Wednesday, demanding that The $3 Bar on Atwells Avenue be closed for good. The bar, which sells all food and drink items for three dollars opened this spring had its license temporarily revoked this past Sunday following a string of violent incidents that occurred the previous week. "As soon as I heard that place was opening, and being called The $3 Bar, I knew right then and there that it was bad news," said Kristina Ferrucci, a longtime Federal Hill bartender. "The name says it all." UPDATE: The Providence Board of Licenses have voted to keep The $3 Bar closed pending the result of an upcoming hearing in Rhode Island Superior Court. In today's meeting, owner Gianfranco Marrocco called his neighbors "racists" and urged Mayor Taveras--who has publicly supported the closure--to "go back to the Dominican Republic where he belongs." |
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