Massachusetts lawyer, detainees accused of trying to smuggle contraband into Wyatt Detention Facility in RI

Correctional officers thought DiJoseph’s behavior was suspicious when she used her credentials as an attorney to visit detainee Shawn D. Hart at the Wyatt facility in Central Falls last July, according to an affidavit unsealed in US District Court on Tuesday. Hart, 46, is awaiting trial on drug and firearm offenses charged in Massachusetts. Over … Read more

District of Rhode Island | Massachusetts Attorney, Three Others Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Contraband Into the Wyatt Detention Center

PROVIDENCE, RI – As reflected in court documents unsealed in federal court in Providence today, a Massachusetts attorney, two individuals detained in the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, and a Connecticut woman have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints for their alleged participation in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention … Read more

Foreign nationals charged in Rhode Island, Massachusetts ATM skimming scheme

File image of a gavel. (WLNE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Four foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally were charged in federal court for an alleged ATM and retail store skimming scheme in at least six states including Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The defendants are accused of placing skimming devices on ATMs in Westerly and Bristol, … Read more