PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — R.I. Superior Court Judge Brian Stern on Friday ordered an embattled Providence scrap metal yard to stay closed temporarily, siding with the state’s argument that the company is a public nuisance after two massive fires this year. Stern granted a temporarily restraining order against Rhode Island Recycled Metals and directed a … Read more
Listen to this article The Rhode Island Supreme Court has reversed a Superior Court judge’s decision to deny a defendant’s request for discharge from detention orders of commitment filed in two underlying criminal matters. Defendant Edward Mather, who was found incompetent to stand trial, was placed in an outpatient facility, LaBelle House Group Home. When … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Mario Monteiro, a man who was convicted at 17 for killing a 31-year-old Providence man, will be sent back before the parole board for consideration of possible release. In 2021, a law passed by the Rhode Island General Assembly in 2021, called “Mario’s Law,” was aimed at giving young offenders like … Read more