Kirstyn Niemela served eight months in a federal prison for entering the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. “I lost friends and family, and I haven’t been able to find a job,” she told the Globe.
“The victims are smart. They are educated. They are kind. They are not foolish women. They were conned,” said Assistant United States Attorney Denise M. Barton
Two Rhode Island men are accused of being high-ranking members of an organized crime ring that made $12.3 million through the wholesale of stolen health and beauty products.
More than 80 children in the care of Rhode Island DCYF are being sent to dozens of out-of-state residential treatment facilities — including some accused of abuse, neglect, and dysfunction