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R.I. man sentenced for attempting to stab police, paramedic
A Rhode Island man will serve at least six years in prison for robbing a man outside a cannabis dispensary in Fall River and attempting to stab multiple police officers and a paramedic following the robbery, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office announced Tuesday.
Dillon Nobles, 26, of Tiverton, R.I., pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count each of armed assault with intent to murder, armed assault with intent to rob and resisting arrest in connection with a “series of episodes” in Fall River on Jan. 24, 2022, Quinn’s office said.
On that date, Nobles, who was intoxicated, went to the Nature’s Medicine cannabis dispensary in Fall River with his mother. While he waited outside, he encountered a man who gave him $30 to purchase marijuana on his behalf.
Nobles went into the store but exited before buying any cannabis, according to the statement. After being confronted by the man, Nobles “brandished” a folding knife and threatened the man with it.
Later, Nobles became unresponsive while on a Southeastern Regional Transit Authority bus. When roused by paramedics and police, he was “defiant and refused treatment,” prosecutors said.
An officer deescalated the situation and convinced Nobles to go to the hospital, but he became agitated as he walked to a stretcher and threatened a pandemic, according to Quinn’s office.
Nobles then brandished the knife again and approached the paramedic. Police intervened, prompting Nobles to slash at the “neck/torso area” of a responding officer.
Nobles then fled on foot with officers trailing him.
Another officer joined the chaise and stained himself ahead of Nobles. He tried to subdue Nobles but the area was crowded, grabbing hold of his left arm but failing to grab the man’s right arm.
Nobles then pulled out the knife with his right hand and “violently attempted to stab the officer in the neck, coming within inches,” Quinn’s office said. Yet another officer grabbed his arm and held him at bay until other officers arrived, took the knife, and later tased Nobles.
Prosecutors had argued in court for a 12 to 15 year sentence, while Nobles’ attorneys requested three to five years. Judge Brian Glenny ultimately sentenced the man to six to 10 years.
The case “highlights the danger that police officers face when they encounter armed and violent individuals during the course of performing their duties,” Quinn said in the statement.
“The police should be commended for using remarkable restraint in subduing the defendant,” he said. “He clearly is a danger to the community and needs to be kept off the street.”
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Two people are dead and another person seriously hurt after a crash involving two vehicles on the highway in Warwick Saturday.
Rhode Island State Police said the crash happened around 1:34 p.m. on the ramp from Route 113 West to I-95 South.
According to police, a Hyundai SUV that was driving in the middle lane of the highway started to drift to the right, crossed the first lane, and then crossed onto the on-ramp lane. The car struck the guardrail twice before driving through the grass median.
The Hyundai then struck the driver’s side of a Mercedes SUV that was on the ramp, causing the Mercedes to roll over and come to a rest. The impact sent the Hyundai over the guardrail and down an embankment.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 73-year-old man, and his passenger, a 69-year-old woman, were both pronounced dead at the hospital.
A woman who was in the Mercedes was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital in critical condition.
State police said all lanes of traffic were reopened by 4:30 p.m.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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A federal judge on Friday tossed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit aiming to force Rhode Island to hand over its voter information as part of the Trump administration’s push to acquire voter data from several states.
Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Mary McElroy wrote that federal law does not allow the DOJ “to conduct the kind of fishing expedition it seeks here,” siding with Rhode Island election officials. She added that the DOJ did not provide evidence to suggest that Rhode Island violated election law.
McElroy, a Trump appointee, wrote that she sided with the similar decision in Oregon. That decision ruled that the DOJ was not entitled to unredacted voter registration lists.
“Absent from the demand are any factual allegations suggesting that Rhode Island may be violating the list maintenance requirements,” she said in her ruling.
Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore (D) praised McElroy’s decision. He said in a statement that the Trump administration “seems to have no problem taking actions that are clear Constitutional overreaches, regularly meddling in responsibilities that are the rights of the states.”
“Today’s decision affirms our position: the United States Department of Justice has no legal right to – or need for – the personally-identifiable information in our voter file,” he said. “Voter list maintenance is a responsibility entrusted to the states, and I remain confident in the steps we take here in Rhode Island to keep our list as accurate as possible.”
The Hill reached out to the DOJ for comment.
The DOJ called for the voter lists as it investigated Rhode Island’s compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which allowed Americans to register to vote when they apply for a driver’s license.
The DOJ sued at least 30 states, as well as Washington, D.C., in December demanding their respective voter data. This data includes birth dates, names and partial Social Security numbers.
At least 12 states have given or said they will give the DOJ their voter registration lists, according to a tracker operated by the Brennan Center for Justice.
The department stated after it lost a similar suit against Massachusetts earlier this month that it had “sweeping powers” to access the voter data and that, if states fail to comply, courts have a “limited, albeit vital, role” in directing election officers on behalf of the administration to produce the records. The DOJ cited the Civil Rights Act as being intended to unearth alleged election law violations.
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