Criminal Lawyer Rhode Island

0.  N.E. lacks space to hold suspected illegal immigrants (The Providence Journal)
Many people were surprised when hundreds of presumed illegal immigrants arrested in a New Bedford factory raid last week were shipped to a Texas detention center.

1.  W. Warwick finance, pension officials questioned in probe (The Providence Journal)
WEST WARWICK - A federal corruption probe of the Rhode Island State House has branched out into the town of West Warwick, home to powerful Senate Finance Chairman Stephen D. Alves.

2.  Closed auto trial sought (Detroit News)
WASHINGTON -- Automakers want to bar the public from part of a trial over whether Vermont can impose new standards on vehicle tailpipe emissions in the first challenge to one of the biggest environmental issues facing the auto industry.

3.  Forum to Explore Media, Station Fire (RedNova)
By Scott MacKay; Journal Staff Writer A panel discussion at URI will examine the difficulties reporters faced in obtaining records.

4.  Spotlight on public access shows California lagging (Modesto Bee)
SACRAMENTO - Cities from San Francisco to Los Angeles this year have locked reporters out of police disciplinary hearings, citing a court ruling limiting access to government records.

5.  new england in brief (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
BOSTON - The governor of the state that supported U.S. Sen. John S. McCain 3rd in the 2000 Republican presidential primary has endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination.

6.  Carcieri appointments questioned (The Providence Journal)
PROVIDENCE - A government watchdog group is questioning whether Governor Carcieri complied with state law in making two appointments to the Judicial Nominating Commission.

7.  DSS teams arrive in Texas to interview detained immigrants (Boston Globe)
Two teams from the Massachusetts Department of Social Services arrived in Texas yesterday to interview immigrants detained after a raid in New Bedford, amid concerns that some of the immigrants might have been separated from families who need their care.

8.  Court: 2 can resume cases (The Providence Journal)
PROVIDENCE - Two lawyers who billed the state for up to 20 hours per day have been reinstated to the list of private lawyers who represent indigent defendants in Family Court, court officials said last week.

9.  Card scam probe widens (The Providence Journal)
The debit-card fraud investigation that sprung from the arrests this week of four men at a Stop & Shop in Coventry dug deeper into Rhode Island and leapt to California, according to federal court records.