A Special Assistant Attorney General with the office of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will be placed on unpaid leave after an alleged trespassing incident that was caught on a Newport police officer's body camera.

Officials are reviewing the arrest of Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan in Newport, according to a spokesperson for the office.

Coastal Rhode Island is under a high surf advisory and flood advisory as Hurricane Erin continues to send big waves to the Ocean State.

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The Hollywood limelight is shining brightly on the Ocean State in a dream summer for the local movie industry.

Exhibit A this week is Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan, whose drunken antics while resisting arrest outside the upscale Clarke Cooke House in Newport is the latest example of a new genre of viral content: brats resisting arrest.

The article Newport's Spouting Rock Beach Again Infected With Bacteria: State appeared first on Newport Patch. NEWPORT, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health recommended closing the swimming area at Spouting Rock Beach Association in Newport for the second time in six days Wednesday due to high bacteria counts.