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Boston Globe
04-06-2025
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In third week of strike at R.I. psych hospital, Butler posts job ads to replace striking nurses
Related : Striking employees who have been permanently replaced will not be able to return to work once the strike ends. Instead, those employees will be placed on a 'preferential hire list,' said Marran, and would be able to return once a position becomes available. Advertisement This is Care New England's latest move to attempt to bring employees back to work amid the ongoing strike. The hospital system terminated workers' health insurance effective this month, forcing hundreds to sign up for free or low-cost health insurance through the state insurance marketplace. Get Rhode Island News Alerts Sign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter Email Sign Up 'Mary Marran's claims of heartfelt concern for Butler Hospital employees are perverse in light of her decision to replace dedicated frontline staff — some of whom have served the hospital since graduating high school — with out-of-state, temporary workers,' said Jesse Martin, the executive vice president of SEIU 1199 New England, the union that represents these workers. Martin also called the moves by the hospital 'immoral' and 'illegal in light of the hospital's unfair labor practices.' The union filed claims of unfair labor practices against Butler on May 12. Advertisement Jesse Martin, the executive vice president of SEIU 1199 NE, yells into a microphone to the crowd. Lane Turner/Globe Staff If the subject of the strike is to have the employer concede some economic concession — such as higher wages, shorter hours, or better working conditions — striking workers cannot be discharged, but they can be replaced by their employer under certain circumstances, 'Stripping Butler employees of their job security and healthcare benefits is not how you build a better hospital,' said Martin. Dan Camp, who works in the behavioral call intake center, said he has been working at Butler since he was a teenager. 'There is no Butler without the dedicated staff who have devoted their lives to this institution,' said Camp. 'Mary Marran and Michael Wagner [Care New England's chief executive] need to return to the bargaining table and settle this contract fairly.' Niki Anthony, a registered nurse and member of the union's negotiating committee, said Care New England's representatives were delaying negotiations and not negotiating in good faith. She marched to Wagner's office last week to demand leaders settle a fair contract. 'Enough is enough,' said Anthony. 'It's time to get this contract done.' Dr. Michael Wagner is the president and chief executive at Care New England, the state's second largest hospital system. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff The strike, Advertisement Butler Hospital has spent millions on The union is seeking increases in pay and staffing levels, and wants concerns over a rise in workplace violence addressed. Plus, while current staff have pensions, the hospital wants new hires to have contribution plans for retirement, which are similar to 401(k)s. Both sides' positions on how to handle those issues remain far apart. Marran said in a statement that the union has not been prepared for negotiation sessions, and has focused on 'internal union matters.' When asked for further details, Marran said the union wanted more access to the hospital, including additional opportunities to meet with newly hired employees beyond the current contractually-provided time available during new hire orientation. 'The union focused on additional access to new hires, rather than core issues important to employees like wages, retirement, and insurance,' said Marran. Union leaders also claimed Butler's negotiating team did not respond to a proposed non-discrimination proposal that included protection for non-English speakers. Butler's leaders have not responded to the workers' workplace violence committee proposal either, union leaders said. Alexa Gagosz can be reached at
Boston Globe
16-05-2025
- Boston Globe
Previously deported Guatemalan man detained in Providence after allegedly assaulting ICE officer
Tamup-Tamup, who was illegally in the United States at the time of his arrest, faces a charge of assault, resisting, and impeding a law enforcement officer in the performance of official duties, prosecutors said. Advertisement Officials allege Tamup-Tamup 'struggled with an ICE deportation officer and Homeland Security Investigations agents as they attempted to apprehend him as authorized by a Warrant for Arrest of Alien.' Get Rhode Island News Alerts Sign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter Email Sign Up 'A Homeland Security Investigations agent suffered serious injury during the encounter,' prosecutors said. Tamup-Tamup was first arrested on April 19 and charged with driving under the influence, after his car hit another vehicle, according to prosecutors, who said his 'fingerprints matched ICE fingerprint records associated with a person flagged as being in the United States illegally.' He was arraigned and released, officials said. Then on April 30, ICE deportation officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents stopped a vehicle Tamup-Tamup was driving in Providence, prosecutors said. 'After he refused to exit, the law enforcement agents guided him out of the vehicle,' officials said. 'While the agents attempted to place [Tamup-Tamup] in handcuffs, he resisted, threw his upper body and shoulders against the agents, flailed his arms, and broke an agent's hold. During the encounter, one of the agents fell to the ground and suffered a serious leg injury.' Advertisement Tamup-Tamup fled the scene as agents attended to their injured colleague, prosecutors said. The agent's condition was unknown on Friday. On Thursday, he was located at a Providence residence and arrested, officials said. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Boston Globe
09-05-2025
- Boston Globe
R.I. man sentenced to life in prison for 2020 murder of his girlfriend
Advertisement 'Perpetrators of domestic abuse seek to exert control over their victims, and will go to extreme measures to keep it,' Attorney General Peter Neronha said in a statement. 'All too often, this violent behavior escalates and ends with victims losing their lives, as was the case here. While nothing can bring Kristine back to her family, I hope this life sentence gives them some sense of peace knowing that justice was served.' Get Rhode Island News Alerts Sign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter Email Sign Up According to prosecutors, Ohler was found unresponsive in Colebut's Pawtucket home after authorities responded to a 911 call for a medical emergency there in the early morning of Feb. 17, 2020. Ohler had visible injuries to her face, and officers began CPR on her at the residence before she was brought to Miriam Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, officials said. Advertisement 'Officers detained the defendant at the scene,' prosecutors said. 'He later admitted that he argued with Kristine while intoxicated. Neighbors also reported hearing arguing coming from the defendant's residence earlier in the night.' The incident was a violation of a 2020 'no contact order' between Colebut and Ohler that was issued after 'an incident of physical violence,' prosecutors said. 'Domestic violence gravely impacts our community, and I am grateful to see this perpetrator be held accountable for his actions,' Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said in a statement. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Boston Globe
02-05-2025
- Boston Globe
Cranston man who assaulted 12-year-old R.I. girl, then tried to have her killed, sentenced to 35 years in state prison
Cardente was also ordered to have no contact with the girl, to register as a sex offender, to attend sex offender counseling, and to be subject to community supervision, officials said. Advertisement 'This defendant deserves every bit of the lengthy sentence he received for his terrible crimes,' Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said in a statement. 'While nothing can undo the pain caused, the young victim in this case demonstrated incredible courage by telling her story in her exceptional victim impact statement. She is an inspiration for victims everywhere.' Get Rhode Island News Alerts Sign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter Email Sign Up An attorney listed for Cardente did not immediately return a request for comment on Friday morning. Cardente previously pleaded guilty in US District Court in Providence in March, after Related : Advertisement A sentencing hearing in that case is set for June 5, records show. At that time, a judge will decide whether Cardente will serve the federal and state sentences concurrently or consecutively, according to a spokesman for the US Attorney's Office. Federal prosecutors said Cardente, who had already been convicted for child molestation in 2014, first messaged the girl in December 2021 through the social media app, Snapchat. The two arranged to meet alongside a wooded area next to the middle school in Burrillville, R.I., according to Police Chief Stephen Lynch. Court records say Cardente picked up the girl there in his vehicle on Dec. 10, 2021. In signing the federal plea agreement, Cardente acknowledged he drove the girl to several places in Warwick and sexually assaulted her several times that day. After the girl was reported missing by her family, she was found by police on the side of Jefferson Boulevard late that night after Cardente learned authorities were looking for the two of them and left her there, according to Lynch. Cardente told police the two were Snapchat 'friends' that summer, according to the plea agreement, which includes facts of the case agreed on by Cardente and prosecutors. He told the girl he was 17 years old – despite being 27 at the time – and he was well aware she was only 12, authorities said. Then in February 2022, while he was incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, he asked a person over the phone to kill the girl in exchange for $200 cash and $1,500 worth of tattoo equipment, according to the plea agreement. Advertisement 'I need her to end up dead, she's a witness, she needs to go,' Cardente said during the call. He also provided the girl's home address, according to the agreement. 'It ain't gonna bother me. I'm gonna go to sleep at night, so I'm gonna be fine with it,' he said, according to the agreement. 'I just need it done …. I just need it done before I get indicted,' Cardente added. Unbeknownst to him, Cardente was actually speaking to an undercover law enforcement officer. A federal grand jury returned an indictment against him months later in September 2022. He was indicted in state court in August 2023. Material from a previous Globe story was used in this report. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Boston Globe
28-04-2025
- Boston Globe
Providence man in ‘stable' condition after being shot by Johnston police officer he allegedly struck with a car
Officials have previously said Peterson is expected to survive. According to authorities, police responded to a report of a possible disturbance at a Shell gas station at 1396 Hartford Ave. in Johnston at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. A third-party caller reported a 'potential argument' between a man and a woman in the parking lot, police said. At the scene, officers found both of them, with the man 'seated alone in the driver's seat of a white Nissan Sentra, positioned in the parking lot facing out toward Hartford Avenue,' police said. Get Rhode Island News Alerts Sign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter Email Sign Up 'As one of the responding officers exited his patrol vehicle, the driver of the Sentra accelerated forward, striking the officer,' police said. 'At that time, the officer discharged his service weapon, firing multiple rounds at the driver.' Advertisement The Sentra continued north across Hartford Avenue before it hit a pylon and came to a stop, police said. Officers provided medical aid to the driver, who was later identified as Peterson and brought to the hospital. 'The involved officer sustained minor injuries during the incident,' police said. 'He was transported to the hospital for evaluation and treatment and was subsequently discharged.' According to police, at the time of Saturday's shooting, Peterson was wanted on a warrant from Rhode Island State Police on charges of obstructing an officer and reckless driving. Advertisement Peterson was arraigned at the hospital on Sunday evening on charges of felony assault, assault of a police officer, obstructing a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and 'reckless driving and other offenses against public safety,' police said. Peterson is being held without bail as a probation and bail violator, according to authorities. The shooting will be investigated by members of the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, State Police, and the Johnston Police Department, as required by protocol, officials said. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
