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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Top Prosecutor and Exec Arrested in Rhode Island
Video captured the moment police handcuffed a top prosecutor in a ritzy Newport, Rhode Island nightspot. Devon Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general, was being put in a police car as she allegedly threatened a police officer. Her friend, Veronica Hannan was also arrested. Flanagan and Hannan were having a night out at Clarke Cooke House. Authorities say they were asked to leave. When they didn't, the police were called.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Shock video reveals moment drunk Rhode Island elected official is arrested along with her friend
New body camera footage shows a Rhode Island prosecutor 'berating' police and attempting to avoid arrest after a drunken night out with a friend. Rhode Island Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan, a Democrat, was arrested Thursday for allegedly trespassing at the Clarke Cooke House, a swanky waterfront restaurant in Newport, Rhode Island. Hogan can be seen on police body camera footage released Monday attempting to use her position to wriggle out of legal trouble. 'I'm an AG [attorney general]. I'm an AG. What are your probable cause to detain me for?' Hogan said. 'You're going to regret this. You're going to regret it,' Hogan also warned the police officers. Her friend, identified by police as Veronica Hannan, can also be heard saying 'she's a lawyer' as Hogan demanded officers turn off their body cameras and do not film her. In a statement issued by the Newport Police, officers noted that Hogan 'was extremely uncooperative, berating officers, repeatedly stating her position as an AG and refusing to follow instructions.' Staff at the restaurant asked officers to remove the two women from the premises. 'Do you guys just want them out?' an officer asked. 'Do you want them trespassed?' 'Anything we can do,' a worker responded. 'Trespass? Yeah. I just need them out. Please.' Officers also claimed that after the deputy AG's antics, 'both parties still refused to leave, and I grabbed Hogan's left and right hands, securing handcuffs on her.' 'While attempting to secure Hogan in handcuffs, she repeatedly stated, "I'm an AG (Attorney General)." I informed Hogan that she was being arrested because of the fact that she was refused to leave after numerous lawful orders.' Devon Flanagan Hogan has been employed as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office for over 7 years, since April of 2018. The R.I. Attorney General's Office told local outlet 12 News that the incident was under review, but did not comment further on personnel matters.
