Overview

• Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan was charged with willful trespass after Newport police responded to Clarke Cooke House on Aug. 14 for an 'unwanted party.'
• Newly released police video shows Flanagan repeatedly asserting 'I'm an AG,' demanding cameras be shut off, and telling officers they would 'regret' arresting her.
• Flanagan received a court summons; her companion, Veronica Hannan, was also arrested and faces additional counts of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
• The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office confirmed Flanagan's identity, noted her seven-year tenure in the Appellate Unit, and said an internal review is underway.
• Officials clarified that statewide and Newport policies do not require officers to disable body cameras at a subject's request, with exceptions primarily for victims or witnesses.