Overview

• Unpaid leave begins Monday, with the Attorney General’s Office saying the review of the incident is ongoing and a final employment decision has not been made.
• Police say she was arrested Aug. 14 outside Newport’s Clarke Cooke House on a willful trespass charge and issued a summons for an Aug. 27 arraignment in Newport District Court.
• Body-camera video shows her repeatedly invoking her title, asking officers to turn off their cameras, and telling an officer, “You’re going to regret this.”
• Attorney General Peter Neronha called the behavior “inexcusable” and signaled a likely strong sanction, adding she has expressed remorse after watching the footage.
• The Rhode Island Republican Party demanded her firing, and her companion Veronica Hannan pleaded not guilty to trespass, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.