Overview

• Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan was arrested Aug. 14 outside Newport's Clarke Cooke House and cited for willful trespass with a summons to court.
• Body-worn camera video shows Flanagan repeatedly telling officers to turn off their cameras, identifying herself as an AG, and warning, "You're going to regret this."
• Attorney General Peter Neronha said Flanagan embarrassed the office, indicated a strong sanction such as suspension without pay is likely, and called an apology to Newport police necessary.
• The AG's office and Newport police clarified that bodycam recordings are not turned off at a suspect's request, with policies allowing pauses only in limited victim or witness situations.
• Police said the second arrestee, Veronica Hannan, faces additional misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and officials emphasized the women were suspects, not victims or witnesses.