Overview

• Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan entered a no-contest plea Wednesday to misdemeanor willful trespass stemming from her Aug. 14 arrest in Newport.
• Attorney General Peter Neronha placed Flanagan on six months of unpaid leave on Monday, citing conduct that fell short of the office’s standards.
• Body-camera footage shows Flanagan asking officers to turn off their cameras, repeatedly stating “I’m an AG,” and telling an officer, “You’re going to regret this.”
• Neronha met with the Newport officers involved and apologized on behalf of his office, and officials said Flanagan sent apology letters to the officers.
• Officials and legal experts said her claim that officers must shut off cameras at a citizen’s request was incorrect, as policy allows that option mainly for victims and witnesses.