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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d0904cbb9e80814f457adecb92eda9b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0f0f;font-size:14px"><strong>Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arraigned after trespassing at the Clarke Cooke House, a restaurant in Newport, <strong>Rhode Island</strong>, on August 14</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40313a689a042b5d27d1f299057b4634 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0f0f;font-size:14px"><strong>Earlier this week she was placed on unpaid leave for six months, in the wake of her now viral arrest </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34c2096621623bd65fd29cf2612ba46d wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0f0f;font-size:14px"><strong>Flanagan, 34, on Wednesday pled no contest to the charge, accepting the evidence, but not admitting her guilt </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2cd5fd133bcac4e58c80e38a722bf8ae wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0f0f;font-size:14px"><strong>Flanagan sent apology letters to the individual officers involved while her boss also met with those officers and rendered an apology</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&#8216;Don&#8217;t you know who I am&#8217;. In this still from police body camera footage, a drunk Devon Flanagan is seen attempting to use her position to weasel out of legal trouble as cops tried to arrest her in Newport, on August 14, for trespassing </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Rhode Island state prosecutor has appeared in court after being caught on camera saying &#8216;don&#8217;t you know who I am&#8217; during a drunken arrest.<br>Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arraigned after trespassing at the Clarke Cooke House, a swanky restaurant in Newport, on August 14.<br>In court on Wednesday Flanagan, 34, pled no contest to the charge, accepting the evidence but not admitting her guilt, before exiting the courthouse, hide behind her massive sunglasses, ignoring questions from reporters.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong><strong>Asst. AG Flan</strong>agan was put on unpaid leave for six months earlier this week</strong>. <strong>In court Tuesday, [photo], she pled no contest to the charge of trespassing, without admitting guilt </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this week she was put on unpaid leave for six months following her now viral arrest. <br>Speaking on the incident Flanagan&#8217;s boss and State Attorney General, Peter Neronha said, &#8216;We hold our attorneys to the highest personal and professional standards, and Ms. Flanagan plainly did not meet those standards here.&#8217;<br>Flanagan sent apology letters to the individual officers involved in the arrest while her boss also met with those officers and rendered an apology.<br>Flanagan and a friend, identified as Veronica Hannan, were arrested after they were asked to leave the restaurant and refused, according to police.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Flanagan and her friend Veronica Hannan, [photo], were arrested after they were asked to leave the the Clarke Cooke House in Newport and refused</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>As she was put in the back of a police cruiser, Flanagan was heard threatening officers with &#8216;you&#8217;re gonna regret this&#8217;</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the viral police bodycam video, Flanagan attempting to use her position to wriggle out of legal trouble queried the officers, &#8216;I&#8217;m an AG [attorney general]. I&#8217;m an AG. What are your probable cause to detain me for?&#8217; <br>She then threatens the officers with, &#8216;You&#8217;re going to regret this. You&#8217;re going to regret it,&#8217; she also warned the police officers. Backing her friend, Hannan chimes in, &#8216;she&#8217;s a lawyer&#8217; as Flanagan demands officers turn off their body cameras and desist from recording the encounter. <br>Staff at the restaurant asked police officers to remove the two women from the premises.<br>&#8216;Do you guys just want them out?&#8217; an officer can be heard asking. &#8216;Do you want them trespassed?&#8217;<br>&#8216;Anything we can do,&#8217; a worker responded. &#8216;Trespass? Yeah. I just need them out. Please.&#8217;<br>In Rhode Island, a conviction for misdemeanor willful trespass is punishable by up to a year in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Asst. Attorney General wearing dark sunglasses did not respond to questions from reporters as she left the courthouse on Wednesday following her arraignment</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Flanagan has been employed as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Rhode Island Attorney General&#8217;s Office since April 2018. However, her job tenure not clear, if convicted as charged. <br>In his statement announcing Flanagan was placed on leave, Neronha said he hopes she reflects &#8216;on the seriousness of her conduct and makes corrective changes in her life.&#8217;<br>&#8216;She has a long road ahead of her, but I believe that in the long run, our worst moments can inspire us to become better people,&#8217; he said.</p>

Rhode Island Special Asst. AG who asked cops ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ during drunken arrest pleads ‘no contest’ in court
