Coventry Woman Sent 'Explicit' Photos Of Ex To His Mother: Cops

COVENTRY, RI — A Coventry woman sent "explicit" photos of a man she had been in a relationship with to his mother, police said.

Stephanie Hopkins, 40, was arrested about 4 p.m. New Year's Day at her Princeton Avenue home, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Hopkins was charged with the unauthorized dissemination of indecent material.

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Earlier that day, a North Kingstown man "entered the (Wickford) barracks and advised that his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Hopkins ... sent explicit photos of himself from his old phone to his mother," according to a state police report.

A trooper gave Hopkins a call shortly after the visit from the North Kingstown man and she told of how he had "mistreated her throughout her relationship and that she sent his mother the video that '(he) would send to dudes' as retribution for his alleged mistreatment," the report said.

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"Hopkins then informed Troopers that she believed (her ex) was solely doing this as he was arrested for the same crime in May of 2025," the report said.

Court records show a 39-year-old man with the same name as Hopkins' ex was arrested in May by the Middletown police on a charge of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material.

That man pleaded no contest to the charge in August and was sentenced to a mental health program, 10 days home confinement and 11 months probation.

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In a formal video interview, the ex explained "that he had a brief intimate dating relationship with Hopkins and at the conclusion of the relationship," on New Year's Eve, he "gave back a cellphone that was a gift from Hopkins. (He) stated that when he returned the phone, he left it as it was and did not factory reset the phone which would have wiped all its contents," the report said

Those contents included "several explicit videos and pictures that he took of himself," according to the report, and the ex "further stated that at approximately 3 a.m. (New Year's Day) his mother ... received multiple explicit screenshots of him showing his genitals."

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Troopers then headed to the mother's house, where she confirmed she received "videos and photos of her son from the number he had been previously using," according to the report.

"While on scene, Troopers were shown the bathroom where the photos were taken of the victim," the report said.

Hopkins' case remains pending with a pretrial conference scheduled for Jan. 27.

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