Rhode Island Prosecutor Pleads No Contest To Trespassing

NEWPORT, RI — A Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General caught on viral video threatening a police officer and trying to use her position as a prosecutor to throw her weight around pleaded no contest to a willful trespassing charge.

Devon Flanagan Hogan, 34, entered the plea Wednesday. She was sentenced to a six-month filing and was barred from the Clark Cook House in Newport, a restaurant she refused to leave, which led to her arrest.

In addition to her legal woes, Hogan was placed on a six-month unpaid leave by her boss, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, who said in a statement she "mistreated the Newport Police Department and embarrassed herself, the Office, and frankly me."

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Hogan, 34, a resident of Warwick, was arrested shortly before 10 p.m. Aug. 14 after officers were called to the Bannister's Wharf restaurant in reference to patrons "refusing to leave," according to a police report.

The video shows Hogan not only refusing to leave, but also informing the police that they would not take her into custody.

"You're not going to arrest us," Hogan said, to which her companion, Veronica Hannan, added, "She's a f------ lawyer, so she knows," the video shows.

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The police did end up arresting both Hogan and Hannan, also 34, of Westport, Connecticut. But not before Hogan reminded officers that she was an assistant attorney general, repeatedly telling them, "I'm an A.G."

In addition to ensuring the police were aware that she was an assistant attorney general, Hogan let the officer know that he would be sorry for placing her under arrest.

"Buddy, you're going to regret this," a handcuffed Hogan said from the backseat of a squad car, the video shows, getting in a few more words before an officer shuts the door on her.

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After Hogan was placed in a squad car, Hannan cursed officers and resisted her own arrest.

The video shows Hannan slipping a wrist out of the handcuffs before she was subdued to a degree and manacled again, as well as screaming hysterically and calling out to a man on the scene, saying, "No, babe, babe, I'm scared," and, "This is so inappropriate."

An officer at one point asks Hannan, "What's wrong with you?" the video shows.

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Hannan was charged with willful trespass, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to police.

Hogan was paid $92,736.44 in 2023, according to OpenPayrolls.