"Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan had been on unpaid leave since August, when she pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor trespassing charge in an incident outside the Clarke Cooke House. A spokesperson for the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office confirmed Flanagan - whose full name is Devon Flanagan Hogan - had returned to work as of last week. She has been reassigned from the Appellate Unit of the Criminal Division to the Providence County Superior Court daily calendar."
"Police body-worn camera footage captured the arrests, during which Flanagan repeatedly told officers, 'I'm an AG.' 'I want you to turn your bodycam off,' Flanagan also says in the video. 'Protocol is that you turn it off if a citizen requests ... to turn it off.' The attorney general's office later clarified that police body-worn cameras can be turned off at an officer's discretion upon the request of a victim or witness."
"In pleading no contest, Flanagan was given a six-month filing, meaning the case could be dismissed if she stayed out of trouble. She was ordered to stay away from the Clarke Cooke House. Hannan pleaded no contest to a charge of resisting arrest, and prosecutors dropped her two other counts of disorderly conduct and willful trespassing."
Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan returned to work last week after serving unpaid leave since August following a misdemeanor trespassing charge. She was arrested outside the Clarke Cooke House restaurant in Newport after police responded to an unwanted party call. Body camera footage showed Flanagan invoking her title and requesting officers turn off their cameras. She pleaded no contest and received a six-month filing, meaning dismissal if she avoids further trouble. She was ordered to stay away from the restaurant. Her friend Veronica Hannan also pleaded no contest to resisting arrest with similar conditions. Flanagan earns approximately $117,000 annually and has been reassigned from the Appellate Unit to the Providence County Superior Court daily calendar.
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