Rhode Island prosecutor put on unpaid leave after warning ‘You’re gonna regret this’ during arrest
August 26, 2025
A Rhode Island state prosecutor was put on unpaid leave for six months after she was captured on police body camera footage warning one of the officers who were arresting her on a trespassing charge that he was “gonna regret it.” Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was given the punishment Monday. The state attorney general, Peter Neronha, said in a statement Tuesday that the punishment stemmed from her Aug. 14 trespassing arrest outside of a restaurant in Newport. According to police, Flanagan and a friend were repeatedly asked to leave the restaurant but refused. While an officer was placing her in a patrol vehicle, bodycam footage captured her telling him “Buddy, you’re gonna regret this.”