Rhode Island’s Democrat Attorney General Peter Neronha is scrambling after one of his own prosecutors, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan, was hauled off in handcuffs following a drunken meltdown in Newport.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that on Thursday night, Flanagan, a Democrat-appointed prosecutor, was arrested after refusing to leave the upscale Clarke Cooke House restaurant and berating responding officers while flaunting her government “status.”
According to the Newport Police Department, officers were dispatched at 9:51 p.m. on August 14 after Flanagan and her friend, Veronica Hannan, ignored repeated requests from staff to leave.
What happened next was a disgrace.
Bodycam footage obtained by parental rights activist Nicole Solas shows the entitled Flanagan berating officers, desperately clinging to her job title like it was a “get out of jail free” card.
“I’M AN AG!” Flanagan shrieked eleven times while resisting arrest, even threatening officers:
“Buddy, you’re gonna regret this.”
But Newport’s officers didn’t flinch. One officer coolly responded:
“Good for you. I don’t give a sh*t.”
According to the Newport Police report obtained by GoLocal Prov News:
After several attempts of trying to move the parties along with verbal commands, I gently placed my hands on the backs of Veronica and Hogan, attempting to usher them away to avoid further conflict. Both parties still refused to leave and I grabbed Hogan’s left and right hands, securing handcuffs on her. While attempting to secure Hogan in handcuffs she repeatedly stated, “I’m an AG (Attorney General).” I informed Hogan that she was being arrested because of the fact that she was refused to leave after numerous lawful orders. Hogan was subsequently searched for weapons and contraband before being placed in the rear prisoner compartment of cruiser #16 which was previously searched.
Once Hogan was secured in the rear of my cruiser, I observed Officer Chiang struggling to place Veronica in handcuffs. I went over to assist Officer Chiang in securing Veronica in handcuffs. I grabbed Veronica’s left arm while Officer Chiang grabbed her right arm. As Officer Chiang went to place handcuffs on Veronica, she tensed her arms and pulled away. Veronica at one point screamed, “Get your fucking hands off me” as he was giving commands. Officer Chiang put his body weight into Veronica as he was attempting to secure the handcuffs on her as she continued to stiffen and resist hand placement.
While in the process of attempting to secure Veronica in handcuffs, her husband, James kept trying to interfere with the detention. With a single arm, I pushed James away and commanded him multiple times to get back. Eventually, Officer Chiang was able to secure Veronica in handcuffs, however, due to the petite size of her wrists, Veronica slipped out of the handcuffs quickly and took a few steps back. At this point, it should be noted that a large crowd had formed due to the loud and unreasonable noise that disturbed the general public in the area. I then immediately grabbed Veronica’s right hand firmly as Officer Chiang grabbed her left hand. I then placed Veronica in handcuffs as she still actively resisted by tensing…”
In another statement by Newport Police, an officer cited:
“Sergeant Lavallee booked and photographed Veronica and she was searched by Officer Gonsalves before being placed in cell #8. Officer Hutson booked and photographed Hogan and she was searched and fingerprinted by Officer Lopes. It should be noted that while booking Hogan, she was extremely uncooperative, berating officers, repeatedly stating her position as an AG and refusing to follow instructions. Hogan was eventually released with a District Court Summons.”
With the scandal exploding, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha (D) admitted on local radio that Flanagan will face a suspension without pay, but only after she embarrassed herself, his office, and the entire state.
Peter Neronha:
“Look, she’s put me in a bad position. She’s embarrassed herself, humiliated herself, and treated the Newport Police Department horribly. She is going to take some steps to try to address that in the next day or so. But I just don’t know what I’m going to do yet, Jean, and I have to give it some more thought.But the inexcusable behavior—she knows better. The office knows better. I’ve got 110 lawyers. She embarrassed all of them, in a sense. I haven’t had many issues like this while I’ve been attorney general, though I’ve had a few. I want to get some more information, frankly, about what’s going on with her before I make my final decision.
She’s taking a couple of vacation days. She’s not working. Is she taking a couple of days off right now? I wouldn’t call them vacation days. I will tell you, Jean, that in the end, there will be a suspension without pay here, if I were to retain her, for sure.
She’s not going to continue to go on as if nothing happened in terms of salary and that kind of thing. So there’ll be a strong sanction here. I just want to think it through and get all the information I need to make sure that I’m doing the right thing.
Look, I have the responsibility to protect the office, obviously, and the work. But these are decisions that impact human beings, too. And so I want to take everything into account, make sure that I’m doing what I think is right and is consistent with what I’ve done in the past.”
BREAKING: RI Attorney General Peter Neronha (D) says assistant AG Devon Flanagan will be SUSPENDED after she was arrested for trespassing while drunk:
“She’s put me in a bad position. She’s embarrassed herself… in the end, there will be a suspension without pay here…. So… https://t.co/uHOKnG0DCp pic.twitter.com/irTjiJqqpM
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 19, 2025
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