A Rhode Island state prosecutor who used to work in the Suffolk DA’s Office has been placed on unpaid leave after she berated police outside of a Newport restaurant and tried to leverage her job title to block her arrest.
Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan has not worked since police charged her with willful trespassing on Aug. 14 in an altercation that went viral across the country.
But starting on Monday, Flanagan’s absence from the office will be unpaid, according to a spokesman for the Rhode Island AG.
The spokesman did not specify how long Flanagan will remain off the job and whether she will face further conditions on her employment if and when she returns to work.
“Buddy, you’re gonna regret this. You’re gonna regret it,” Flanagan is heard telling a police o