Rhode Island prosecutor in viral arrest video placed on unpaid leave, job future unclear

Fox News ^ | 8/23/25 | Alec Schemmel

[Doctor Congo]

The other woman arrested was a bigwig with PepsiCo.
I don’t know what happened to her.

[Freedom4US]

Devon Flanagan was ejected from the Clarke Cooke House restaurant in Newport, Rhode Island, because she and her companion refused to leave after being asked to
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This makes no sense. Why were they asked to leave? What was the reason?

[Liz]

This makes no sense. Why were they asked to leave? What was the reason?

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Devon Hogan Flanagan was asked to leave a Newport, Rhode Island, restaurant because she was considered an “unwanted party” and a disturbance, and she refused to leave, resulting in her arrest for willful trespass. Although the initial conflict’s specifics aren’t fully clear, a restaurant employee called the police to have her and her friend removed.

She was considered an “unwanted party” by the restaurant and was asked to leave by employees.

Flanagan refused to leave when police arrived, even after being told she would not be arrested if she departed. She was subsequently arrested and charged with willful trespass.

Bodycam footage of the incident, showing a heated interaction and her arrest, has gone viral and sparked public discussion.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I’m an AG”

Someone reported that she shouted it 11 times.

And her snooty smug friend with her... I hope something bad happens to her, too.

[MayflowerMadam]

It’s a she.

[anton]

Fired and disbarred for trying to coerce a policeman to violate the law by turning off his video camera.

[Liz]

On the water in Newport.

[Palio di Siena]

Married name.
She ain’t Irish.
Maiden name is Damiano.
She was an aide to Clare McCaskill at one point.

[Freedom4US]

Eh, that isn’t much better. “Unwanted party disturbance”. Wonder what they did to disturb?