§ 11-41-24. Habitual offender. Any person who shall be convicted three (3) times for the crime of shoplifting as defined in § 11-41-20 or larceny as defined in § 11-41-1 or receiving stolen goods as defined in § 11-41-2, or who shall have been convicted three (3) times of any combination of the crimes described […]
§ 11-41-25. Siphoning of gasoline. Every person who shall siphon or otherwise steal gasoline from a motor vehicle shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, and thereafter by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 145, […]
§ 11-41-25.1. Theft of motor fuel. Every person who shall leave the premises of a retail motor fuel dealer without paying said dealer for fuel taken shall be guilty of larceny. Any person convicted of violating this section, and the retail value of the fuel taken was five hundred dollars ($500) or less, shall be […]
§ 11-41-26. Two-way mirrors and video cameras in retail store’s dressing rooms prohibited. No person who owns or operates a retail mercantile establishment as defined in § 11-41-20(a)(6) which sells clothing to the public shall maintain in any dressing room on the premises any two-way mirror or electronic video camera or any similar device capable […]
§ 11-41-27. Wrongful conversion by officer or state or municipal employee. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the state of Rhode Island, or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the state, or any city or town, embezzles or wrongfully converts to his or her own use or benefit, or to the use […]
§ 11-41-28. Civil restitution for shoplifting. (a) An adult or emancipated minor who commits or attempts to commit a larceny of goods for sale on the premises of a merchant as set forth in § 11-41-20 shall be civilly liable to the merchant in an amount consisting of: (1) Not more than the retail value […]
§ 11-41-29. Insurance fraud — Prohibited activities. (a) When used in this section: (1) “Insurer” means, but is not limited to, an authorized insurer, self-insurer, re-insurer, broker, producer, or any agent of them. (2) “Larceny” means the crime of larceny established in this chapter and by common law, including the requirement of specific intent. (3) […]
§ 11-41-3. Embezzlement and fraudulent conversion. Every official of a financial institution and every officer, agent, clerk, servant, or other person to whom any money or other property shall be entrusted for any specific purpose, and every person acting as executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, receiver, assignee, custodian, or trustee appointed by order, decree or judgment […]
§ 11-41-30. Fraud as to health insurer. Every person who shall obtain health care services from a provider of those services by any false pretense or pretenses with intent to cheat or defraud a health care services insurer or a service corporation organized under chapters 18, 19, 20, 20.1, 20.2 or 41 of title 27 […]
§ 11-41-31. Pension revocation. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who is convicted or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any offense, and the offense is related to his or her public office of employment pursuant to § 36-10.1-2, the judge, as part of any sentence imposed, may revoke or reduce any […]
§ 11-41-32. Theft of historic stone walls. (a) This section shall be known as the “Leona Kelley Act.” (b) “Property”, as defined in § 11-41-1, includes an historic stone wall as defined in subsection (c) of this section, and any person convicted of the theft of an historic stone wall, or portions of a wall, […]
§ 11-41-33. Larceny of farm products. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Farm product” means goods used in a farming operation, including, but not limited to: (i) Crops grown, growing, or to be grown, including, but not limited to, crops produced on trees, vines, and bushes, aquatic goods produced in aquacultural operations, and […]
§ 11-41-34. Fraud against the department of human services. (a) The following establishments and/or retail outlets are prohibited from accepting electronic benefit transfer cards issued by the department of human services: (1) Liquor stores; (2) Casinos or at facilities that conduct casino gaming as defined in chapter 61.2 of title 42; (3) Gambling facilities as […]
§ 11-41-4. Obtaining property by false pretenses or personation. Every person who shall obtain from another designedly, by any false pretense or pretenses, any money, goods, wares, or other property, with intent to cheat or defraud, and every person who shall personate another or who shall falsely represent himself or herself to be the agent […]
§ 11-41-4.1. Repealed.
§ 11-41-5. Penalties for larceny. (a) Any person convicted of any offense under §§ 11-41-1 — 11-41-6, except § 11-41-3, shall be punished as follows, according to the value of the property or money stolen, received, embezzled, fraudulently appropriated, converted, or obtained, received, taken, or secreted by false pretenses or otherwise with intent to cheat, […]
§ 11-41-6. Attempted larceny. Whoever attempts to commit larceny by doing any act toward the commission of the offense, but fails in its perpetration, shall, unless otherwise provided, suffer the same punishment which might have been inflicted if the attempted offense had been committed. History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 4; P.L. 1923, ch. […]
§ 11-41-7. Larceny from the person. Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal from the person of another any money, goods, chattels, or other article enumerated in § 11-41-1, shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 12; G.L. 1909, […]
§ 11-41-8. Stealing of animals. Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal any horse or other domestic animal shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both; in case a fine is imposed, one-half (½) shall inure […]
§ 11-41-9. Theft of poultry — Receiving stolen poultry. Every person who steals poultry from any building or enclosure in which poultry are kept or confined, or whoever shall receive poultry, knowing it to have been stolen, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by fine of not more than […]
