The Rhode Island prosecutor who made headlines last week for threatening police officers on bodycam footage is now facing consequences for her actions.
Devon Hogan Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general in Rhode Island, has reportedly been placed on unpaid leave by the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, according to officials speaking with WJAR, CT Insider, and Boston.com.
A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office told the outlets that the incident is under review, and it is currently unclear how long 34-year-old Flanagan will remain on unpaid leave following last week’s restaurant incident in Newport, R.I.
PEOPLE reached out to the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office for more information but did not immediately receive a response Monday morning.
As reported last week, Flanagan and a friend were arrested after allegedly refusing to leave a restaurant and failing to comply with responding police officers attempting to escort them outside.
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Newport Police officers responded to the Clarke Cooke House on Bannister’s Wharf last Thursday night after receiving a call about an “unwanted party” refusing to leave. Body camera footage obtained by NBC10 WJAR captured Flanagan threatening the officers throughout their interaction.
“I want you to turn your bodycam off. Protocol is that you turn it off. It’s a citizen request that you turn it off,” Flanagan told the officers, who declined.
A responding officer then said, “You’re trespassed, and we got to leave now, unless you want to be in handcuffs.”
Flanagan replied, “We’re not trespassing. You haven’t notified us that we’re trespassing,” before asserting her role as an assistant attorney general: “You’re not going to arrest us. I’m an AG. I’m an AG.”
“Good for you. I don’t give a f—. Let’s go,” one officer responded.
Flanagan was eventually placed in the back of a police vehicle. As the door closed, she warned, “Buddy, you’re going to regret this. You’re going to regret it. I’m an AG.”
Flanagan did not respond to PEOPLE‘s requests for comment last week or the follow-up inquiry on Monday. However, WJAR reported that she told the outlet she had “no comment” about the incident.
An attorney for Flanagan described her as “a law-abiding, productive member of society with no prior run-ins with law enforcement” and attributed her response to being asked to leave the restaurant to “lack of prior experience” with police, saying she was “caught off guard.”
Meanwhile, The Boston Globe reported that the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office is considering whether to terminate Flanagan, indicating she could face a “strong sanction” over the incident.
