Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced the conviction of Alicia Peckham, a Charlestown woman, in Kent County Superior Court for her involvement in the driving death of 17-year-old Olivia Passaretti in 2022.
On August 2, 2024, after a four-day trial before Superior Court Justice Luis M. Matos, a jury found Alicia Peckham (age 27) guilty of aiding and abetting a criminal, aiding and abetting a driver who failed to stop after a fatal crash, knowingly concealing the commission of a felony, and obstructing an officer in the execution of duty.
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The Court released Peckham on bail pending her sentencing hearing at a later date.
“In June, our Office helped pass important and long-overdue legislation concerning dangerous driving, which oftentimes leads to horrific, entirely avoidable tragedies like this one,” said Attorney General Neronha. “This defendant aided and abetted an alleged criminal, standing in the way of justice for Olivia, whose life was tragically taken that evening, leaving her loved ones to pick up the pieces. I’m grateful to the jury for delivering justice in this case and thankful to the Rhode Island State Police for their exceptional work here.”
During the trial, the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Peckham aided and abetted her boyfriend, Aramis Segura, after he left the scene of a car crash that killed Olivia Passaretti in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2022. Passaretti was 17 years old.
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At approximately 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2022, Segura was allegedly driving his 2010 Mercedes Benz C300 sedan at a high rate of speed on I-95 South when he changed lanes and collided with a 2008 Nissan Altima. Segura is alleged to have fled the scene, leaving his car behind. The victim’s vehicle rolled into the west shoulder of the highway, landing on its roof after hitting a large tree. Warwick rescue personnel pronounced the victim deceased at the scene. Segura is currently awaiting trial on charges from this incident and is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Separately, Peckham had been celebrating New Year’s Eve at Applebee’s in Garden City in Cranston. After leaving the restaurant, she returned to Providence to retrieve her vehicle before traveling south on I-95 towards her home in Charlestown. While driving, she came upon the crash scene and stopped to speak with a Rhode Island State Police trooper, denying any knowledge of the vehicle allegedly operated by Segura.
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At 2:31 a.m., Segura called Peckham and asked her to pick him up in East Greenwich. Peckham picked him up and drove him to their home in Charlestown. Several hours later, State Police arrived at their Charlestown home looking for Segura, but Peckham denied knowing his whereabouts. State troopers later found Segura inside the home and arrested him.
The case against Segura remains pending, with a pre-trial conference scheduled for August 23, 2024.
Assistant Attorney General John Corrigan and members of the Rhode Island State Police led the investigation and prosecution of this case.
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