Stacey A. Erickson Named Criminal Chief for U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE- Stacey A. Erickson has been named Criminal Chief for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda. Ms. Erickson has served as the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division since 2022.

Ms. Erickson joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in August 2019, where she has prosecuted violent crime, human trafficking, complex fraud, and narcotics trafficking cases. She has also served as the offices Homeland Security Lead Task Force Attorney, the former Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Coordinator and Human Trafficking Coordinator.

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ms. Erickson served as a state prosecutor in the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office for 25 years, where she led more than 100 criminal jury trials involving serious violent crime, sexual assault, organized crime, and drug trafficking. In her distinguished tenure as a Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Erickson served, at various times, as Criminal Chief, Deputy Criminal Chief, Chief of the Narcotics & Organized Crime Division, and Chief of the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Unit.

"Stacey Erickson is a proven leader whose experience and dedication to public service make her exceptionally well qualified to lead the Criminal Division," said United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda. "I am confident she will continue to serve the people of Rhode Island with skill and integrity as she enters into this new role."

Erickson is a graduate of Boston College and Suffolk University Law School.