Central Falls municipal judge Joseph Molina Flynn abruptly resigned Thursday shortly after FBI agents raided his law offices in downtown.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A heavy law enforcement presence was seen Thursday morning outside a law office building in Providence. A spokesperson for the FBI told 12 News they are conducting “court-authorized activity” at an office on Dorrance Street.

"I was deeply concerned to see the reports of an FBI search at the law office of Joseph Molina Flynn," Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera said in a statement. "As the Central Falls

PROVIDENCE — FBI agents on Thursday searched a downtown Providence office building that includes the office of a Rhode Island immigration lawyer. Joseph Molina Flynn, who was also Municipal Court judge for Central Falls, resigned from the bench after the search, Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera told the Globe.

Mayor Maria Rivera said a Central Falls Municipal Court judge resigned Thursday after the FBI searched his Providence law office. Judge Molina Flynn resigned after his office on Dorrance Street was searched,

GoLocal has learned through multiple sources that the FBI search is focused on the office of attorney Joseph Molina-Flynn, a prominent attorney and a municipal court judge in Central Falls. He is also an adjunct professor at Roger Williams Law School. Molina-Flynn did not respond to requests for comment.

PROVIDENCE – Central Falls Municipal Court Judge Joseph Molina Flynn has resigned his position with that city following the FBI’s raid of his downtown Providence offices on Thursday morning.