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.

Central Falls municipal judge Joseph Molina Flynn abruptly resigned Thursday shortly after FBI agents raided his law offices in downtown Providence. Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera confirmed the resignation,

An FBI spokesperson said the agency is conducting a court-authorized activity at an office in Providence. Multiple federal agents, including Homeland Security officials, were seen inside a building on Dorrance Street.