Friday, April 12, 2013
Gov. Patrick plans to name Gerry Leone's permanent successor next week.
Gov. Deval Patrick has named First Assistant District Attorney Michael Pelgro as the acting Middlesex County District Attorney to replace Gerry Leone. Patrick, who made the announcement in a statement on Friday, April 12, plans to announce a permanent appointment to fill out Leone's term next week, according to the Lowell Sun. Voters will elect a new DA in the biennial election in 2014. In January, Leone announced he would not seek a third term. In March, Leone announced he would join a private law firm. Pelgro, in a statement from Patrick's office, said he is honored to take the job. “I am very grateful that the Governor has exhibited the confidence in me, to appoint me to such an important position of public trust,” he said. “I am …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Officials in district attorney offices around the country are showing support for slain Texas prosecutors with black ribbons today.
Black ribbons were donned by the staff of Middlesex District Attorney’s Office as they joined prosecutors in Massachusetts and across the country in signifying their solidarity and compassion for prosecutors who have recently been killed in Texas. “Everyday the staff of the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office protects and serves our communities by standing up and speaking for victims without a voice,” said District Attorney Gerry Leone in a press release Thursday. “Prosecutors and all law enforcement in the Commonwealth make our communities safer while at times putting themselves in harms way on behalf of others. Our thoughts today, as we continue to fight for justice, remain with those families who have lost loved ones in these horrible …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott talked about the sexual assaults reported at the high school last spring at Thursday's School Committee meeting and issued a written statement.
Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott talked about the sexual assaults reported at the high school last spring at Thursday's School Committee meeting and issued a written statement. Framingham Patch videotaped his statement at Thursday's School Committee meeting, after several parents spoke and expressed outrage over the report of two sexual assaults within the walls of Framingham High School last spring. (The videotaped statement is attached to this report to view.) Below is Dr. Scott's written statement, in its entirety: "In the fall, upon hearing about a report of a sexual assault last spring, I requested a review of the events at the high school and held meetings with some of the involved parties, local law enforcement and …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The organized protest purposely coincided with an assembly in which teen boys were asked to pledge not to commit violence against women.
Framingham High teens this morning protested against what they say was a lack of response to two sexual assaults at the high school. The teenagers said they are upset by the lack of response by many adults - school, police and the district attorney's office - to two sexual assaults that they and at least one school employee say happened at Framingham High last spring. The assaults were allegedly perpetrated by the same male athlete against two different female students inside the school. "It is time to expose what has been hidden for too long," said senior Jessica Krueger. "I can't allow the school to keep hiding these incidents." Nearly 20 students scheduled their protest at the same time as Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone was …
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Kyle Alleyne was sentenced to life in prison without the eligibility for parole.
A Framingham man has been found guilty for the 2010 murder of his wife in Middlesex Superior Court Wednesday. Kyle Alleyne, 28, was found guilty by a Middlesex Superior Court jury on charges of first degree murder and assault and battery following a 12-day trial in Woburn. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Thomas Billings sentenced Alleyne this afternoon to life in prison without the eligibility for parole for the murder of his wife, and 2 years in jail, to run concurrent, on the assault and battery charge. “This defendant was found guilty of brutally stabbing his wife to death, leaving two very young children without a mother,” said Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone in a press release. “The disturbing nature of this case is a stark …
Monday, February 4, 2013
The Framingham man is on trial for the killing of his teenage wife in 2010.
A Framingham man accused of killing his teenage wife and hiding her decaying corpse inside their apartment tried to attack her family members in court Monday, according to a report in the Boston Herald. Kyle Alleyne walked into the Middlesex Superior courtroom and jumped over a railing trying to attack a family member of the late Heather Alleyne, according to MaryBeth Long, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. No one was injured, said Long. After an hour recess, the trial resumed, she said. Long, who was not in the courtroom at the time, told the Boston Herald, she did not have any information on what may have prompted the outburst or if any additional precautions have been taken in the courtroom. Alleyne's murder …
Friday, February 1, 2013
John Kerry, who was just approved as the next Secretary of State, stopped by the Middlesex County District Attorney's office Thursday, his former place of employment.
The Middlesex District Attorney's office had a special guest on Thursday. Middlesex DA Gerry Leone welcomed John Kerry, who on Tuesday was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next Secretary of State. Kerry was a senator for Massachusetts from 1985 until his resignation to take up his new position earlier this week. The stop was part of a tour Kerry is taking around the state as he prepares to take on his new responsibilities. His choice to stop by the Middlesex District Attorney's office was also a chance to catch up on an old place of employment. The Middlesex District Attorney's office also represents Framingham, where it has another regional office. According to Kerry's Senate web site, after graduating from Boston College Law School in…
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Prosecutor said, Wednesday in court, the Framingham man lived in the apartment with his wife's dead body before fleeing to Mexico with the couple's oldest child. He was upset the wife's 2-week old baby was not his daughter.
A Framingham man when he learned the baby girl, born July 23, 2010, was the product of an extramarital affair stabbed his unfaithful teenage wife to death and then lived in their apartment for days with her decaying corpse and their older child before fleeing solo to Mexico, prosecutors said Wednesday in Middlesex District Superior Court in Woburn. Heather Alleyne, just two weeks after delivering her daughter Neveah — heaven spellled backward — and one day after she gave up custody of the infant to the baby’s biological father to save her marriage, “suffered a brutal and excruciating death,” Assistant Middlesex District Attorney Joseph Gentile Jr. said on the opening day of Kyle Alleyne’s trial on first-degree murder charges, reported the …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office has partnered with Empire Beauty School to provide free training to student stylists on how to identify signs of domestic violence and learn the resources available to help those in need.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office has partnered with Empire Beauty School to provide free training to student stylists on how to identify signs of domestic violence and learn the resources available to help those in need. This public-private partnership brings the national domestic violence prevention program Cut It Out to Empire’s three schools in Middlesex County, including the one in Framingham. The other two schools are in Malden and Lowell. Participants in Cut It Out Middlesex learn how to spot signs of domestic violence and how to safely refer clients to local community service providers. The program introduces and aligns participants with domestic violence service agencies as well as domestic violence officers from local …
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Folger serves as Chief of the Child Abuse Unit, which is dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of cases of child sexual abuse, serious child physical abuse and child exploitation
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Katharine Folger and Chief of the Middlesex District Attorney Office’s Child Abuse Unit was awarded the Assistant District Attorney of the Year Award. Folger was presented with the award by the Middlesex Bar Association during its 112th annual banquet. The award recognizes a Middlesex County prosecutor who has made significant legal contributions to the public. “Katharine is an outstanding prosecutor and is a most fitting recipient for this prestigious award,” District Attorney Gerry Leone said in a press release. “I am very proud of the work that Katharine does on behalf of this office, protecting, serving and providing access to justice for some of our most vulnerable victims who cannot speak …
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Resident89
6:02 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
school committee hired Dr. Scott'..late in the night and snuck him in the back door...as a tax payer we were not shown he has the proper papers to run our schools..diplomas... more ›