Attorney Breen will continue to focus her practice in the areas of family law and bankruptcy. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Donovan O Connor & Dodig, LLP announced the addition of three new attorneys: Jennifer M. Breen; Kyle G. Christensen; and Mark Leonhard. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and B.S. Psychology from Utica College in 2001 and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston in 2004. After her admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 2004, Attorney Breen joined the Middlesex County District Attorney s Office in Cambridge. In 2007, she decided to return to her hometown of North Adams opening Breen Law Office & Mediation, where she focused on family law and bankruptcy. Attorney Breen served as a City Councilor in North Adams from 2011- 2015 and continues to volunteer for various organizations and task forces, including the Berkshire County Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force and the Pro Bono for the Child Program.
Husband and Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Lowell, Authorities Say A 79-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man were found dead in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the Middlesex County District Attorney s Office believes the woman s gunshot wound was self-inflicted
Published February 11, 2021
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The deaths of a 76-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman in Lowell, Massachusetts, are being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide.
Police responded around 5 p.m. Thursday to a home on Featherston Avenue, where two people, a husband and wife, were found dead from gunshot wounds, the Middlesex County District Attorney s Office said.
The woman s wound was believed to be self-inflicted, according to authorities.
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In early December of 1990, the young academic was feeling confused. Though she had recently been granted tenure and was a happily married mother of two, she was weighed down by a surprising surge in anxiety. To get some relief from her distress, she decided to enter psychotherapy.
When she mentioned in an early session how much she was dreading the prospect of seeing her parents during the upcoming Christmas vacation, her therapist asked if she had ever been abused. âI said, âNo,â but later that day, I began experiencing disturbing flashbacks. Over the next few weeks, I remembered that my father had molested me when I was a young child,â said Jennifer Freyd, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, in a phone interview. âWhen my parents arrived for their visit, I couldnât handle being with them, and my husband blurted out the reason. They ended up lea
Upon confronting the defendant, he allegedly fled to New Hampshire before ultimately returning to his Acton apartment, the district attorney s office said in a statement.
An arrest warrant was later obtained for charges of aggravated rape of a child and enticing a child under 16. He also faces eight counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
Napier was arraigned Wednesday in Concord District Court. Bail was set at $10,000, and Napier was ordered to have no contact with the victims or their families. He must also undergo GPS monitoring, and he can have no unsupervised contact with children under 16.
Continuing the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office commitment of public service and civic leadership, two staff members were recently accepted to competitive and prestigious leadership programs that will allow them to further the important work they do on behalf of the people of Suffolk County every day.
Chief of SCDAO’s Victim Witness Assistance Program Charlene Luma is a member of the current LeadBoston cohort, while Assistant District Attorney Erin Knight of the office’s Appeals Unit has been accepted to the Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program.
“I’m incredibly proud of Charlene Luma and Erin Knight. Both have displayed a deep dedication to serving the individuals and communities who rely on our office. They are each highly skilled and committed to using their roles to create meaningful change,” District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. “Leadership is integral to the work every member of a prosecutor’s office performs, both in c