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Company files 12,000 suits that force debtors to travel to Leominster from afar; attorney general hits back
By Sean P. Murphy Globe Staff,Updated May 9, 2021, 4:28 p.m.
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For more than a decade, a Leominster medical devices company with customers scattered throughout New England filed thousands of debt collection lawsuits in the local courthouse.
In doing so, Regional Home Care Inc., which provides equipment to treat sleep apnea, oxygen deficiency, and other respiratory conditions, became by far the most prolific filer of such cases in that Central Massachusetts court.
Last year, the deluge of cases caught the attention of Attorney General Maura Healeyâs office, which ordered RHC to refrain from making any new filings while it investigated the company for possible violation of consumer protection laws.
From bartender to widowed mother of two, Worcester Superior Assistant Clerk Magistrate Courtney Price sees broad support for lifetime post in Leominster MassLive.com 4/28/2021 Tanner Stening, masslive.com
The Massachusetts Governor’s Council on Wednesday spoke highly of a Worcester Superior Court official vying for the role of clerk magistrate of the Leominster District Court before a planned vote on her candidacy in the coming days.
Earlier this month, Gov. Charlie Baker picked Worcester Superior Court Assistant Clerk Magistrate Courtney Price, who is 40, and Hingham District Court Assistant Clerk Magistrate Paul Fullam, who is vying for a position as Hingham clerk magistrate, for the promotions. Altogether there are four nominees waiting to be approved for the lifetime positions in Massachusetts courthouses.
Worcester Superior Court Assistant Clerk Magistrate Courtney Price selected for clerk magistrate of Leominster District Court
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By Sam Doran | State House News Service
Gov. Charlie Baker picked two more prospective clerk magistrates Wednesday, making a total of four nominees currently in the pipeline for lifetime postings at Massachusetts courthouses.
Baker tapped Hingham District Court Assistant Clerk Magistrate Paul Fullam for promotion to Hingham clerk magistrate, and Worcester Superior Court Assistant Clerk Magistrate Courtney Price for clerk magistrate of the Leominster District Court.
Fullam took his current job in 2013 after six years as assistant clerk magistrate in the Dorchester and Roxbury divisions of the Boston Municipal Court. He was a probation officer in the Dorchester Division from 2000 to 2007 and a Suffolk County correction officer in the 1990s.
Leominster man faces charges after drug raid on Mount Elam Road
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A Leominster man is facing a variety of drug charges after police found cocaine, marijuana, drug-laced candy and more than $200,000 in cash during a raid.
Matthew M. Heinecke, 41, of 1052 Mount Elam Road, Leominster, was charged Feb. 24 with trafficking in 36-100 grams of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, trafficking in 50-100 pounds of marijuana, possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute, possession of a Class C drug with intent to distribute, and possession of a Class C drug.
Heinecke will be back in Leominster District Court March 25 for a pretrial conference, according to Timothy Connolly, a spokesperson for Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.