Bexley Bridegan was two years old and in the backseat when her father was murdered. The twins — Jared’s daughters with Shanna Gardner — grew up allegedly inside the household of the people who arranged his death. And after the arrests, the court granted full guardianship of the twins to Read more…
Lauren Page, Kelsey’s mother, takes center stage in the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial. Kelsey Fitzsimmons, a 29-year-old North Andover police officer, stands accused of assault with a dangerous weapon — charged with pointing her service weapon at a fellow officer inside her own home. What prosecutors describe as a calculated attempt Read more…
Michael Fosler was facing 40 counts of child sexual abuse when a judge released him on bond. He never faced a jury. Aaron Spencer is accused of ending that possibility — and on June 22nd, Spencer is the one who walks into court. The case has drawn national attention, produced Read more…
Maureen Torrisi, neighbor of officer, takes center stage in the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial. Kelsey Fitzsimmons, a 29-year-old North Andover police officer, stands accused of assault with a dangerous weapon — charged with pointing her service weapon at a fellow officer inside her own home. What prosecutors describe as a calculated Read more…
The cross-examination of Officer Patrick Noonan — the North Andover cop who shot his colleague Kelsey Fitzsimmons inside her own home — didn’t go smoothly. And in a bench trial where one judge weighs every word, that matters enormously. Fitzsimmons is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after colleagues Read more…
David Strong with the Massachusetts State Police takes center stage in the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial. Kelsey Fitzsimmons, a 29-year-old North Andover police officer, stands accused of assault with a dangerous weapon — charged with pointing her service weapon at a fellow officer inside her own home. What prosecutors describe as Read more…
She sat at that defense table for three weeks like a statue. That’s the word a juror used — statue. No fear, no grief, no visible seam where the performance ended and a real person began. And then the judge read guilty, and for the first time, she bowed her Read more…
The shooting itself is not contested. Kelsey Fitzsimmons drew her weapon. A fellow officer shot her. What is contested — entirely and completely — is the direction of that gun in the seconds before she was wounded. The prosecution says it was aimed at Officer Noonan’s face. The defense says Read more…
Joseph Duggar is accused of sexually abusing a child — allegedly confessing to the victim’s father and then to Tontitown police detectives, reportedly during a recorded call. He waived his extradition hearing and is headed to Florida, where the charges include molestation of a victim under 12 and lewd and Read more…
Timothy Houston, North Andover Police Officer, takes center stage in the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial. Kelsey Fitzsimmons, a 29-year-old North Andover police officer, stands accused of assault with a dangerous weapon — charged with pointing her service weapon at a fellow officer inside her own home. What prosecutors describe as a Read more…