assault and battery

A Massachusetts woman charged with assaulting a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran out supporting President Donald Trump in Douglas over the weekend faced a judge on Monday. Kiara Dudley, 34, of Douglas, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and battery on a person of 60 during her arraignment in Uxbridge District Court. She was released on $250 bail. It was…

A Massachusetts State Police trooper who prosecutors say shot at the driver of an all-terrain vehicle with a semi-automatic rifle during a confrontation on a busy Boston highway early last year has pleaded not guilty to assault charges. Trooper Matthew Sheehan was released on personal recognizance after entering his plea Thursday.

A Massachusetts state police trooper who fired a semi-automatic rifle at an all-terrain vehicle and injured the operator early last year has been indicted 18 months later. A Suffolk County Grand Jury returned indictments Wednesday charging trooper Matthew Sheehan with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the incident on Interstate...

The lawyer for a Massachusetts special education teacher charged with assaulting students says the allegations were made up by a disgruntled teacher’s aide. Attorney Peter Pasciucco said Monday the police investigation into his client, 52-year-old Tricia Rossman, was “woefully inadequate.”

A special education teacher accused of abusing children at a Massachusetts elementary school appeared in court Monday on assault charges. Tricia Rossman, 52, of Rockland, pleaded not guilty in Quincy District Court on two counts of assault and battery on a disabled person and one count of assault and battery on a disabled person causing injury. The accusations stem from...

One person was shot by a state trooper and several arrested after a police chase on I-93 South.