Gerry Leone said he has no specific plans after he leaves office.
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone has announced he will not seek a third term in 2014, according to his office. Leone made the announcement during an awards ceremony with his staff on Jan. 10 "These decisions are, and should be, predicated upon what is best for the person and their family," Leone said in a statement. "What is best for me and my family is that I not seek another term. As someone who is much smarter than I am once said, 'I must be willing to give up what I am, in order to become what I will be.' Other than a husband and father, I am not yet sure what that will be when I am no longer a District Attorney." Leone said he does not plan to seek another elected office but has no other specific plans at the moment, according …
Robert Pizzuto was allegedly shot by a former Bedford Police officer, who then shot himself.
One of the three people slain in Cambridge over the weekend was an Arlington resident, reports say. According to Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone, at about 6:40 p.m. on Friday, Cambridge Police responded to a call for shots fired inside a single family home at 161 Grove St., Cambridge. Upon arriving, officers found three family members had been fatally shot, Leone said. The Boston Globe identified the victims, according to a relative, as: Patrick Pizzuto, 63, his brother, Robert Pizzuto, 52 and their mother, Mary, 91. Robert Pizzuto was an Arlington resident, NECN and other sources reported. A phone book search shows he lived on Lantern Lane. The alleged suspect, John “Jack” Brosnahan, 67, who was a former Bedford Police Officer …
An opinion piece from the desk of Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Editor's note: The following is an opinion piece from Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone. Recent events have highlighted the merits of the concept behind making basic information on campus crimes and arrests available to the public; information sharing is a common sense safety concept that should be readily adopted and more often exercised by all schools and is especially important for secondary and elementary schools. One area of information sharing that is especially important for secondary and elementary schools regards the full and complete transferring of school records. Under current state and federal law, student information and records should contain all relevant information about a student’s personal and disciplinary history …
