Adam Bradley v. Peabody, City of - Police Department (SPR 20191843)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division

Rebecca S, Murray Supervisor of Records

September 24, 2019 ; " SPR19/1843

‘Sheila McDaid .

Peabody Police Department

6 Allens Lane

Peabody, MA 01960

Dear Lt. Mcdaid |

I have received the petition of Adam Bradley appealing the nonresponse of the Peabody Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 © C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Bradley requested “Any and all copies of Police Reports, notes, memos, any documented statements from witnesses, suspects, and informants, and any informant ID numbers,” regarding the shooting of “victim Michael Aresco.”

Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days of receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(a)-(b), The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b). All records custodians - must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response.

As of the date of this letter, it is my understanding that the Department has not provided Mr. Bradley a response to his request for records, ; .

Order

Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Bradley with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law, and its . Regulations without delay. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us.

jncerely,

Rebecca S. Murray | f

. Supervisor of Records cc: Adam Bradley OO .

One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 ¢ (617) 727-2832 Fax: (617) 727-5914 . sec,state.ma.us/pre * pre@sec.state.ma.us .

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division .

Rebecca S, Murray Supervisor of Records

September 11, 2019 SPR19/1843

Adam Bradley W110654

1 Harvard Road P.O. Box 8000 Shirley, MA 01464

Dear Mr. Bradley:

[have received your letter appealing the response of the Peabody Police Department to your request for records. .

I have directed a member of my staff to review this matter. Upon completion of the review, I will advise you in writing of the disposition of this case. If in the interim you receive a satisfactory response to your request, please notify this office immediately.

Any further correspondence concerning this specific appeal should refer to the SPR case number listed under the date of this letter. .

Sincerely,

Rabreea Murray —

Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records

cc: Lt. Sheila McDaid

One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 - (617) 727-2832 - Fax (617) 727-5914

www.sec.state.ma.us/pre

RECORDS I s#EK

I am requesting that you provide me copies of the following

records:

1. Any and all copies of police reports, notes, memoranda's, . including but not limited to Supplemental reports,

2, Any and all copies of witnesses, suspects and informants Statements whether audio, video or documented in reports,

3. Any and all informant ED numbers,

You are required to respond to this request within Ten Business days. See 950 CMR 32.06(2)(d); M.G.Luc.66, § 10. Y6y you cannot comply with this request in full or in part, you are Statutorily required to provide me with a written explanation as to why in accordances with 950 CMR 32.06(3) within Ten buisness days; see. also M.G.L.c. 66, § 10. Let i remind you, any denial of records, must be based on an exemption provided in G.L.c.4, § 7 (26th Par.), however, be that as it may, the statutory exemptions=is narrowly: conteued-and-not: blaiket .. in nature. See Reinstein V. Police Comm'r of Boston, 378 Mass, 281, 290 n.18 (1979). While there may be some existence of exempt material in a document will not justify cloture as to

all of it.See Globe Newspapers Co, y. Police Comm'r of Boston, 419 Mass. 852 862 648 N.E.2d 419 (1995).

I await your response. Have a nice day.

RESPECTFULLY,

KEE OS ADAM BRADLEY —

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Adam Bradley

W110654 SBCC One Harvard Road ,

P.O, Box 8000 on.

Shirley, MA, 01862 . “ge,

Re: Massachusetts Public Records Request)

Dear Records Access Officer,

This is a Massachusetts Public Records Request under the Public Records Law (G.L.c.66, § 10).

“INFORMATION TO HELP ASSIST LOCATING RECORDS.

The records i seek are related to the West Peabody home

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shooting in Peabody, Massachusetts. This incident ft betieve

‘took place sometime in the year 2011-2012. The Individuals

Criminally charged and.sentence for this crime are, Christopher Sherry and Anthony Polsonetti Jr. (AKA "tony the

Fruit guy").

incident.

Michael Aresco was the victim/target in this

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