Anastasia E. Lennon v. Worcester County Sheriff's Office (SPR 20252645)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records September 10, 2025 SPR25/2645 Kevin M. Gould, Esq. General Counsel Worcester County Sheriff’s Office 5 Paul X. Tivnan Drive West Boylston, MA 01583 Dear Attorney Gould: I have received the petition of Anastasia Lennon, of the New Bedford Light, appealing the response of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office (Office) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § l0A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On September 2, 2025, Ms. Lennon requested the following records: [1] All communications (emails, email attachments, memos, voicemails, text messages, audio messages) between this office/its staff and DHS/ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)/its staff between May 1 and Aug. 15, 2025. To assist in your search for the email portion of the request, please search for emails sent and/or received by addresses that end in the following, or the following individuals: [a] dhs.gov (including, but not limited to, @ice.dhs.gov or @hq.dhs.gov)[;] [b] The sheriff[;] [c] Sheriff’s office staff serving as or who have been assigned as a point of contact or liaison to ICE[;] [d] Separately, with a date range of Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, 2025[.] [2] All documents relating to any ICE employee’s access to information created or maintained by the sheriff’s office[.] [3] Any document describing the sheriff’s office cooperation and/or communication with ICE[.] The Office responded on September 8, 2025. Unsatisfied with the response, Ms. Lennon petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/2645, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Office sent a supplemental response to Ms. Lennon on September 10, 2025. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Office’s 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

Kevin M. Gould, Esq. SPR25/2645 Page 2 September 10, 2025 September 8th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Lennon may appeal the substantive nature of the Office’s September 10th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Kevin M. Gould, Esq.