Selectman Keith Lucy has been charged with assault in connection to an incident at Town Hall last September.
The attorney representing a Danvers Selectman facing an assault charge says his next move will be to ask a judge to dismiss the charges. Keith Lucy, a member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen, is facing a charge of assault after an alleged altercation in Danvers Town Hall on primary election night on Sept. 6. The alleged victim, John Fratus of Appleton Street, sought the charge himself and it was not handled by police. He went to court and after a magistrate's hearing it was found there was probable cause to go forward. Fratus said he was in Town Hall looking at results on election night when Lucy allegedly stepped in front of his wife, Frances, and resident Julie Curtis. “He was red in the face and looked angry,” Fratus wrote in a …
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Keith Lucy, a member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen, will be arraigned on Tuesday in Salem District Court on an assault charge.
A member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on assault charges in connection with an incident at Town Hall on Election Day in September. Keith G. Lucy, 47, of 7 Ashley Lane faces a single count of assault after the incident on Sept. 6, the day of the primary election. The charges were not filed by police but instead by a citizen, who sought a hearing in front of a Salem District Court magistrate. That magistrate, who heard the complaint from Town Meeting member John Fratus of Appleton Street in a hearing closed to the public, found there was probable cause to issue a criminal complaint against Lucy. He was then issued a summons on Oct. 25 to appear at an arraignment on Tuesday. The assault charge is a …
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Pat Wilson
1:36 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Guess who is up for re-election in May. Do you think he will drag on and postpone, and postpone until after the election? Don't worry Mr. Lucy, we will make sure friends and neighbors are well aware of your history. This is a DA indictment. A criminal matter. You owe it to the Citizens of Danvers to resign now. more ›