Assistant District Attorney Suffolk County Office of the Chief Legal Counsel One Bullfinch Place Boston, MA 02114-2997 Dear Attorney Kesselheim: I have received the petition of Maya Shaffer of the Bay State Examiner appealing the response of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (DAO) to her request for public records. G. L. c. 66 1O(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms.

On December 30, 2019, Matthew Rocheleau of the Boston Globe requested several categories of records invoving all communications between Authority Transit Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney Office regarding the Northeastern parking garage.

The Departments July 1st response In its July 1, 2022 response, the Department indicates that it . . . has identified records responsive to your request, however it is the Departments position that they are not subject to public disclosure pursuant to G.L. c. 4, 7, cl. 26 (f), as this matter remains the subject of an ongoing prosecution by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office.

DeLeons] request is being forwarded to the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office, which has indicated they will respond to the request. Allison Mondello Page 3 December 28, 2023 SPR23/3000 Possession, Custody, or Control The statute cited by the Department, G. L. c. 38, 4, concerns the duties of District Attorneys and Medical Examiners in the investigation and transportation of bodies in cases of unnatural or suspicious death.

The Departments August 19th Response In its August 19, 2024 response, the Department states the following: This office has been informed by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office (SCDAO) that the requested records were provided to your attorney, Melissa Allison Mondello Page 3 October 22, 2024 SPR24/2794 Allen Celli on 8/17/24.

On October 15, 2024, Attorney Celli requested: [1] Any and all correspondence between any member of the Massachusetts State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office and/or the Sprint Corporation regarding obtaining cell service location information from Sprint for [two specified] phone numbers for the time period surrounding the offense at issue (December 10, 2015)[;] [2] All cell phone records obtained during the investigation of the

Here, based on information provided to this office, these records are related to an ongoing prosecution by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office. As such, the Department asserts that releasing investigative documents which are the subject of a pending criminal prosecution would not be in the public interest.

The Citys October 20, 2022 responses In its October 20th responses, the City cited Exemption (f) to withhold the responsive records due to an on-going investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office (SCDAO).

The Citys October 20, 2022 responses In its October 20th responses, the City cited Exemption (f) to withhold the responsive records due to an on-going investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorneys Office (SCDAO).

In its response, the Department asserted, [t]he above-listed records you requested are, as of the date of this letter, investigatory materials that are associated with an active investigation by the Boston Police Department and Suffolk County District Attorneys Office. These materials in their entirety are exempt from disclosure pursuant to, but not limited to, the investigative exemption to the public records law.