The MetroWest Daily News, February 2, 2012

FRAMINGHAM — When future Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone worked for a security consulting firm following the Sept. 11 attacks, clients consistently ranked one worry ahead of even terrorism: workplace violence.  Describing a rise in such cases across both the county and the nation, Leone has formed a special initiative to meet the challenge.
Since taking office, he’s handled a few high-profile examples, like Clyde Howard — the man who shot and killed a co-worker at a Cambridge pool supply company in 2009 after a long-running feud.

Then there was James Brescia, who had Sudbury resident Edward Schiller killed at work in 2006 because Schiller was dating his ex-wife — an example of how personal lives can spill into the workplace, affecting both the victim and traumatizing colleagues.  But not all cases are of the headline-grabbing, crazed gunman variety, Leone told a crowd of social service agency heads in Framingham Wednesday. He’s taken a broader look at the problem and at prevention, he said.   “You have to identify unacceptable behaviors when you see them,” he said. “That’s what you have to focus on.” (more…)