DA convenes group of students to discuss cyber bullying
Somerville Journal - March 18, 2008
Boston - More than 1,000 middle and high school students and teachers from across New England, including students from East Somerville Community School, heard from Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) experts last Thursday at ADL’s A World of Difference Institute’s 14th Annual New England Youth Congress...<more>
New parents get new hospital drill: no shaking; Hospitals to offer baby-soothing tips
Boston Globe North/Northwest - March 2, 2008
Starting tomorrow, all parents of newborns at Winchester Hospital will receive training on how to quiet their crying babies - and how to keep themselves from lashing out in ways that could damage babies' brains or even kill them...<more>
Bill to protect kids under 18
Worcester Telegram - Februrary 28, 2008
Carol Adler was just 16 when her high school English teacher first started making advances. Adler said those moves turned sexual during her junior year, after her father died and she was at her most vulnerable...<more>
Sex offender laws beyond an easy fix
Boston Herald Editorial: - Februrary 28, 2008
Lawmakers will meet today to discuss a slew of bills dealing with serial sex offenders - timely, given recent, stomach-turning events. But we mustn’t be lulled into believing that if we simply muster enough “aye” votes on Beacon Hill it will rid our society of sickos that repeatedly flout the law...<more>
Residents review generation gap on drugs, alcohol
Boston Globe West - Februrary 21, 2008
Two out of every three Ashland High School students have used alcohol, and one out of three has used marijuana, yet 70 percent of parents in the community believe that their child has never used alcohol and 83 percent say that their child has never used drugs, according to local health surveys...<more>
Leone visits Somerville to promote public safety in schools
Somerville Journal - Februrary 15, 2008
Somerville - Somerville has not forgotten the explosive race riot of 1991 at the high school, resulting in the suspension of more than a dozen students and the emergence of a new approach to race relations a public safety...<more>
Parents pack meeting on drug, alcohol use
MetroWest Daily News - Februrary 12, 2008
Parents packed Ashland High School's Ruthfield Theater last night for a forum sounding an alarm about apparently widespread alcohol and drug use and depression among the town's students...<more>
DA: Convicted sex offenders shouldn't get trial choice
BostonNOW - Februrary 7, 2008
Following the brutal rape last week of a 6-year-old New Bedford boy by a convicted sex offender, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone filed a bill Thursday at the Statehouse to put sexual dangerousness trial decisions back in the hands of prosecutors...<more>
Push underway to boost role of juries in dangerous sex offender trials
The Boston Globe - Februrary 7, 2008
Seeking to increase the public’s role in keeping dangerous sex offenders off the streets, officials today filed legislation that would give prosecutors the right to demand that a jury decide whether an offender is a sexually dangerous person...<more>
Team will battle 'epidemic' of domestic violence
MetroWest Daily News - Februrary 1, 2008
The number of domestic violence-related deaths statewide increased nearly three-fold from 2005 to 2007, a fact Middlesex County District Attorney Gerry Leone believes is "unacceptable."...<more>
Leone, Casey meet to discuss Legislative priorities
The Stoneham Sun - January 30, 2008
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone recently met with members of the state Legislature, including Rep. Paul Casey, D-Winchester, to discuss legislative priorities for 2008...<more>
Leone gives students inside glimpse of Woodward case
Milford Daily News - January 25, 2008
Days before Louise Woodward's trial ended in fall 1997, lead prosecutor Gerry Leone had a brief courtroom conversation with one of her attorneys, Barry Scheck, about whether she would testify...<more>
Gerry Leone: His year began with murder
MetroWest Daily News - January 6, 2008
Gerry Leone did not have a lot of time to settle into his seat in his new office when he took the reins as the new Middlesex District Attorney last year.
Just two weeks after he took office on Jan. 4, 2007, 15-year-old James Alenson was stabbed to death in Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School on Jan. 19. John Odgren, 17, of Princeton and a student at the school, was arrested...<more>DA creates group to prevent, prosecute illegal online activity
Medford Transcript - September 19, 2007
It’s hard enough to catch criminals when they cross state lines. The vague boundaries of the Internet and the increasing number of crimes committed online — from identity theft and fraud to sexual predators trolling for victims — only adds to the challenges facing today’s law enforcement officials...<more>
DA announces creation of new domestic violence unit
Winchester Star - September 13, 2007
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone last week chose the Winchester Police Department to announce the creation of a new Domestic Violence Unit to be overseen by his Family Protection Bureau...<more>
