A 40-year-old lady who alleged she was struck with a high-heel shoe by a Boston Metropolis Corridor worker and attacked by different members of the Wu administration official’s household within the North Finish has chosen to not pursue legal costs.
A Boston Police detective requested Thursday night time that the case in opposition to Ciara D’Amico, the town’s deputy director of neighborhoods, her father and two of her sisters “be exceptionally cleared due to the victim’s refusal to cooperate in the prosecution of the suspect(s),” per a redacted police report offered by BPD on Friday.
The division had beforehand declined to supply the report, which the Herald was capable of acquire in partial unredacted type on Wednesday.
The police report offered Friday matches the incident description within the one seen earlier this week by the Herald, however the names of the sufferer and alleged suspects are blacked out, and extra details about the sufferer’s rationale for not pursuing costs in opposition to 4 members of the D’Amico household is included.
No arrests had been made or costs filed in opposition to the town worker, Ciara D’Amico, who was alleged within the report back to have struck the sufferer, a 40-year-old lady, “in the face over three times” along with her high-heel shoe, nor her father, John D’Amico, alleged to have punched the lady “in the face several times.”
The alleged assault was mentioned to have taken place within the North Finish final Friday. The report lists the incident location at Clark and Hanover streets.
John D’Amico was additionally alleged to have referred to as the lady a “fat (expletive)” and made threats to hurt her son. Two of Ciara D’Amico’s sisters, Serina and Vitianna, have been additionally alleged to have joined in on the assault.
Based on the report, Ciara D’Amico had been dealing with an aggravated assault cost with a high-heel shoe listed as a weapon.
A video of the a part of the alleged assault that started circulating on social media this week exhibits a shoe flying by way of the air after having been thrown by a girl. The sufferer alleged that the shoe belonged to the town worker.
Within the BPD report, the sufferer defined to police that she had identified the D’Amico household, her neighbors, for a very long time, and that the incident had been sparked by an argument at work. She mentioned she was not all in favour of pursuing legal costs.
The sufferer had informed police that there had been an altercation earlier within the day that concerned her son, and that she had been invited to talk with the household concerning the earlier incident, the report states.
The alleged sufferer mentioned that the dialog led to an argument with one of many D’Amico members of the family, and “she was then surrounded by the rest of the family,” the report states.
The sufferer “acknowledged that she struck” an individual whose identify was redacted within the police report, “stating that she felt threatened about being surrounded,” the report states.
She additionally reported that she was slapped by one of many suspects, whose identify was redacted, “several times” and that particular person “threw a shoe at her.”
The police detective who requested that the case be cleared wrote within the report that he seen three cellphone movies that corroborated the lady’s statements.
Mayor Michelle Wu’s workplace mentioned Thursday that it was taking steps to self-discipline the town worker, referring to Ciara D’Amico, however wouldn’t touch upon her employment standing.
“We hold all our employees to the highest standards,” a metropolis spokesperson mentioned Thursday in an announcement. “The city is taking steps to administer discipline to the employee. No arrests were made and no charges have been filed. The city cannot comment further as this is a personnel matter.”
The mayor’s workplace offered the identical assertion on Friday, in response to the Herald’s request for an replace in mild of the alleged sufferer selecting to not pursue formal costs in opposition to Ciara D’Amico.
Her Metropolis Corridor biography remains to be energetic and states that she is the deputy director of neighborhoods for Dorchester, East Boston, North Finish, West Finish, Wharf District Liaison, Downtown, Chinatown, Leather-based District, South Finish and Bay Village.
D’Amico was paid $70,469 final yr, based on metropolis payroll information.
The incident is the most recent in a string of allegations which have been made in opposition to metropolis workers. The others, nevertheless, have led to arrests and legal costs, together with terminations and suspensions handed down by the town consequently.
“It’s obvious there is a culture of unprofessionalism and lack of accountability in the Office of Neighborhood Services,” Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn said in a statement to the Herald. “Boston residents deserve a city government and employees committed to integrity, honesty, hard work and professionalism. Now is the time for positive leadership.”
