[MA] Prosecutor Heard fired after arrested for dv

BOSTON
SEPTEMBER 2007
A Massachusetts prosecutor is out of a job after allegations of domestic abuse surfaced. The Suffolk County assistant district attorney faces charges for one of the very crimes he normally prosecutes. Melvin Heard, 29, a prosecutor for the district attorney's office for the past two years, has handled cases, including domestic violence, at Dorchester District Court. Now he is an alleged batterer, accused of beating his fiancée multiple times, court documents say. The police reports allege that Heard has attacked his girlfriend twice in the past eight months inside and outside his Boston home. In January, neighbors heard a woman screaming and then heard a couple of thuds and called police. A woman, who asked to not be identified, lives in the apartment below. "It's always around midnight," she said. "You hear crashing and banging. I think he's a hypocrite. He sends people to jail for domestic violence and comes home and does the same thing." In August, the prosecutor's girlfriend told police Heard beat her up and smashed the windshield of her car. In one of the cases, investigators say when police showed up at the couple's home, Heard told his fiancée not to answer any of the officer's questions. Heard was suspended with pay in August. Now he has lost his job with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. He faces multiple charges including assault and battery.

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[cloudriderisadick]

Please let the record show that in January of 2008 Mr. Heard was acquitted of all charges. Further, no news organization (be it print or TV) follow-up their hit pieces post Mr. Heard's 'Day in Court'. You need to take this piece down as it is slanderous, and far from even-handed. Imagine if you were accused of something, and ultimately vindicated and then some prick puts this up on You Tube for the entire world to see over and over again. Take it down!