Overview
- Essex Superior Court Judge Thomas Drechsler scheduled Kelsey Fitzsimmons’s trial for Feb. 9 on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon tied to a June 30 incident at her home.
- Fitzsimmons remains held without bail after a September revocation of her release, and her legal team has an appeal under review by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
- At Tuesday’s hearing, the court directed that any texts or related communications involving responding officers and the child’s father in the custody of prosecutors or the North Andover Police Department be produced.
- Prosecutors said certain officer records sought by the defense, including any Fifth Amendment invocations, do not exist, as the defense presses for broader discovery.
- Police reports say Fitzsimmons pointed a pistol at Officer Patrick Noonan and was then shot in the chest, a claim she disputes by saying she pointed the gun at her own temple and that her firearm did not fire.