Overview
- The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a 10-page decision affirming a lower court order that revoked Kelsey Fitzsimmons’s release and held her without bail.
- The court ruled the hearing judge did not abuse her discretion, pointing to evidence of prior alcohol-related problems and a 2019 conviction for intoxicated, disruptive conduct.
- Defense lawyers argued SCRAM breath tests aggravated injuries from the shooting, but the justices agreed that proposed urine testing would undermine court-ordered home confinement.
- Fitzsimmons has pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from a June 30 encounter at her home during service of a restraining order, when an officer shot her.
- Police reports say she pointed an unloaded pistol at Officer Patrick Noonan and tried to load it, while Fitzsimmons maintains she aimed the gun at herself; trial is scheduled for Feb. 9.