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Owen Bebeau, chief of staff at the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, became the new special sheriff last week, serving as the next-in-command for Sheriff Paul Heroux.

Owen Bebeau, chief of staff at the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, became the new special sheriff last week, serving as the next-in-command for Sheriff Paul Heroux.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Secretary of State received a copy of an unredacted investigation report into allegations of staff harassment by Fall River School Superintendent Matt Malone on Wednesday to determine what, if any, portion of the document can be released to the public, according to the agency’s spokesperson.   “They have started the review and technically have 15 business days to complete a review and issue a determination,” said spokesperson Deb O’Malley. ...

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Secretary of State received a copy of an unredacted investigation report into allegations of staff harassment by Fall River School Superintendent Matt Malone on Wednesday to determine what, if any, portion of the document can be released to the public, according to the agency’s spokesperson.   “They have started the review and technically have 15 business days to complete a review and issue a determination,” said spokesperson Deb O’Malley. ...

FALL RIVER — In the wake of the City Council taking a vote of "no confidence in Matt Malone, the school superintendent reiterated that he has no plans of resigning.  At its meeting Tuesday, the City Council voted no confidence in Malone following allegations of harassing staff, and called for him to resign immediately.  City Councilor Shawn Cadime, who has been an aggressive critic of Malone since details leaked of a $25,000 school committee investigation into the allegations came t...

FALL RIVER — The Massachusetts Secretary of State has ordered the Fall River School Committee to submit an unredacted copy of the investigation report regarding staff harassment allegations against Superintendent Matt Malone to determine if the document is a public record.  On Wednesday, Rebecca Murray, the Secretary of State’s supervisor of records, sent an order to the School Committee to release the report and any other related documents “without delay.”  The School Com...

A fourth term of the contract, the School Committee has the right to send Malone to undergo an independent medical examination to determine if he is capable of performing the functions of his job “should a question of fitness arise in the future."  Earlier this month in a majority vote, School Committee members voted on the amendments to Malone’s contract in closed session.  In November, in another closed-door meeting, committee members vote retain Malone to run the Fall River Scho...

“Thanks to the School Committee,” said Cadime.  H Harrison, assistant to MCAD commissioners, said that when a complaint is filed with the anti-discrimination state agency, an investigation is conducted.  “At the conclusion of the investigation we issue an investigative disposition, which are our findings. At that point we will be able to discuss or disclose the complaint and the findings and at that point it becomes public,” said Harrison.  MCAD investigations take approximately ...

“In August 2020, I broke the tenets of our core values by behaving in a manner that disrupted the team work of our central office and hurt the feelings of our professional community. At that time, complaints were filed and the School Committee did the right thing by investigating," said Malone in a phone interview Tuesday. "So now we’re in January and the investigation is done and discipline has been meted out and I want to say I am embarrassed by my actions in August and I’m sorry ...