Heard at the hearings: Parking revenue problems and budget clarity that might look like a mistake
In some more tidbits from budget hearings, we learned that even the most understandable budget ever still has some work to do in terms of clarity; that despite surging public records requests, the Law Department needs no more technology to help; and that parking revenue and the raising of annual parking permit fees can be sensitive subjects.
Heard at the hearings: Police want body cameras, broadband hire is under the manager, and more
In some tidbits from budget hearings, we learned that a municipal broadband hire is listed as being in the City Manager’s Office; our housing liaison could evolve into an Office of Housing Stability; police body cameras have wide support; and Cambridge ranks high on cybersecurity … according to the people responsible for Cambridge’s cybersecurity.
Body discovered in Somerville’s Davis Square goes unmentioned by city and police officials
A body discovered early Wednesday in Davis Square, one of Somerville’s most trafficked locations, went unremarked upon the entire day by police and city officials. With no notice to the media, the public death went unreported except on a citizens’ Facebook group.
Alternatives to standard armed police response will be readied quickly after a $2.9M budget vote
The city’s new Community Safety Department is on track to be funded with $2.9 million as of July 1, when the next fiscal year begins.
Several men surrounded a couple in Somerville, shot up their car, officials recall after court date
Five days after violence that crossed the border into East Cambridge, a public housing project in Somerville was the scene of another gun attack. Two people were arraigned for the Feb. 20 gunfire incident while others were still being looked for, law enforcement officials said.
Driver of SUV is acquitted in death of a senior, ‘tragedy’ that left judge with reasonable doubt
Ashley Monturio was acquitted Tuesday of leaving the scene after running over and killing an 80-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Cambridgeport public housing project. Cambridge District Court Judge David Frank said the prosecution hadn’t proven conclusively that Monturio knew she had hit Romelia Gallardo.
Re-creation of senior’s death in LBJ parking lot contends that driver couldn’t see or feel incident
Lawyers for Ashley Monturio, who is on trial for allegedly leaving the scene after running over an 80-year-old woman in a Cambridgeport parking lot, created their own video to counter the prosecution’s surveillance recording of the 2018 death.
In two deaths of pedestrians by large vehicles, State Police reports found the victims at fault
In two fatal accidents a month apart in which drivers ran over pedestrians in Cambridge, State Police investigators found the victims, not the drivers, responsible. The most recent conclusion came in the case of a woman who hit an 80-year-old using a walker in the parking lot of a public housing development.
Nonfatal double-stabbing at construction site was stopped by co-worker trained in jiujitsu
A construction worker trying to collect a debt stabbed two co-workers early Monday – one in the leg and another, who tried to interfere, in his back, police said.
Disclosure of Covid contact delays Monturio trial after a review of video showing resident’s death
About two and a half hours into the second day of trial, an attorney’s assistant reported that she had been in close contact with someone testing positive for coronavirus, putting on hold until April 19 the misdemeanor trial of Ashley Monturio for allegedly leaving the scene after she ran over Romelia Gallardo, a public housing resident.
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