MA: Suffolk DA Hayden (D) fined $5,000 for ethics violation from 2022 campaign

SUFFOLK COUNTY District Attorney Kevin Hayden admitted to violating state ethics law and paid a $5,000 civil penalty in connection with action his office took during the heated 2022 campaign for the DA’s seat.

The finding from the state Ethics Commission concluded that Hayden improperly used his office to discredit his political opponent – then-Boston city councilor Ricardo Arroyo – who was challenging him in the Democratic primary.

The case centers on a press release issued by the DA’s office in the closing days of a hard-fought race.

In late August 2022, the Boston Globe reported that Arroyo had been investigated as a teenager by the Boston police for two separate allegations of sexual assault. According to the paper, police officials said both cases, one from 2005 and one from 2007, were referred to the district attorney’s office, investigated, and closed without any charges brought.




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