UPDATED: Kraft Group Offers Town Legal Defense in Protective Custody Lawsuit

Company would provide Foxborough with legal representation to defend the town and Police Chief Edward O’Leary as well as cover the costs of the attorney but would not pay for damages owed if town lost lawsuit.

Editor's note: This article was updated to include comments from Foxborough Board of Selectmen chair James DeVellis on Jan. 30, 2013 at 12:11 p.m. Facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly holding people “unlawfully” in protective custody during Gillette Stadium events, the town reached out to its largest business partner for assistance. Foxborough, through attorney John Davis of Pierce, Davis & Perritano, LLP, reached out to the Kraft Group in November to ask if the company would be indemnifying the town in the Weldner/Dutton lawsuit against Foxborough Police Chief Edward O’Leary and the town of Foxborough. “The town has an indemnification policy in place provided by the Kraft Group that protects the town during stadium events," …

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Jeremie Smith

1:07 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

Thank you for the follow-up Steve. I have a much clearer understanding of the point you were trying to make. These are good questions and I will look to include them in my follow-up reporting.   more ›

Week in Review

Week in Review: Man Rescued from Fall into Neponset River, Waxy’s Liquor License Suspended, Patriots Season Ends & More

A recap of this week's headlines from Jan. 20-25.

Miss anything in Foxborough this week? Here's your chance to sit back and catch up on some Patch. Below is a recap of this week’s biggest headlines on Foxborough Patch: UPDATED: Foxborough Fire Saves Man Who Fell into River After Leaving Patriots Game Foxborough Fire & Rescue personnel performed a water rescue Sunday night at Neponset River near North Street after a man leaving Gillette Stadium fell into the water while walking along the nearby railroad tracks. “Gentleman was walking over the tracks after the [Patriots AFC Championship Game], obviously a patron of [Gillette Stadium], and fell off of the bridge, approximately 15 feet into the river below,” said Foxborough Fire Captain Ed Noonan. The man, said to be in his 50s, suffered head…

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Foxborough Police Awarded Grant for 5 Portable Breathalyzers

The portable breath test machines are said to increase the town’s protection against potential lawsuits claiming false arrests at Gillette Stadium events.

Foxborough police recently obtained five additional portable breathalyzers for the department through an insurance grant applied for by Deputy Chief John Chandler. The five breath test machines will be used primarily to improve police accuracy in determining whether patrons attending Gillette Stadium events are incapacitated before being taken into protective custody. “Rather than just having a few machines available where people are actually processed and booked, we have preliminary testing stations at the wagons where people are brought to and we encourage them, if they [claim they] are not impaired, to take the portable breath test, which would give us a more scientific method of determining whether they are incapacitated,” Foxborough …

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