Blue Mass Group

Reality-based commentary on politics.

Reason #12 – Seems only fair to report this as well

By

A little over a week ago dkennedy posted “Reason #11” noting that Shawn Hendricks’ wife had taken a restraining order out against him and making this another reason to why casinos wouldn’t be built in Mass.

http://bluemassgroup.com/s…

Well in today’s Globe the court dismissed that restraining order. I didn’t see the connection when dkennedy posted it before and I don’t see one now, however seems only fair to provide all the information.

http://www.boston.com/news/loc…

A probate judge has vacated a restraining order against the chair of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council.

The court cited Shawn Hendricks’ clean criminal history in the decision.

Please share widely!
fb-share-icon
Tweet
0

Comments

  1. Dan's “#11” post was only regarding a casino in Middleboro.

    Picking up on Gladys Kravitz's post on the top 10 reasons that a casino will never be built in Middleborough:

    The Globe only picked up on the cheery feel-good parts of the cited Cape Cod Times story.

    In his testimony during the hearing in Barnstable Probate and Family Court, however, Hendricks admitted to using steroids in the past and to a tug-of-war battle over his young son on a baseball field earlier this month.In court yesterday, she spoke of her husband's violent temper, which she says escalated over the past three years, and even more so since he stepped into the role of tribal council chairman last August when his mentor, Glenn Marshall, was forced to resign.Federal investigators launched a probe into the finances of Marshall, Hendricks and other tribal council leaders shortly after Marshall stepped down.“It'll be a spur-of-the-moment rage that he'll burst into,” Elizabeth said. “Most of his (anger) is directed toward me.”When her attorney, Stephen Swaye of New Bedford, asked her how she felt about that, she said “scared to death.”In his testimony, Hendricks denied directing his anger toward his wife or children, but when pressed, admitted to smashing his arm through a glass door during a fight with his wife.Elizabeth Hendricks was granted the restraining order after a June 6 incident at a baseball field; she accused her husband of screaming profanity and threatening that “I couldn't touch him but he could hurt me,” according to her affidavit.“My husband is a fourth-degree black belt and has firearms,” she wrote in the affidavit. “He has a very bad temper toward me and enjoys intimidating me.”Shawn Hendricks yesterday denied saying anything to that effect, but admitted to pulling on his son while his wife tried to take him to her car.

    Be careful. Your agenda is showing.

    • I have posted as pro-expanded gaming and pro-casino jobs all along. My point was and is that Dan’s linking the debate around building casinos to a domestic dispute was gratuitous.

      <

      p>I wouldn’t know Hendricks if I fell over him and if he threatened his wife and child then every possible measure to protect them is in order. (the Judge vacated the restraining order – to a non-lawyer that sounds like one was issued without a hearing for protection and when it was appealed and the arguments heard -the order was lifted)

      <

      p>Opposing expanded gaming because of a personal/family problem of one individual involved in one proposal is akin to opposing the war in Irag because George Bush was a drug user. Lot’s of fun to make fun of an adversary but ignoring hundreds of valid reason for your position.

      <

      p>And if we are going to post the person/family information when it fits one sides “agenda” seems fair we keep updating the record.  

  2. …and the judge did not extend it. Typically they are time definite and will expire when the time runs out unless one of the parties wants it to continue.

Archives