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Off-duty officer allegedly assaulted club employee; Police: Victim refusing to press charges.


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LEICESTER Leicester (lĕs`tər), city (1991 pop. 324,394) and district, Leicestershire, central England. The city is connected by canals with the Trent River and London, and it is also a railway center.  - Police are investigating an allegation The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove.

If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a
 that an off-duty officer from another town assaulted an employee at the Leicester Country Club late Saturday night, though the woman who was reportedly the victim said yesterday she does not want to file charges.

Officers were called to the country club on Route 9 after an employee said she had been assaulted. Police Chief James J. Hurley Hurley has become the English version of at least three distinct original Irish names: the Ó hUirthile, part of the Dál gCais tribal group, based in Clare and North Tipperary; the Ó Muirthile, based around Kilbritain in west Cork; and the OhIarlatha, from the district of  said a detail officer had been on duty at the country club during an event, but had been sent home before the alleged incident.

The Spencer Police Association's annual comedy show took place at the country club that evening but no officer from Spencer or Leicester was implicated im·pli·cate  
tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates
1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot.

2.
 in the alleged assault, Chief Hurley said. Police said the officer was from another town, but declined to say where he works.

Chief Hurley said he has informed Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.'s office of the incident and will work with investigators there to determine whether any charges will be filed.

No arrest was made because officers did not witness an assault, Chief Hurley said. Police can only make an arrest for assault if they see it happen, otherwise suspects are summoned to court and a hearing is held to determine whether there is enough evidence for charges to be filed.

A woman who identified herself as a manager at the country club and who said she was the alleged victim of an assault said yesterday she does not intend to press charges. Chief Hurley said the investigation will continue until it is "100 percent complete."

He said he is hoping to speak with other witnesses and urged anyone who may have seen what happened to call him at the Leicester Police Department.

"I am committed to seeing this through," Chief Hurley said of the investigation. "There could be criminal and job-related sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym.

Sanctions involving countries:
 (for the officer)."
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Publication:Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Date:May 6, 2008
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