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THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022 Page 19 Survivors of violent crimes call for passage of Baker-Polito Legislation G overnor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito recently joined survivors, domestic violence providers and law enforcement officials in Springfield for a roundtable event highlighting the importance of the Administration’s legislation which would create comprehensive new protections for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, assault and battery as well as other crimes. The roundtable was moderated by Liz Dineen, executive director of the YWCA of Western Massachusetts, a Springfield-based domestic violence provider and also included Public Safety and Security Secretary Terrence Reidy and Springfield Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood. The event was part of the Administration’s continued efforts to work with the survivor community to demonstrate the importance of this critical public safety legislation which would improve protections for survivors and the public. In December, the Administration announced the filing of the legislation at a similar roundtable event in Plymouth, and in January, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito testified on the legislation before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary alongside survivors whose stories speak to the importance of the legislation. Last week, the legislative package was endorsed by the Massachusetts Office for Victims Assistance, an independent state agency that supports victims of crime in the Commonwealth. “Today’s roundtable event continues our work in partnership with the survivor community to highlight the real-world stories that demonstrate the importance of this critical legislation, and we are grateful for the brave survivors who shared their stories today,” said Baker. “Our dangerousness proposal would fill critical gaps in the way our criminal justice system currently deals with dangerous individuals so we can better protect survivors and members of the public. We look forward to working with our legislative colleagues to make these critical changes so we can keep our communities and families safe.” “As we continue to advocate for this important public safety legislation, we remain committed to putting survivors’ stories front and center, to help everyone understand how important these reforms are,” said Polito, Chair of the Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. “The survivors who joined our roundtable today are demonstrating inspiring courage, and we are grateful to them for their willingness to share their stories.” “The circumstances of every survivor’s story are different yet similar in their shared experience of living in unrelenting fear. Sadly, many survivors share another similarity – a disheartening encounter with a system that lacked the tools necessary to protect them in their time of greatest need,” said Public Safety and Security Secretary Terrence Reidy. “These bills will close loopholes and strengthen protections for some of our most vulnerable citizens. We owe it to countless survivors to make these commonsense reforms.” “Any legislator who cares about protecting victims of crime must vote for this bill,” said Dineen. An Act to Protect Victims of Crimes and the Public First filed in 2018, the Administration’s proposal would expand the list of offenses that can provide grounds for a dangerousness hearing and close certain loopholes at the start and end of the criminal process that currently limit or prevent effective action to address legitimate safety concerns. It would strengthen the ability of judges to enforce the conditions of pre-trial release by empowering police to detain people who they observe violating court-ordered release conditions; current law does not allow this, and instead requires a court to first issue a warrant. Under this proposal, judges will be empowered to revoke a person’s release when the offender has violated a court-ordered condition, such as an order to stay away from a victim, or ~LEGAL NOTICE~ NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Regina S. Foster to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for One Reverse Mortgage, LLC, dated July 8, 2013 and recorded in the Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 62238, Page 523 of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, by assignment from: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for One Reverse Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns to Traditional Mortgage Acceptance Corp, recorded on December 3, 2020, in Book No. 76332, at Page 491 for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 AM on April 13, 2022, on the mortgaged premises located at 3 Hall Avenue a/k/a 20 Lexington Street, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: Tax Id Number(s):M0-01-000114 Land Situated in the City of Everett in the County of Middlesex in the State of MA THE LAND IN EVERETT, BEING LOT NO. 20 ON A PLAN OF BUILDING LOTS BELONGING TO MORRIS B. HALL, A. F. SARGENT, SURVEYOR, DATED SEPTEMBER, 1891, RECORDED WITH MIDDLESEX SOUTH DISTRICT DEEDS BOOK OF PLANS 72, PLAN 4, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: SOUTHWESTERLY BY LEXINGTON STREET, FORMERLY CALLED HIGHLAND STREET, SIXTY-SIX (66) FEET; NORTHWESTERLY BY HALL AVENUE, FIFTY-TWO AND 4/100 (52.04) FEET; NORTHEASTERLY BY LOT NO.19 ON SAID PLAN SIXTY-EIGHT AND 11/100 (68.11) FEET; AND SOUTHEASTERLY BY LAND FORMERLY OF CHARLES H. DEAN FIFTY-TWO AND 93/100 (52.93) FEET; CONTAINING 3,518 SQUARE FEET OF LAND. For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 53560, Page 335. These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California St., Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. TRADITIONAL MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California St. Newton, MA 02458 (617)558-0500 20405 March 4, 11 & 18, 2022 from a public playground. Current law requires an additional finding of dangerousness before release may be revoked. The legislation also expands the list of offenses which can provide grounds for a dangerousness hearing including crimes of sexual abuse and crimes of threatened or potential violence. It also follows the long-standing federal model in including a defendant’s history of serious criminal convictions as grounds that may warrant a dangerousness hearing. Current law requires courts to focus only on the crime VIOLENT CRIMES | SEE PAGE 20

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