Norwood Police Department 

NARRATIVE FOR PATROL DANIEL J KEHOE 

Ref: 07-2186-0F 

Entered: 11/21/2007 @ 1519 

Modified: 12/10/2007 @ 1139 

Entry ID: DK30 

Modified ID: DK30 

Page: 1 

On Wednesday, 11121/07 at approximately 1425 hours I spoke with Leonard Carroll at the station. Mr. 

Carroll is the Eastern Air Center facility manager. He wanted to report an incident that occurred today at the 

airport. The incident involved Christopher Donovan. Mr. Donovan is employed by Helicopter Inc. Helicopter 

Inc. has a contract with FOX 25 NEWS. Mr. Donovan is the pilot for the FOX 25 NEWS helicopter. Mr. Carroll 

related the following. 

He stated that it it was brought to his attention by Mr. Powers that Steve Boatwright was washing his personal 

vehicle in one of the aircraft hangers. The hanger door was open. Mr. Boatwright is a friend of Mr. Donovan and 

also the owner ofBlue Hill Helicopters. Mr. Carroll stated that washing personal vehicles is prohibited in the 

lease agreement, although it is allowed sometimes when permission is granted by Mr. Carroll or another airport 

supervisor. 

Mr. Carroll stated that he went to speak with Mr. Donovan at Mr. Donovan's office at Swift Aviation. He said 

he brought a blank copy of the lease to show Mr. Donovan that using the hangers to wash personal vehicles is 

prohibited. He stated that Mr. Donovan took exception that he was bringing this up considering other employees 

have done this in the past. After they exchanged a few words Mr. Carroll said he began to walk away and Mr. 

Donovan grabbed his arm to keep him from leaving so they could further discuss the matter. Mr. Carroll said that 

he told Mr. Donovan not to touch him. He said Mr. Donovan released his grip on his arm as he requested. He 

, then left Mr. Donovan's office without further incident. There were no threats made by Mr. Donovan. 

Mr. Carroll does not wish to pursue the matter any further. He only wanted to document the incident in a 

police report. He was advised that he could file a criminal complaint in Dedham District Court for assault & 

battery. I will follow this up by speaking with Mr. Donovan. 

On Monday, 1211 0/07 I recieved a written statement from Mr. Donovan explaining his version of the incident. 

The following is an excerpt from Mr. Donovan's statement. Mr. Donovan stated the following; 

"Mr. Boatwright called to tell me Mr. Powers (The person who originally observed Mr. Boatwright 

washing his vehicle) had come by and asked that the hanger door be kept closed, Mr. Boatwright 

complied. At approximately 1:47PM I recieved a call from Mr. Carroll. Mr. Carroll was clearly upset 

that Mr. Boatwright was washing his vehicle. I have washed my vehicle as well as Steve on many 

occasions. Mr. Carroll was both abusive and yelling, he stated that nobody can wash their car. I asked 

why, we had washed our vehicles over the past four years with no problems? Mr. Carroll became further 

enraged and I pointed out that he has discriminated against Mr. Boatwright in the past. He was clearly 

out of control and I informed him I would not listen to his abuse and we could discuss the matter when he 

was under control and rational. Mr. Carroll stated he would have to "come down and straighten me out". 

"Approximately three minutes later, while in my office on private property Mr. Carroll showed up in 

front of me. Mr. Carroll was clearly out of control and had some papers rolled up which he began to 

thrust toward me. I asked Mr. Carroll to leave my office and we could discuss this matter of his obvious 

discrimination toward Mr. Boatwright when he was in control. Mr. Carroll refused. He was waving his 

hands and "ranting" that the lease prohibited washing your car. I continued to ask Mr. Carroll to leave 

my office and he continued to take an aggressive stance toward me, he was irate and would not listen. I 

attempted to leave my office and when I reached the hall he followed me, he then left the office after many 
Norwood Police Department 

NARRATIVE FOR PATROL DANIEL J KEHOE 

Ref: 07-2186-0F 

Entered: 11/21/2007 @ 1519 

Modified: 12/10/2007 @ 1139 

Entry ID: DK30 

Modified ID: DK30 

Page: 2 

requests by me". Mr. Donovan also stated that he was "shocked at his lies about my touching him". "He 

came down looking for trouble and when he could not provoke me he became further enraged". 

Mr. Donovan also stated that Mr. Carroll's actions by filing a false police report have risen to a level of 

harming his character and reputation, a reputation he values and will not allow to be tarnished. He also stated 

that he is shocked at the actions of Eastern Air Center in attempting to cover up the actions of Mr. Carroll. 

Mr. Donovan's complete statement are attached to this report. 
RECORD OF EVENTS 11/21/07 

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From: Len Carroll 

Reference: Incident between the above and Mr. Christopher Donovan 

At approximately 1:00PM on Wednesday, November 21 , 2007, I received a telephone call from Robert 

Powers, (Line Service Manager) that a non-tenant was in a hangar bay washing a private vehicle and had 

left the doors to the hangar open, which is a non-compliance issue based on costs incurred to heat the 

hangar. (Outside air temp was reported as mid thirties) It was determined that the person involved was Mr. 

Steven Boatwright, who is a business associate of Mr. Donovan, and operator ofBiue Hill Helicopters of 

Norwood, MA. 

I called Mr. Donovan to explain the facts about vehicle washing and leaving the hangar doors open. At this 

time, Mr. Donovan did not want to talk about this and stated that we allow other people to do same. I then 

terminated this conversation with the statement that we needed to talk further about this problem. 

At 1:15 PM, I retrieved a copy of our standard hangar lease and went to the office of Mr. Donovan to 

explain our procedures. (The hangar rental is to Helicopters, Inc, of Illinois, who had recently taken over 

this contract from Helinet Inc, to provide helicopter services to Foxx TV *Ch 25) about a month prior. 

Before I could get into a meaningful discussion with Mr. Donovan, he went into a yelling and profane 

tirade about his mental state, that he could not talk with me in that state, and ordered me out of the building. 

I was shocked that a professional person would demonstrate such rude and uncontrolled behavior. He 

would not accept the hangar lease form and it was not forced upon him in any way. 

I left his presence and proceeded to the stairwell, with him following and continuing his tirade. After a 

couple steps down the stairs, he grabbed my arm (and I believe he was trying to push me down the stairs at 

this time), I turned to him and stated in an authoritive manner not to touch my body, and that I considered 

this to be a criminal assault and battery, and left the premises. 

After thinking this matter over and reviewing the events that took place, I decided to make an official 

record with the Norwood Police Department. At the Police Department, I had an initial conversation with 

Officer Kevin Grasso. At this time, Officer Grasso wanted to know ifl needed medical assistance as he 

indicated that I appeared to be in distress. I declined the offer although I was experiencing some anxiety, 
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some dizziness, and I could sense my blood pressure going off the high end. (These are medical 

conditions of which I am under a Doctors care). I later talked with Officer Dan Kehoe who conducted an 

interview and took an official statement. Officer Grasso stated that the procedure to follow to file in an 

assault and battery charge was that I had to go to the Dedham Courthouse and file same. (Being later in the 

afternoon on Thanksgiving Day Eve, I thought it would be much to time consuming and I was not feeling 

well at that time). 

On return to the airport, I advised Mr. Bishay, Executive Manager ofEastern Air Center, Inc., of the 

proceedings and went home to take a~ditional medications and rest. 

Ill/ 

This statement is true and correct to the best of my recollection . 

Len Carroll 

160 Connell Street 

Quincy, MA