### 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 

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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 ofthe aircraft hangers. The hanger door was open. Mr. Boatwright is a friend ofMr. 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 ofthe lease to showMr. 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. Donovanreleased 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 ofthe 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 1:47PMI recieved a call from Mr. Carroll. Mr. Carrollwas clearly upset that Mr. Boatwrightwas 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 ourvehicles over the pastfour 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 ofcontrol and I informed him I would not listen to his abuse and we could discuss the matterwhen 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 ofme. Mr. Carroll was clearly out ofcontrol 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 ofhis obvious discrimination toward Mr. Boatwrightwhen he was in control. Mr. Carroll refused. He was waving his hands and "ranting" that the lease prohibited washingyour 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 

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### requests by me". Mr. Donovan also stated that hewas "shocked at his lies about my touching him". "He came down looking for trouble andwhen 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 ofEastern Air Center in attempting to cover up the actions ofMr. Carroll. Mr. Donovan's complete statement are attached to this report.RECORD OF EVENTS 11/21/07 (Page 1of2 Pages) From: Len Carroll Reference: Incident between the above and Mr. ChristopherDonovan At approximately 1:00PMon 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 ofMr.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 ofour standard hangar lease and went to the office ofMr. Donovan to explain our procedures. (The hangar rental is to Helicopters, Inc, ofIllinois, 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 ofthe 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 notto 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,(Page 2 of2 Pages)

some dizziness, and I could sense my blood pressure going offthe high end. (These are medical conditions ofwhich I am under a Doctors care). I latertalked with Officer Dan Kehoe who conducted an interview and took an official statement. Officer Grasso stated thatthe procedureto follow to file in an assault and battery charge was that I had to go tothe Dedham Courthouse and file same. (Being later in the afternoon on Thanksgiving DayEve, 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., ofthe proceedings and went home to take

**a~ditional** medications and rest. Ill

/ This statement is true and correctto the best ofmy recollection . Len Carroll 160 Connell Street Quincy, MA