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School committee member says mayor’s office delivery and phone calls felt like ‘intimidation’; police report finds no FRPD dispatch
Summary
School Committee member Colin Dias described receiving a letter delivered by a constable and a phone call he took as intimidation by Mayor Paul Coogan; the Fall River Police Department told Dias no police response to his residence was documented and said the facts did not meet criminal‑intimidation criteria.
School Committee member Colin Dias used the Jan. 13 meeting to respond to a citizen’s written statement and to describe what he called an intimidating interaction tied to his public comments on alleged irregularities in district spending.
Dias said the mayor “sent an unknown uniform man to my house who never said who they were” and later called him, warning that “this is not gonna look good for you, you’re treading a very fine line here right now.” Dias said he perceived the delivery and the comments as…
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