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Mother charged with threatening prosecutor at son’s arraignment
The remark was captured on the court’s audio recording system.
A Hyde Park woman was ordered held on bail after being charged with threatening a prosecutor during her son’s arraignment Wednesday in West Roxbury Boston Municipal Court, officials say.
Felicia Rodriguez, 46, was held on $200 bail and ordered to stay away from the prosecutor and West Roxbury BMC except for official court business, according to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Just after 11:30 a.m., an assistant district attorney was arraigning Rodriguez’s son when they heard a “derogatory” comment in the gallery, the statement said.
The ADA allegedly turned, saw Rodriguez, and heard her say, “Watch your back.”
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The remark, heard by other court officials, was captured on the court’s audio recording system.
Judge Kathleen Coffey instructed court officers to take Rodriguez into custody.
Rodriguez is charged with intimidating a court official, threats to commit a crime, and a civil rights violation, according to the statement. She will return to court Dec. 19.
“Anyone who thinks they can threaten a prosecutor, a judge, or any other court official without consequences is very much mistaken,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the statement. “We will not tolerate such threats in any shape or form.”
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