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SALEM — The trial of a wounded North Andover police officer could get underway as early as January, after an Essex County Superior Court judge pushes for the case to be tried sooner rather than later.
Kelsey Fitzsimmons’ lawyer, Timothy Bradl, and state prosecutor James Gubitose agreed to a pretrial assignment conference Nov. 25 to set a trial date after a pretrial conference Tuesday with her lawyer absent from the courtroom.
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