Boston Mayor Wu staffer on leave months after felony assault arrest

A staffer for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu remains on unpaid leave after she was arrested on a felony assault charge in connection with a domestic violence incident earlier this year.

Daunasia Yancey, 33, of Jamaica Plain, was arrested on Friday, April 11, 2025, and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to a criminal complaint obtained Wednesday by Boston 25.

Officers responding to a report of domestic assault at 5 Mills Street in Roxbury around 1:40 p.m. on April 11 spoke with a woman who said she had been physically assaulted during a dispute over a birth certificate in a locked safe, Boston Municipal Court documents indicated…

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