NEW BEDFORD — Cell phone records for a prosecutor and judge alleged in anonymous notes of having had a sexual relationship are being sought in the appeal of two cases on which they worked.
One of the anonymous notes claimed that former New Bedford District Court Judge Douglas J. Darnbrough and the assistant district attorney had communicated by cell phone. It was also alleged in the note that Darnbrough resigned once his cell phones were requested.
The notes were sent to two defense attorneys, as well as the director of the Committee for Public Counsel Services Criminal Trial Support Unit and the executive director of Bristol County Bar Advocates.
Attorney James P. McKenna filed motions for new trials in the two New Bedford District Court cases, based on the anonymous allegations that the convictions were tainted due to the alleged relationship.
The two appeals could potentially impact all of the cases in which the former judge, and the assistant Bristol County district attorney identified in the anonymous notes, had participated in.