The Unattended Death of a 14 year old Autistic Boy in Fall River has triggered an ongoing investigation by the FRPD and Mass State Police Detectives. 

 

33-year-old Micheal Almond and 26 year old Jaclyn Coleman have been arraigned in Fall River District Court, as each faces cunts of care taker neglect of a disabled person and possession of a Class A Narcotic. 

 

Coleman faces a count of assaulting a police officer after she tried to damage a cell phone that might have evidence related to the case. 

 

14-year old David Almond was pronounced dead Wednesday Morning after first responders found Coleman attempting CPR on the victim in the one hundred block of Green Street. 

 

Almond suffered from what is being described by Bristol County Prosecutors as having an intellectual disability. 

 

A twin brother and a younger child are now in the custody of D-C-F. 

 

An initial investigation found that there was daily narcotics use by the adults in the department. and that a brother of the deceased was a victim of neglect.