According to the digital edition of the Fall River Herald, the Bristol County District Attorney’s office dropped a pair of charges related to a harassment prevention order against former Somerset School Committee candidate Jessica Machado. 

Jessica Machado was arraigned last week in district court following the harassment order that was filed back in June of 2020 by Shauna Geary, the director of the town’s council on Aging and a Somerset school committee member. That order was extended by a district court judge this last June due to the pending violation allegations. 

Machado, whose two charges were formally dismissed on September 17, expressed relief that the charges were dismissed on Monday. The extended harassment prevention order is still in effect and Machado said she’s filed a motion to have the order dissolved with district court.