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Lawyers for a North Andover police officer seeking to be released from jail ahead of her trial in connection to a shooting that occurred at her home over the summer criticized a judge's recent ruling returning her to jail in a new court filing this week.

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In a brief filed Monday with the Supreme Judical Court, lawyers for Kelsey Fitzsimmons slammed a judge's decision to send her back to jail as "chilling, heartless, and legally baseless."

"The trial court's actions are indefensible in the circumstances at ba

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