A trial for a Worcester City Councilor and a former school committee candidate who were present at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest is set for Feb. 10, a judge ruled Wednesday.

District 5 Councilor Etel Haxhiaj and former Worcester School Committee candidate Ashley R. Spring were both charged in connection with their interactions with Worcester police officers who were called to Eureka Street on May 8 during the arrest of a Brazilian mother of four.

Haxhiaj was charged with one misdemeanor count of assault and battery on a police officer and one common law violation for interfering with a police officer.

The councilor lost her re-election bid this year to Jose Rivera and will not be a city councilor come the new year.

Spring, who uses they/them pronouns, was prev

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