WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - The assault charge that led to the immigration arrest of a Worcester mother has been dropped.
Officials say the 40-year-old was arrested during a confrontation in May on Eureka Street in Worcester. She was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a pregnant victim.
It stemmed from an incident involving her daughter in February.
A public defender says her daughter never wanted her mother to be prosecuted.
Body camera footage also shows the arrest of a Worcester City Councilor at that scene. Last week, councilor Etel Haxhiaj pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer and interfering with an arrest. She said she did nothing wrong.
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