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Office Overview
This office is comprised of seven teams, each with unique responsibilities.
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Administrative Team
The Administrative Team is responsible for providing legal support to fourteen office attorneys, assisting victims and witnesses as needed, as well as educating the citizens of Suffolk to prevent crime.
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Community Outreach Team
This team creates, organizes, coordinates, schedules and conducts educational and informational outreach to the community including schools, churches, fraternal organizations and other groups on behalf of the Suffolk Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.
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Criminal Investigation Team
This team provides investigative support to all prosecution teams, they do follow-up investigations to police cases as well as a limited number of original investigations.
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General District Team
This team handles all adult crime cases that begin in the General District Court, including capital murder, all drug offenses, welfare fraud, property crimes, all criminal misdemeanors, as well as traffic offenses.
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Juvenile Team
The Juvenile Team is responsible for the prosecution of all crimes committed by and against juveniles (persons under the age of 18), and certain domestic violence cases.
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Victim / Witness Services
Part of this team is assigned to the General District Court and the other part is assigned to the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court to assist the prosecutor and act as a liaison between victims, witnesses and various agencies and personnel within the criminal justice system