Woman Indicted In 2015 Mansfield Trooper Shooting

MANSFIELD, MA — A former North Attleboro linked to a 2015 State Police shooting has been indicted.

Julie A. Rabinowitz, 49, formerly of North Attleboro, was indicted on a charge assault by means of a dangerous weapon, a spokesman for Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn told the Sun Chronicle. No arraignment date has been scheduled.

She was originally charged in Attleboro District Court with assault with attempt to murder, attempted assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault by means of a dangerous weapon.

During the early hours of July 23, 2015, a trooper on Forbes Boulevard near the Foxborough-Mansfield line reported a loud noise that came from behind him as he was approaching a traffic signal. The trooper at the time said that he saw a white man flee into the nearby wood line and a search of the area turned up a black powder rifle.

Rabinowitz was taken into custody last month when investigators found DNA on a hunting cap and ear muffs found in the woods that matched her DNA.

No one was injured as a result of the incident.

Rabinowitz's attorney said that her client has a history of mental illness.

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