Who is Josh Heal? Joshua William Heal (born 1979) March 6, 2016 👮Hired as Animal Control Officer (ACO) for the Stoughton Police Department. Early Fall 2019 🐈‍⬛Met Sandra Birchmore at the Stoughton animal shelter when she came to adopt a cat. The two became friends and later engaged in a one-time consensual sexual act after work hours. They were Facebook friends. December 2019 🚩During a visit to the shelter, Birchmore received frequent text messages and said someone was tracking her location. She explained that she had a past restraining order against an ex. 🚩Heal reported during interviews that Birchmore had shared graphic and explicit photographs sent to her by William Farwell. 2020 👮Joined the Abington Police Department. October 5, 2020 🚩Heal told Birchmore that #MatthewFarwell’s wife was pregnant with their third child, which upset Sandra. 🚩Birchmore drafted a message intended for Farwell’s wife revealing their affair. “I am just messaging to inform you that your husband Matthew has been out cheating on you since before you guys were even married.” December 2020 ‼ Birchmore told Heal she had been pregnant three times before and was currently pregnant with MF's child. She said MF wanted her to have an abortion, but she was adamantly against it. January 9, 2021 🚩‼ called Joshua Heal and stated that, after telling MF about the baby, MF told her that “he wished just would die and he wants nothing to do with the baby.” 🚩🚩According to the information Birchmore shared, Farwell put Birchmore in a headlock and grabbed her cell phone from her hand. ‼ Joshua Heal told Birchmore to distance herself from MF because he was dangerous, a police officer, and clearly did not care about the law. MF was also aware that Birchmore appeared to be attached to him because he had taken her virginity when she was 15 years old. February 9, 2021 👮Josh Heal learned of Sandra Birchmore’s death from Officer Victoria Denneno of the Stoughton Police Department . September 22, 2021 🏫Heal began serving as an Abington School Resource Officer. December 21, 2021 👮During Heal's first interview with Stoughton Deputy Chief Brian Holmes, Heal admitted to a single sexual encounter with Sandra Birchmore but stopped the interview after stating that he felt he was being treated more like a suspect than a witness. December 31, 2021 👮Heal's boss ordered him to cooperate with Holmes’s investigation. The order preceded Heal’s second interview with Stoughton investigators. January 11, 2022 🛋Detectives received authorization to conduct a forensic analysis on a couch located in Heal's office that may have evidentiary value. This couch is where the sexual encounter with Sandra occurred. ❌The forensic examination produced no physical evidence corroborating allegations concerning the encounter February 9, 2022 👮Heal participated in a second interview with Stoughton Deputy Chief Brian Holmes and independent investigator Paul L’Italien after being ordered by Abington Police Chief David Del Papa to cooperate with the investigation. 🚩Heal said Sandra had discussed sexual relationships with Matthew Farwell, William Farwell and Robert Devine and had shown him photographs or videos related to some of those relationships. 🚩Heal told investigators that Sandra wanted a romantic relationship and family life with MF. September 22, 2022 👮Abington PD’s Chief Del Papa received notice that Heal faced allegations stemming from the Sandra Birchmore investigation. Heal was placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation. Press Release: crimetimelines.com/wp-conten… 🐕‍🦺Harlow, the APD's comfort dog, was removed from his custody. Heal had served as Harlow’s handler while working as an Abington school resource officer. Harlow was later reassigned to another Abington school resource officer. September 23, 2022 👮Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara publicly announced the results of the department’s internal-affairs investigation involving Matthew Farwell, William Farwell and Robert Devine. Heal was not one of the three officers identified as subjects of that Stoughton investigation. Heal later alleged in court that statements made during the announcement nevertheless caused the public to associate him with allegations concerning Sandra. January 10, 2023 ‼ Heal claimed “The Case,” Kirk Minihane (Barstool Sports) made false and defamatory claims about Heal, including: -Heal had known Birchmore since 2015. -That he had traded a cat for oral sex (possible, as no adoption paperwork was located). -That he was friends with the Farwells. -A DNA test was performed on a couch to implicate him (false; the couch DNA test was performed according to the IAB report). -Heal also claimed that Chief McNamara and Deputy Chief Holmes’s negligence in handling the IA investigation and subsequent public disclosures directly contributed to the damages Heal suffered. January 20, 2023 ⚖Sandra Birchmore’s estate filed a Second Amended Complaint in Norfolk Superior Court naming Matthew Farwell, William Farwell, Robert Devine, #JoshuaHeal and the Town of Stoughton among the defendants. The claims against Heal were civil allegations and did not establish criminal responsibility. Complaint: crimetimelines.com/wp-conten… May 1, 2023 ⚖Heal filed an answer and cross claims in Norfolk Superior Court arising from the Sandra Birchmore litigation. Heal alleged that Stoughton and its police department improperly released information that allowed the public to identify him in connection with the internal-affairs investigation and that the disclosure damaged his reputation and law-enforcement career. ❌Heal stated that he had no involvement, oversight or participation in the Stoughton Police Explorers program while Sandra was a member from 2010 through 2016 and maintained that he had no interaction with Sandra while she was an Explorer. September 8, 2023 🐕‍🦺Abington Police documented allegations involving former SRO Joshua Heal and the Instagram account @APDHARLOW. Investigators planned to seek a search warrant from Meta for records associated with the account based on allegations of misconduct and possible criminal acts by Heal. 👮A former student described messages she said she exchanged with Heal through the @APDHARLOW Instagram account. She told officers that Heal had once messaged her about when he had his nipples pierced and had hoop rings placed in them. According to the student, no further messages were exchanged regarding that statement. The student was asked whether Heal had ever messaged her asking to meet with him. She said she did not recall any such messages. 2023 ‼ Heal resigned from law enforcement in 2023 after becoming publicly linked to the case through a partially redacted report and media coverage. Internal Investigation Report: drive.google.com/file/d/1bBT…