Shaunna O’Connell, a Republican, will serve six months of unsupervised supervision after prosecutors dropped a felony charge.
The mayor of Taunton will serve six months of probation following a domestic violence charge after a fight with her husband last summer, according to court records.
Shaunna O’Connell, a Republican and former state representative, pleaded not guilty to assault and battery on a family member, a misdemeanor, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a felony, in July.
The case was transferred out of Taunton into Attleboro District Court, where O’Connell was initially scheduled to stand trial by jury last week. Instead, prosecutors dropped the felony charge against O’Connell, who admitted to sufficient facts for the misdemeanor…