Ricardo Arroyo

After a particularly nasty race against incumbent Kevin Hayden, Arroyo took to social media Wednesday morning to concede.

The heated campaign for Suffolk County district attorney ended with victory for Kevin Hayden, who’d been the interim DA, and Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo conceded the race after weeks of mud-slinging and controversy for both candidates. With 95% of precincts reporting as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hayden held an 8-point lead, receiving 54% of the vote to Arroyo’s 46%….

With 95% of precincts reporting as of 5 a.m. Wednesday, Hayden held an 8-point lead, receiving 54% of the vote to Arroyo’s 46%.

Incumbent Kevin Hayden and Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo have both been on damage control in the recent weeks leading up to Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Suffolk County’s District Attorney

The race for Suffolk District Attorney has been filled with mud-slinging and controversy for both candidates, and it had still not been called late Tuesday night. Incumbent Kevin Hayden and Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo have been sparring in recent weeks, with discussions surrounding Arroyo’s assault allegations taking over much of the narrative surrounding Tuesday’s primary. With 95% of...

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo sat down with NBC10 Boston in a one-on-one interview Friday to discuss a 2005 sexual assault investigation against him. Arroyo, who is running for Suffolk County district attorney, has denied any wrongdoing and said that he wasn’t aware of any investigation. He also sent out police documents that could clear his name. In one document,…

Documents were released Friday from the Boston Police Department’s 2005 sexual assault investigation into current Suffolk County district attorney candidate Ricardo Arroyo, files that a judge had allowed to be shared with him with personal information redacted. The Arroyo campaign said the documents “prove that both the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office and the Boston Police Department reviewed allegations...

A judge has sided with Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo in his lawsuit seeking the release of the entire case file from the 2005 sexual assault allegation against him. Arroyo, running for Suffolk County district attorney in next week’s primary election, says his image has been unfairly tarnished by the revelation that he was accused of sexual assault when he…

Both Democratic candidates for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office are facing controversy just days ahead of the primary. Here’s a breakdown.

After new allegations surfaced against him, Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo lost the endorsement of Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in the race for Suffolk County district attorney.

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo lost several high-profile endorsements in his race for Suffolk County District Attorney Wednesday in the wake of a Boston Globe report that uncovered two sexual assault investigations when Arroyo was a teenager. Mayor Michelle Wu announced in the morning that she was rescinding her endorsement, followed shortly by Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators and U.S. Rep....

Boston City Councilor and candidate for Suffolk County District Attorney Ricardo Arroyo has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Boston, in an attempt to gain access to police records pertaining to a 2005 investigation. The suit follows a Boston Globe report that uncovered two sexual assault investigations when Arroyo was a teenager. Arroyo says he only learned recently...

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo said his removal from his committee chair assignments and post as council vice president by council president Ed Flynn is unwarranted. “I don’t believe he has the grounds to remove me.  I’ve not…there’s nothing that I have actually done on the council or in any way shape or form in my life that would...

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo confirmed Monday he’s been stripped of his titles as council vice president and as chairman of a couple committees. Council President Ed Flynn said he would “reassess” the decision at the end of 60 days, the Boston Globe reported. Arroyo says he never got an explanation from Flynn, who also rescinded his endorsement of Arroyo…

Councilor Ricardo Arroyo confirmed he’s been stripped of his titles as council vice president and as chairman of a couple committees for 60 days after a Boston Globe report highlighted two sexual assault investigations when Arroyo was a teen.

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, running for district attorney in Suffolk County, says he only learned recently that he was twice investigated over sexual assault allegations. Citing police and school records, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday that in 2005, a high school student told police Arroyo, then her classmate, had sexually assaulted her. A second teen told police in 2007…

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo said Tuesday that he plans to run for Suffolk County district attorney to continue the reforms started by former DA Rachael Rollins. Arroyo, 34, a former public defender, in a statement said his goal is to “build a justice system that protects the safety and dignity of all people” and “One that will maintain the…