Kevin R Hayden was born on c 1968 and is an American lawyer currently serving as District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, after being appointed by Governor Charlie Baker.
14 Facts About Kevin Hayden
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Kevin Hayden grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent time in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston when his father moved there following his parents' divorce.
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Kevin Hayden played high school lacrosse at Noble and Greenough School and went to Dartmouth College where he majored in English.
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Kevin Hayden worked in finance before going to law school at Boston University.
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Kevin Hayden served as an assistant district attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney's office from 1997 to 2008.
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In January 2022, Governor Baker appointed Kevin Hayden to replace Rachael Rollins as Suffolk County District Attorney when Rollins became US Attorney for Massachusetts.
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Kevin Hayden subsequently declared his candidacy in February 2022 as a Democratic candidate, running against Boston City Council member Ricardo Arroyo.
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Kevin Hayden describes himself as a liberal prosecutor though during the election he was typically cast as more centrist than Arroyo.
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Kevin Hayden received endorsements from elected officials including State Senator Will Brownsberger and Boston City Councilors Frank Baker and Erin Murphy.
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Arroyo denied even knowing the investigations were opened and accused Kevin Hayden of using the power of his office to release the records which Kevin Hayden denied.
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Kevin Hayden was accused of corruption and covering up police misconduct after being appointed Suffolk County DA.
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Investigation of the harassment began under District Attorney Rollins but was not yet concluded by the time Kevin Hayden was appointed to the role.
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Griffin claims Kevin Hayden personally called him to solicit a donation.
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Later in 2022 Kevin Hayden's office dropped charges against another former Transit Police officer accused of covering up the beating an unhoused man in 2018 after asserted new evidence changed the nature of the case despite Transit Police expressing disappointment at the decision to not prosecute.