BARNSTABLE – The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office has a new assistant attorney who is fluent in Portuguese.
Amanda M. Chaves was sworn in yesterday by District Attorney Michael O’Keefe.
Chaves is a Holly Cross and Suffolk University Law graduate and was a member of the Suffolk University Prosecutor’s Clinic.
O’Keefe said he is pleased with her fluency with a language that is spoken increasingly on Cape Cod.