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Ex-Mass High School Staffer Who Worked With At-Risk Teens Charged With Raping Child: DA Ex-Mass High School Staffer Who Worked With At-Risk Teens Charged With Raping Child: DA
Ex-Mass High School Staffer Who Worked With At-Risk Teens Charged With Raping Child: DA A former high school staffer who worked with at-risk teenagers has been charged with 30 sex crimes involving children, including forcible rape, child pornography, and trafficking, authorities said.  John Jamar Cokley, 38, of Boston, is accused of seven counts of sex trafficking of a child, five counts of aggravated rape of a child, one count of rape of a child by force, three counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, four counts of posing a child in a state of sexual conduct, four counts of enticing a child under 18 into commercial sex, two counts of inducing a minor to sell a…
Teen Busted With 70 Lbs Of Pot At Logan Airport; Second Person Caught With More Than 70 Lbs Teen Busted With 70 Lbs Of Pot At Logan Airport; Second Person Caught With More Than 70 Lbs
Teen Busted With 70 Lbs Of Pot At Logan Airport; Second Person Caught With More Than 70 Lbs A London woman will not make her return flight to the United Kingdom after US Customs officials found 70 pounds of marijuana in her bags, authorities said. She is the second woman in two months caught with a large load of weed bound for England.  Fareedat Folunsho, 19, was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana between 50 and 100 pounds, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. She is being held on $1,500 bail.  Police were called to the Boston Logan Airport after agents found the drugs in her bags around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 12.  Related: Woman Busted With …
Driver Crashes Into Fenway Park Entrance After Running From Police, Hitting Other Cars Driver Crashes Into Fenway Park Entrance After Running From Police, Hitting Other Cars
Driver Crashes Into Fenway Park Entrance After Running From Police, Hitting Other Cars A 48-year-old Salem woman who drove into Fenway Park is believed to have been involved in hit-and-run crashes earlier Monday morning, May 6, as well as wrecking into a gate at a US Coast Guard base in Boston, authorities said.  Colleen Marie Gibbs was taken to a hospital just after 8:30 a.m. after she drove through Gate C entrance at the famed baseball stadium and smashed into a forklift, state police said.  Investigators have linked her to multiple incidents that began an hour and a half earlier.  UPDATE: A car drove into Fenway Park on Monday morning and crashed into a …
'True Monsters Exist': Philip Chism Admits To Vicious Attack On Social Worker 'True Monsters Exist': Philip Chism Admits To Vicious Attack On Social Worker
'True Monsters Exist': Philip Chism Admits To Vicious Attack On Social Worker A social worker who was attacked by a convicted rapist and murderer said she has lived in fear for nearly a decade since that beating. However, she refuses to let it define her life.  Philip Chism, 25, of Danvers, admitted on Friday, April 26, to attempted murder, assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon (cinder block), and kidnapping, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced.  The attack happened in 2015 when Chism was on trial for the rape and murder of this Danvers High School algebra teacher Colleen Ritzer a year earlier, the prosecutor said. C…
New Update: Mass Mom Went Out To Bar While Her 3-Year-Old Child Was Dying, DA Says New Update: Mass Mom Went Out To Bar While Her 3-Year-Old Child Was Dying, DA Says
New Update: Mass Mom Went Out To Bar While Her 3-Year-Old Child Was Dying, DA Says Authorities have revealed more information about a mother's actions the night before her 3-year-old son was found dead in Massachusetts. Suffolk County resident Jennifer Prudencio, of Chelsea, age 25, faces criminal charges after her child, Yael Guardado-Prudencio, was found dead at her Spencer Avenue apartment on Sunday morning, April 7, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney.  Earlier Report - Jennifer Prudencio Of Chelsea Arrested After Child's Death According to Assistant District Attorney Audrey Mark, Prudencio had been aware her child was…
Mass Mom Charged In Death Of 3-Year-Old Child Mass Mom Charged In Death Of 3-Year-Old Child
Mass Mom Charged In Death Of 3-Year-Old Child A 25-year-old woman has been arrested after her 3-year-old son was found dead in Chelsea over the weekend, authorities said. New, updated report - Jennifer Prudencio Of Chelsea Went To Bar, Let Child Die: DA Jennifer Prudencio, of Chelsea, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment of a child, the Suffolk County District Attorney said on Tuesday, April 9.  Police were called to Prudencio's Spencer Avenue apartment on Sunday morning, where they found her son Yael Guardado-Prudencio, 3, unresponsive.  Officers did not say how the child died.&…
Woman Busted With 74 Lbs Of Pot At Boston Airport Said She Didn't Know What Was In Luggage: DA Woman Busted With 74 Lbs Of Pot At Boston Airport Said She Didn't Know What Was In Luggage: DA
Woman Busted With 74 Lbs Of Pot At Boston Airport Said She Didn't Know What Was In Luggage: DA A 28-year-old woman who tried to smuggle nearly 75 pounds of marijuana from the United States into London was arrested in Boston on Saturday, March 30, while waiting on her connecting flight, authorities said.  Nalexus Palmer, of Clinton Township, Michigan, had flown from Detroit to Boston with the drugs in two large suitcases before US Customs and Border agents detected the vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana, the Suffolk County District Attorney said.  A judge ordered her held on a $3,000 bail on Monday.  Palmer told police that she did not know the drugs along with two AirTag…
Man Who Killed Mom Of 1 At July 4th Party In Boston Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison: DA Man Who Killed Mom Of 1 At July 4th Party In Boston Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison: DA
Man Who Killed Mom Of 1 At July 4th Party In Boston Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison: DA A 26-year-old Boston man found guilty of shooting a woman at an Independence Day celebration in 2020 was sentenced to up to 20 years behind bars on Monday, March 25, authorities said.  Kristian Maraj was convicted by a jury on Feb. 9 in the death of Felicity Coleman, 34, of Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. A judge sentenced him to 17 to 20 years for manslaughter. He was also sentenced to four years for an illegal firearm possession charge, which will be served concurrently.  Maraj and several others were watching the fireworks at Stonehurst Str…
'My Life Was Forever Changed': Women Raped By Ex-MBTA Officer Talk Impact At His Sentencing 'My Life Was Forever Changed': Women Raped By Ex-MBTA Officer Talk Impact At His Sentencing
'My Life Was Forever Changed': Women Raped By Ex-mbta Officer Talk Impact At His Sentencing A former MBTA transit police officer was sentenced to four to six years in prison this week after a jury found him guilty of raping two women more than a decade ago. The victims told the court that the trauma of that night has stayed with them like a specter and would likely be there long after he gets out of prison.  Shawn McCarthy, 50, formerly of Wilmington, was convicted on Friday, March 15, of three counts of rape stemming from an incident in 2012, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. The women's impact statements to the court are attached to this article.  The attack h…
Man Accused Of Leaving Girlfriend's Body At Logan Airport Escapes Custody In Kenya: Reports Man Accused Of Leaving Girlfriend's Body At Logan Airport Escapes Custody In Kenya: Reports
Man Accused Of Leaving Girlfriend's Body At Logan Airport Escapes Custody In Kenya: Reports A Lowell man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car at Boston Logan Airport before boarding a plane to Kenya has escaped police custody in the East African nation, reports said.  Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe is wanted in the murder of 31-year-old Margaret (Maggie) Mbitu last year. Police had arrested him at a nightclub in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 29 and were holding him for extradition to Massachusetts to stand trial for the slaying.  Related: Man Busted In Kenya After Girlfriend's Body Was Found At Logan Airport WCVB reported that Kan…
Brockton Care-Taker Took $150K From 95-Year-Old Boston Woman, Let Home Go Into Foreclosure: DA Brockton Care-Taker Took $150K From 95-Year-Old Boston Woman, Let Home Go Into Foreclosure: DA
Brockton Care-Taker Took $150K From 95-Year-Old Boston Woman, Let Home Go Into Foreclosure: DA A 41-year-old Brockton care-taker left the 95-year-old woman she was caring for in financial ruin by stealing more than $100,000, allowing her home to fall into foreclosure, and swindling rent money meant for her, authorities said.  Dominique Emmanuel is facing one count of medical assistance fraud by provider and theft of over $1,200 by a single scheme, the Suffolk County District Attorney.  Emmanuel was a Tempus Unlimited personal care attendant for the Mattapan woman. In February 2023, the woman's daughter noticed that Emmanuel was named an alternate executor of her mother's wi…
'Nazis' Spray Painted On Sign Of Palestinians For Peace Group In Boston 'Nazis' Spray Painted On Sign Of Palestinians For Peace Group In Boston
'Nazis' Spray Painted On Sign Of Palestinians For Peace Group In Boston Community leaders are demanding action after someone spray painted the word "Nazis" on the sign for the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace and Islamic Seminary of Boston.   The Council on American-Islamic Relations in Massachusetts has asked police to make this case a priority as no one should face harassment for their faith or race.  “We urge state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate this disturbing incident as a hate crime,” said CAIR-MA Executive Director Tahirah Amatul-Wadud in a news statement. “All Americans, whatever their faith or …
Serial Rapist: Attorney Charged With 4 Cold Case Attacks In Mass, FBI Says Serial Rapist: Attorney Charged With 4 Cold Case Attacks In Mass, FBI Says
Serial Rapist: Attorney Charged With 4 Cold Case Attacks In Mass, FBI Says The FBI and Boston police said a New Jersey attorney is behind a string of rapes and kidnappings in Boston more than 15 years ago, officials said. Officials arrested the Weehawken man on Tuesday, May 30.  Matthew Nilo, 35, is charged with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one charge of intent to rape, and one account of indecent assault and battery, the Boston Police Department announced. The alleged attacks happened in August and November 2007 and August and December 2008 in Charlestown, authorities said.  Investigators linked Nilo to the rapes through investigati…
Feds Charge Famed Bank Robber With Another Boston Heist Feds Charge Famed Bank Robber With Another Boston Heist
Feds Charge Famed Bank Robber With Another Boston Heist Federal authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 21, they charged a Fall River man who claims to have robbed more than 100 banks with a heist in Boston on Sept. 30. The prolific robber, who says he's the inspiration for a Ben Affleck character, faces at least one other bank robbery charge in Suffolk County court.  William Sequeria, 59, faces a bank robbery charge after investigators allege he walked into a TD Bank on Union Street and told the teller to "give me all the $100s in the drawer" and "give me all the money before I blow your brains out," the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Poli…
Boston-Area Man Under House Arrest For Pointing Replica Rifle At Passing Cars Boston-Area Man Under House Arrest For Pointing Replica Rifle At Passing Cars
Boston-Area Man Under House Arrest For Pointing Replica Rifle At Passing Cars A Winthrop man is under house arrest for threatening people with a realistic-looking replica of an assault weapon, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.  Gregory Gill, age 23, was caught sitting atop a military vehicle and pointing the weapon at passing cars before Winthrop's Independence Day parade on Saturday, July 2, Hayden said.  Gill was also apparently shouting, "Heat shot, boom," loud enough for each car to hear. Gill and the weapon were later taken into police custody. Hayden commented on the fragility surrounding the incident following the recent m…
Man Arrested For Boston Common Daylight Stabbing Threatens To Kill Officers Man Arrested For Boston Common Daylight Stabbing Threatens To Kill Officers
Man Arrested For Boston Common Daylight Stabbing Threatens To Kill Officers A Boston man is being held without bail after a daylight stabbing in Boston Common and attacking multiple police officers over the weekend, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. Tjay Carter, age 39, allegedly stabbed another man around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, Hayden said. The victim was found bleeding not too far away on Tremont Street and is expected to survive.  Carter then apparently fled the scene on a bicycle and was later found and arrested near Boylston Street. Officers also found a silver folding knife in Carter's possession, Hayden added.  …
Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say
Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say Rapper Fetty Wap was among six men charged with running an elaborate cross-country drug distribution ring out of New York, authorities announced. The rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 28 by FBI agents at Citi Field. An indictment was unsealed on Long Island, in Central Islip federal court, Friday, Oct. 29, charging six men with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, including five of them also charged for using weapons in connection to drug trafficking. The six men distributed more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, …
NY Man Indicted In $700,000 Investment Scheme NY Man Indicted In $700,000 Investment Scheme
NY Man Indicted In $700,000 Investment Scheme A New York man has been indicted for scamming investors out of more than $700,000, authorities announced. Long Island resident Matthew Gallagher, age 37, of Rocky Point, used various investment schemes to scam 24 victims over a period of about four years, according to an investigation by Suffolk County Police and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini. “We have 24 people here who gave their savings to this defendant with the promise of sound investments only to be lied to and swindled out of their hard-earned money,” Sini said. “He was allegedly selling them on investing in b…