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73-Year-Old Faces Assault Charge After Fight With Parking Officer In Eastern Mass 73-Year-Old Faces Assault Charge After Fight With Parking Officer In Eastern Mass
73-Year-Old Faces Assault Charge After Fight With Parking Officer In Eastern Mass A dispute over a parking ticket between a 73-year-old man and an elderly parking officer got so heated this week that it could land the man in prison.  The alleged scuffle happened Wednesday, Aug. 23, when the parking enforcement officer tried to write the man a ticket ner Masconomo Park on Beach Steet in Manchester-by-the-Sea just after 2:30 p.m., Manchester-by-the-Sea police said.  Instead of taking the ticket, the man, who was not identified, shoved it back into the officer's chest, authorities said. He also tried to stop her from radioing headquarters as the dis…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Mom Found Dead: Daughter Charged With Assaulting Her In Somerville Mom Found Dead: Daughter Charged With Assaulting Her In Somerville
Mom Found Dead: Daughter Charged With Assaulting Her In Somerville A 48-year-old Somerville woman is accused of strangling and assaulting her elderly mother, who was found dead on Sunday, May 28, in the younger woman's home, authorities said.  April Monroe is charged with strangulation and assault and battery on a person over 60 causing serious bodily injury in connection with an alleged assault on her mother, the Middlesex District Attorney said.  Gail Gasperini, 73, of East Boston, was found dead in Monroe's Summer Street apartment. Gasperini's husband contacted the police after his wife left to visit her daughter on Sunday but never …

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by Josh Lanier
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Merrimac Man Pleads Guilty To Raping, Kidnapping 74-Year-Old Woman Merrimac Man Pleads Guilty To Raping, Kidnapping 74-Year-Old Woman
Merrimac Man Pleads Guilty To Raping, Kidnapping 74-Year-Old Woman A 51-year-old man from Merrimac was sentenced to 22 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to raping and kidnapping a 74-year-old woman, the Essex County District Attorney's office said. The woman was sexually and physically attacked by William Raia after she awoke in her Merrimac home on July 3, 2021, the office reports. The woman escaped her home after the attack and ran to her neighbors house where police were called. The woman told investigators that Raia said he had been watching her for a while and was knew her routines, the office reports.  The woman said Raia had smoked …

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by David Cifarelli