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Gilgo Beach Murders: New Images Of 'Asian Doe' Released In Effort To ID Male Victim
Investigators are hoping newly released images will lead to the identification of another victim in the Gilgo Beach serial murders. On Long Island, the Gilgo Beach Task Force distributed facial reconstructions of who they've long referred to as "Asian Doe" during a press conference in Brentwood on Monday morning, Sept. 16. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said the man’s skeletal remains were found along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach on April 4, 2011, though it’s believed he “suffered a violent death” sometime before 2006. Earlier Report: Heuermann Used 'Planning Doc' …
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Ex-Boston Prosecutor Gets 5-10 Years For 2021 Rape; Victim Says Her Life Full Of Fear, Paranoia
Gary Zerola, a well-known Boston defense attorney who served as a former prosecutor in Suffolk and Essex counties, was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of 2021 rape, authorities said. Zerola, 52, of Salem, was found guilty last month after prosecutors said he broke into a 21-year-old woman's home in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her. He had been accused and acquitted of several rapes in 2008, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Zerola's victim submitted a letter to the court explaining how her life has chang…
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Medford IT Director Stole From Law School To Fund His Band Sloth Machine: DA
A 52-year-old Medford man was arraigned on Wednesday, June 12, after police said he stole more than $65,000 worth of Amazon purchased, many of which were used for his band Sloth Machine. Gareth Flanagan, of Medford, is charged with three counts of larceny over $1,200, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Flanagan worked as the IT Director for the New England School of Law, where he had access to purchase things on the school's Amazon account below $5,000 without prior approval. The NESL hired an outside auditing firm to investigate some of the purchases made on t…
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'More Playtime': Rex Heuermann Used 'Planning Document' To Guide Gilgo Beach Murders, DA Says
New details are shedding light on the lengths that accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann went to in hopes of getting away with his alleged murder spree. The 60-year-old Long Island resident, of Massapequa Park, was arraigned on two more charges of second-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, June 6, in the killings of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla. Heuermann was previously charged with the murders of four Gilgo Beach victims: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Earlier Report: Gilgo Beach Murders: Suspect …
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Boston College High Teacher, Priest Accused Of Raping Student: DA
A former student of Boston College High School said a 62-year-old Jesuit priest and former teacher at the Catholic preparatory school raped him for a year more than a decade ago, authorities said on Wednesday, June 5. Kevin White, 62, of Weston, was arrested and charged with rape and abuse of a child, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. The unnamed former student told investigators that White, who was a theology teacher at the high school, sexually abused him from 2008 through 2009, the prosecutor said. White moved away from Massachusetts from 2010 until 2021. It's…
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Mass General Medical Assistant Groped Patient During Unnecessary Physical Exam: DA
A 29-year-old medical assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital is accused of groping a patient during an exam that her doctor had not requested or approved, authorities said. Leonardo Hernandez, of Jamaica Plain, is charged with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered him to stay away from the hospital and the alleged victim as part of his release on personal recognizance. The patient called Boston police on April 12 to report the alleged incident that she said happened several weeks earlier. …
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No Bail For Man Accused Of Robbing Unconscious Victim In Brazen Boston Attack
A Dorchester man with a long criminal history was ordered held without bail after he allegedly attacked an older man and robbed him as he lay on the ground unresponsive, authorities said. Damond Brown, 52, is charged with unarmed robbery of a person over 60 and will return to court on June 17, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, May 30. The 65-year-old victim told police that he was walking in the Harrison and Massachusetts Avenue area just before 5 a.m. on April 20 when a man he didn't know punched him in the head. He "blacked out" and…
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Mother Of 4 Dead Babies Found In South Boston Freezer Will Not Face Charges, DA Decides
The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said it will not file charges against a woman who was found to have stashed the bodies of four of her babies inside her freezer in South Boston. The bodies of two boys and two girls were found inside a shoebox, wrapped in tin foil, and stored in a freezer at an apartment at 838 East Broadway on November 17, 2022. After more than a year and a half long investigation, police have been unable to determine when they were born, when they died, or how long they had been frozen, DA Kevin Hayden said on Tuesday, April 30. Hayden said he coul…
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Lynn Man Guilty Of Violent Sexual Assault, Home Invasion In Boston: DA
A Lynn man was found guilty on charges in connection with a break-in and sexual assault at a Jamaica Plain apartment in October 2022, officials said. Washington Pearson, 56, was found guilty by a Suffolk County jury of: Armed assault in a dwelling Armed robbery Assault with intent to rape Indecent assault and battery Two counts of strangulation Larceny from a building Armed breaking and entering during the daytime putting a person in fear On Oct. 24, 2022, Pearson used a screwdriver to break into the apartment of two women on the Arborway in Jamaica Plain, the Suffolk County district attor…
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Caribbean Carnival Shooting: 4 Charged In Attack That Hospitalized 8, DA Says
Four men have been indicted in connection with a shooting that left eight people shot during a Caribbean celebration in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in August 2023, officials said. The men and women who were shot around 7:45 a.m. on Talbot Avenue during the Caribbean J’ouvert parade were rushed to local hospitals but suffered non-life-threatening injuries, a police spokesperson told the Boston Globe. The shootings stemmed from a fight between two groups nearby and didn’t involve people taking part in the festivities, the Boston police spokesperson confirmed. Related: HOMICIDE: Ma…
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Toddler Dies After Being Removed From Home Of Winthrop Lieutenant Facing Child Rape Charges: DA
A 2-year-old who was found unresponsive at the Winthrop home of a police lieutenant facing child rape and indecent assault charges has died, officials said. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of the toddler’s death, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. It is the relationship the child had with the police lieutenant. “The initial investigation into the death of a two-year-old in Winthrop today indicates no signs of foul play or physical trauma,” the prosecutor said on Friday, Jan. 26. Related: Winthrop Police Lt. James Feeley Charged…
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Boston Woman Charged With Sucker Punching Sister, Brutally Beating Her On Ground: DA
A 19-year-old woman in Dorchester has been charged with beating and injuring her sister in December after a night out drinking in Boston, officials said. Dream Gillenwater was charged in Roxbury Municipal Court on Thursday, Jan. 18, with one count of assault and battery and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot, sidewalk), the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Boston police arrived at 174 Ipswich St. on Dec. 8 to find a 24-year-old woman on the ground and out of breath. Related: Peabody Man Charged With New Year’s Day Attack On His Sister Gil…
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Everett Man Guilty Of Brutal Killing Of Victim As He Tried To Defend Girlfriend: DA
A Suffolk County jury convicted a 39-year-old Everett man on Thursday, Jan. 18, in the vicious beating and stabbing death of a Boston man who was trying to protect his girlfriend, authorities said. Dravon Robinson, age 39, is the third person convicted in the killing of Ricardo Garcia, 34, in August 2021, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Robinson was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Robinson's cousin, Karonn Brown, 51, was convicted of first-degree murder in November. Brown's son, Darrell Sanford, 29, pleaded guilty to manslaughter…
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Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Killing Nelio Barbosa
Jury selection has started Wednesday, Jan. 10, in the fatal shooting trial of a 34-year-old Malden man in August 2019. Carlos Lemon, 27, is accused of pulling up alongside Nelio Barbosa’s car on North Shore Street in Revere on Aug. 2, 2019, and firing multiple shots through his window, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said. Surveillance video captured the attack as it happened just after 5 p.m. Lemon was the only person in his car at the time of the shooting, the video showed. Barbosa was taken to Mass General Hospital, where he died of his injuries, according to his obit…
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) Winthrop Police Lt. Charged With Child Rape Placed On Administrative Leave: DA
Update: Winthrop Police Lieutenant James Feeley appeared in East Boston BMC on child rape and other related charges, the Suffolk District Attorney said on Wednesday, Dec. 27. The assaults happened over the past year, according to the assistant DA. Feeley was arrested by state police on Tuesday night, Dec. 26. He is held on $200,000 bail. Feeley will return to court Jan. 29, 2024, for a probable cause hearing. Original: A police lieutenant in Winthrop has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested and charged with child rape, authorities said. Winthrop P…
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Boston Man, 28, Charged With Teen's Killing Near Playground 6 Months Later
Authorities in Boston say they have put handcuffs on the man responsible for a fatal shooting of a teen at a Roxbury playground over the summer. Anthony Ramos, 28, of Dorchester, was arrested and charged this week with the killing of 19-year-old Tywon Meeks on July 6 at 5 Leyland Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney. He is charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition, and carrying a loaded firearm. Ramos was already in custody after police busted him last week on a firearms charge, the prosecutor added. Officers arr…
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Men Who Shot 2 Boston Children With 'Reckless Barrage Of Bullets' Indicted: DA
Two men accused of shooting two children in October and nearly killing one have been indicted, authorities announced on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Gianni Williams-Johnson, 24, of Dorchester, and Michah Ennis, 24, of South Boston, are charged in the shooting that happened near 70 Ames Street in Dorchester, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. They are charged with: Five counts of armed assault with intent to murder One count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury Four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon …
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Teen Charged With Stabbing Following Baseball Bat Brawl In Chelsea
A 19-year-old man stabbed a 17-year-old boy after a brawl that involved men chasing the suspect with baseball bats on Monday, Dec. 4, authorities said. Kenny Cuyuch, of East Boston, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (knife) and malicious destruction of property over $1,200 after he smashed the window of a home on Hawthorne Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Chelsea police responded to a large fight near the area of Hawthorne Street and Essex Street shortly after 3:30 p.m. and found one of the men, later identified as C…
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Boston Med Tech Hit With Drug Fraud Charges: DA
A Boston Medical Center radiology tech is facing charges after he received improper prescriptions for controlled substances from a nurse he worked with at the hospital, officials said. Rafael Garcia, 44, is charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws, obtaining drugs by fraud and larceny of a drug, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A pharmacist became suspicious of Boston Medical Center nurse practitioner John Cann for writing several prescriptions that seemed suspicious, the prosecutor said. Garcia and Cann worked together in the emergency department. T…
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Dorchester Woman Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Stabbing Outside MBTA Station: DA
A 30-year-old woman arrested over the weekend and charged in a fatal stabbing outside of a south Boston MBTA station in July has pleaded not guilty, authorities said. Alyssa Partsch, 30, was ordered held without bail after she was charged with murder in the slaying of Jazreanna Sheppard-Gonzalez, 21, of South Boston on July 20, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Surveillance video outside the Park Street MBTA Station on Boston Common shows Partsch approach Sheppard with a knife and stab her multiple times in the head and neck, the prosecutor said. Sh…
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Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Lowell man suspected of killing a Whitman woman whose body was found in a garage at Boston Logan Airport, officials said. Troopers found the deceased woman inside a car in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, authorities said. The woman has been identified as Margaret Mbitu (pronounced m-BEE-too), 31, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police. She was reported missing by her family on Monday, Oct. 30. Kevin Kangethe (pronounced ken-GET-ay), 40, the susp…
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'I'm Gonna Kill You': Accused Boston Gunman Denied Bail — Again: DA
A 54-year-old Boston man accused of shooting out the window of a bakery while trying to kill his rival will remain in jail until at least May 1, authorities announced on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Patrick Mendoza faces seven charges felony charges from the alleged shooting on July 12, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. He's been held without bail since his arrest in the summer. Police said Mendoza was riding his bicycle down a busy Hanover Street when he saw a man he had a long-simmering beef with that dates back 20 years, officials have said. He screamed “I’m gonna get you,”…
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'Kayla Was A Kind Soul': Mom Of 3 Killed In Crash With Tow Truck ID'd, Reports Say
A 23-year-old woman and mother of three young children died over the weekend after she was involved in a head-on collision with a tow truck in South Boston, police said. She also leaves behind a long-time fiance, the father of her kids — ages 4 and 3 years old and a 4-month-old baby. Her friends have created a fundraiser to help them. Kayla Bertoncini, of New Bedford, was identified as the driver of a 2023 Chrysler Pacifica that was involved in the Saturday, Oct. 7, crash, according to MassLive. Emails to verify this with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office were not immediately r…
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Oregon Man Confesses To 'Ice-Blooded Murder' Of Woman In Mass More Than 40 Years Ago: DA
An Oregon man has confessed to beating a 24-year-old woman to death with a hammer and raping her in a Massachusetts apartment building more than four decades ago, officials said. John Michael Irmer, age 68, of Portland, Oregon, was scheduled to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Central Division on Monday, Sept. 11, for the rape and murder of 24-year-old Pennsylvania native Susan Marcia Rose in October 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office announced. According to the DA's Office, in August, Irmer walked into the Portland Federal Bureau of Investigation…
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Man Accused Of Killing Child In Hit-Run In Boston Crash Turns Himself In
The man who allegedly killed a 4-year-old boy in Boston's Hyde Park earlier this month in a hit-and-run crash has turned himself in to police, authorities said. Olguens Joseph was identified as the person who killed 4-year-old Ivan Christopher Pierre with a car at 165 Wood Avenue on July 18 before he sped away, according to the Boston Police Department. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office issued a warrant for his arrest on Monday. Joseph is charged with: Motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, Leaving the scene of personal injury and death, and Op…
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Baby Hospitalized After Baseball Bat Attack Over Boston Road Rage Incident: DA
Police say a 66-year-old Malden man with an "extensive" criminal record injured a baby when he smashed in the windows of the car the infant was in with a baseball bat, authorities said Sunday, July 30. Clifford Jones is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (baseball bat) on a child under 14, malicious destruction of property, possession of a class D substance, selling unstamped cigarettes, and selling cigarettes without a license, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. He was being held on a $7,500 bond. Police say Jones backed his…
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Man Drove Mercedes 'Over The Fence' Of Chelsea Parking Lot, Striking Teen Girl
A 14-year-old girl from Everett is in critical condition after a Watertown man crashed into her after allegedly driving his car over the fence of a parking lot in Chelsea this weekend, officials said. Chelsea Police and Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash in the parking lot of RISE Recreational Marijuana Dispensary, located on Beacham Street, just after 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 18, State Police report. Initial investigation suggested that a 2020 Mercedes Benz sedan, driven by 44-year-old Ceserino Borelli, was speeding down the street when went off the road, crashed t…
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Lynn Man Threatened To Put '2 Bullets' In Heads Of Former BJ's Co-Workers: DA
A 52-year-old man from the North Shore is facing charges for threatening to kill two BJ's employees after he was fired from the store for stealing this week, officials said. David Brown, of Lynn, was charged with threatening to commit a crime, threatening a business, threats involving the use of a firearm, and two civil rights violations after appearing in Chelsea District Court on Thursday, May 4, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports. Brown apparently made threats against two of his former co-workers when he called the BJ's on Ward Street in Revere on Wednesday, May …
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Teens Caught For 'Inexcusable' Attack On Woman At Boston MBTA Station: DA
An 18-year-old from Jamaica Plain has been ordered to conditional home confinement after being charged with an unprovoked attack on a 21-year-old woman at a Boston train station, officials said. Saul Diaz was charged on Monday, May 1 with unarmed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the attack that happened on Thursday, April 27, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports. The woman told MBTA Police that she was on an outbound Red Line train when she saw a group of teenagers arguing with someone. One girl eventually looked at the woman and s…
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Level 3 Sex Offender Accused Of Assaulting MIT Student In Boston's Back Bay
Boston Police arrested a registered sex offender in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a Boston college student in Back Bay that happened this month. Nahom Getaneh was charged with assault to rape and indecent assault and battery and ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on May 1, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Getaneh, age 33, allegedly assaulted an MIT student in the area of Beacon Street and Public Alley 908 on Saturday, April 22, Boston25 reports. Surveillance images from the assault that happened in the area of Beacon S…
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Trial Begins For Stabbing At Boston MBTA Station: DA
The trial of a man who allegedly stabbed someone on the Blue Line in East Boston in 2021 began on Tuesday, April 18, officials said. Javier Garcia Martinez, 42, is charged with armed assault to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Martinez is accused of stabbing a man twice — once in the left arm and again in the right leg — at Maverick Station on Aug. 29, 2021, because he believed the victim was a member of the 18th Street Gang, the prosecutor said. Paramedics rushed…
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