Convicted Sex Offender Charged With Breaking Into Tewksbury Home: Police

A convicted sex offender from Lowell has been charged with breaking and entering into a Tewksbury home earlier this year, authorities said.

Johnny Luna was convicted of raping and abusing a child in 2007
Photo Credit: *Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board/Tewksbury Police*

David Cifarelli

10/20/2022 1:00 p.m.

John "Johnny" Luna, age 44, was charged in connection stealing more than $40,000 in jewelry after breaking into a home on Whipple Road in Tewksbury on March 29, 2022, Tewksbury Police report.

After a months-long investigation, Luna was arrested at his home on Tuesday morning, Oct. 18, police said. Luna has also been a suspect in multiple other incidents throughout the area.

For starters, Luna was convicted of raping and abusing a child in 2007, according to the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board. He also faced marijuana-related charges in Methuen in 2012 and was charged with another break-in in Dracut in 2018, reports said.

Luna was held on a $50,000 cash bail after he was arraigned on one count of breaking and entering at night in Lowell District Court on Wednesday, Tewksbury Police report.

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