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'Serial Predator' From Mass Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's His Sentence
A registered sex offender from Massachusetts with a previous conviction will spend over a decade in prison after trying to pay who he thought was a child sex trafficker for sex with a 14-year-old girl, officials said. Middlesex County resident David Cannon of Lexington, age 61, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to pay for sex with a teenager, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday, April 9. According to federal officials, in November 2022, Cannon replied to an online advertisement that offered commercial sex with two young gir…
Police & Fire
Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds
A Salvadoran man, who was recently found guilty of possession of child sexual abuse material in Everett, has been arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston. The 41-year-old from El Salvador was first arrested in Everett in September 2021 after illegally entering the United States, federal officials said. In January 2023, the man was convicted in Malden District Court of felony child sexual abuse material possession, according to ERO Boston. He was required by state law to register as a sex offender. Related: Brazilian Fugitive Convicted Of Rape Nabbed In Malden Off…
Police & Fire
Sex Offender Busted Grooming Boston Minor He Met Online: Police
A convicted sex offender from Illinois was arrested after he groomed a 16-year-old Boston girl over the past year into having sex with him, authorities said. Weston Opas, age 42, of Glenview, Illinois, was charged with grooming and having sex with the 16-year-old girl in Boston over the past year, authorities in Illinois said. Investigators said Opas met the child on a gaming app. He traveled to Boston “numerous times to meet with the victim and engage in sexual acts,” the Cook County Sheriff’s office said in a statement. Detectives arrested him at his home on Thursda…
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Pre-Teen Girl's Testament Sends Mass Stepfather To Jail For Molestation: DA
A pre-teen girl who shared her experiences of repeatedly being molested by her 50-year-old stepfather helped him get the maximum allowable sentence, according to officials. Gerson Pascual-Santana, of New Bedford, was convicted on three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 on Wednesday, March 8, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office reports. Pascual-Santana will serve three-and-a-half years in jail followed by eight years of probation. He also must register as a sex offender, have no contact with the victim and undergo sex offender treatme…
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Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher
A Natick Police Sergeant has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery in connection with inappropriately touching a 28-year-old female dispatcher, authorities said. Sgt. James Quilty is facing charges stemming from the incident that happened when the woman and Quilty went to a post-work gathering with other members of the department on April 12, 2020. At one point in the evening, Quilty inappropriately touched the woman against her will, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports. Quilty kept touching the woman despite being asked to stop and her mo…
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Amesbury Man Sentenced To 14 Years In NH Prison After Molesting Boy For Years: Police
A Massachusetts man charged with molesting a young boy for several years reached a deal with prosecutors in New Hampshire to serve 14 years in prison, authorities said. Tyler Hartt, 27, pleaded guilty in Rockingham (NH) Superior Court to four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault as part of a plea deal, Exeter (NH) police said. Prosecutors from two jurisdictions had charged him with one count of felonious sexual assault and ten counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, Sea Coast Online reported. Investigators arrested Hartt on Oct. 5, 2021, after the parents of a boy told…