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Police & Fire
Mass Man Aimed High-Powered Laser At Coast Guard Helicopter Forcing Them To Abort Landing: Feds
A 59-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested after federal investigators said he shined a high-powered laser into the windshield of a US Coast Guard helicopter, forcing the pilot to change their landing location, authorities said. Philip Gagnon, of Boston, was charged on Monday, May 13, with one count of aiming a laser pointer at a Coast Guard helicopter and was released with conditions, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The incident happened on Sept. 21, when a US Coast Guard helicopter was taking part in a training exercise and attempting to land at Massachuset…
Police & Fire
Randolph Man Pimped Out Western Mass 15-Year-Old Runaway: Federal Jury Rules
A federal jury found a 26-year-old Randolph man guilty of turning a 15-year-old runaway from Western Massachusetts into a prostitute, authorities announced. Admilson Gomes Pires now faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison following the five-day trial in Boston, according to Acting US Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua S. Levy. Federal investigators said Pires met up with the child in February 2019 after she ran away from her home and began a sexual relationship. What followed was a campaign of grooming and control that led the girl into a life of sexual servitude, po…
Police & Fire
Store Owner Sold Disguise He Wore In Bank Robbery In His Martha's Vineyard Store: Feds
A 40-year-old Martha's Vineyard store owner is accused of robbing a bank in April, where he zip-tied the employees and said he'd planted a bomb on the counter, federal authorities announced this week. Petar Petyoshin, age 40, of Edgartown, is charged with a single count of armed bank robbery, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He has been held in jail on a related state charge since May. Investigators allege that Petyoshin entered a Rockland Trust Bank branch in the Cape Cod town of Falmouth on April 8 wearing a blonde wig and face mask and pointing a pistol. He put an object on the…
Police & Fire
Melrose Man Accused Of Sending Child Porn Had 400 Images On Computer: Feds
A Melrose man who is accused of exchanging child porn online had more than 400 videos of child abuse on his computer, federal authorities said. Patrick Baxter, 42, was arrested earlier this week and charged with one count each of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Baxter downloaded child sexual abuse material online twice in June and July 2021. Agents found 427 more videos on a computer they seized from his home, the prosecutor said. Baxter faces up to a minimum of 10 years in prison and u…
Police & Fire
FBI Agents, Police Raid Hell's Angels Clubs In Lynn, Danvers, And Others: Report
FBI agents and Massachusetts State troopers raided several Hell's Angel's clubhouses in Massachusetts, including the North Shore, on Thursday, July 21, news reports said. Agents wouldn't go into specifics about the raids, telling WPRI they were “court-authorized activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation.” The report said heavily armed FBI agents were seen at two of the gang's Westport clubs and Hell's Angel facilities in Lynn and Danvers. ABC6 reported there has been escalating tensions between the famed outlaw biker gang and the Pagans Motorcycle Club. A member of t…
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