Overcast 46°
Tag:

Google

Police & Fire
Boston Man Paid For Girl's Birthday Party After Family Member Made Porn Of Her: Feds Boston Man Paid For Girl's Birthday Party After Family Member Made Porn Of Her: Feds
Boston Man Paid For Girl's Birthday Party After Family Member Made Porn Of Her: Feds A 39-year-old Boston man has admitted to a laundry list of disturbing allegations featuring children as young as 9 and 14 years old, federal authorities said. The most heinous of which is he told a teenager that he would help pay for a little girl's birthday party if they produced pornographic material featuring the child.  Robinson Alberto Baez-Nova, of Jamaica Plain, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of children, one count of distribution of child pornography, and two counts of possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Federal age…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
Newton Eatery Opens From Ashes Of Beloved Boston Restaurant Newton Eatery Opens From Ashes Of Beloved Boston Restaurant
Newton Eatery Opens From Ashes Of Beloved Boston Restaurant A new cafe is open in Middlesex County with the same chef that cooked up meals at a now-closed, fan-favorite restaurant.  Stella Newton, a casual Italian eatery located at 549 Commonwealth Avenue in Newton Centre, opened on Friday, July 28, receiving multiple five-star ratings, according to the eatery's Instagram page and Google reviews.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stella Newton (@stellanewtonn) The cafe is the reincarnation of Stella, a closed restaurant that served up Italian favorites in Boston's South End. Evan Deluty…

SHARE

by Morgan Gonzales
News
Google Doodle Honors Mass Scientist Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness Google Doodle Honors Mass Scientist Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness
Google Doodle Honors Mass Scientist Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness Search engine giant Google paid homage to Eunice Newton Foote, a scientist, inventor, and women's rights advocate, on what would have been her 204th birthday Monday, July 17 with a Google Doodle.  Foote, who was born in Connecticut (in the town of Goshen in Litchfield County), and died in Lenox, Massachusetts, was the first person to document what we now call the "greenhouse effect." Google said Foote "planted the seed" for climate change awareness more than 160 years ago.  According to NewScientist, Foote described how different gases, such as oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon di…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
News
Great Job If You Can Get It: Mass University Tops List Of Best Places To Work Great Job If You Can Get It: Mass University Tops List Of Best Places To Work
Great Job If You Can Get It: Mass University Tops List Of Best Places To Work One of the country's best employers is a Massachusetts institution and one of the most prestigious universities in the world.  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was named "Best Large Employer" in a Forbes survey of more than 45,000 workers. The distinction is for companies with more than 5,000 workers. The Cambridge university employs 15,000 people.  MIT beat out Google, Microsoft, NASA, and Delta Airlines to claim the title. Fidelity Investments, a banking and investment firm with a Massachusetts headquarters, also made the top 10.   That list include…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Taunton Sex Offender With Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Gets 10 Years: Feds Taunton Sex Offender With Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Gets 10 Years: Feds
Taunton Sex Offender With Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Gets 10 Years: Feds A 60-year-old sex offender who copped to having hundreds of images of child porn on his computer will spend the next decade in prison, a judge ruled this week.  Rudy Frabizio of Taunton, who pleaded guilty to one count of child porn possession in September, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 12, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He was previously convicted of child porn charges in 2009.  Agents found a "microSD" memory card at Frabizio’s home in 2021 that had hundreds of the offending images that included children as young as 2 years old being abused, the prosecutor said. He up…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
News
Worcester Man Pleads Guilty To Second-Degree Murder Of Vanessa Marcotte Worcester Man Pleads Guilty To Second-Degree Murder Of Vanessa Marcotte
Worcester Man Pleads Guilty To Second-Degree Murder Of Vanessa Marcotte A 36-year-old Worcester man who pleaded not guilty to murdering a 27-year-old woman six years ago has pleaded to a lesser charge, authorities said. Angelo Colon-Ortiz pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Vanessa Marcotte in 2016, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office reports.  He was sentenced to serve life in prison on the murder charge and will not be eligible for parole for 45 years. Colon-Ortiz originally pled not guilty to first-degree murder and unarmed robbery after being arrested and arraigned in 2017.  “The completion of this case is the…

SHARE

by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Taunton Registered Sex Offender Cops To Child Porn Charges: Feds Taunton Registered Sex Offender Cops To Child Porn Charges: Feds
Taunton Registered Sex Offender Cops To Child Porn Charges: Feds A 60-year-old Taunton registered sex offender admitted in court last week to having hundreds of images of child porn at his home, federal authorities said.  Rudy Frabizio faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty on Friday, Sept. 23,  to having the images and videos, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts said. He will serve at least 10 years in prison. Frabizio is a level two sex offender after a court convicted him on child porn charges in 2009, the prosecutor said.  Officers arrested Frabizio last year after investigators found a microSD memory card at his ho…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier