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'True Monsters Exist': Philip Chism Admits To Vicious Attack On Social Worker 'True Monsters Exist': Philip Chism Admits To Vicious Attack On Social Worker
'True Monsters Exist': Philip Chism Admits To Vicious Attack On Social Worker A social worker who was attacked by a convicted rapist and murderer said she has lived in fear for nearly a decade since that beating. However, she refuses to let it define her life.  Philip Chism, 25, of Danvers, admitted on Friday, April 26, to attempted murder, assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon (cinder block), and kidnapping, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced.  The attack happened in 2015 when Chism was on trial for the rape and murder of this Danvers High School algebra teacher Colleen Ritzer a year earlier, the prosecutor said. C…

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by Josh Lanier
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Inmate Stabs Correction Officer Multiple Times In Central Mass Prison Attack Inmate Stabs Correction Officer Multiple Times In Central Mass Prison Attack
Inmate Stabs Correction Officer Multiple Times In Central Mass Prison Attack A Massachusetts Correction Officer is recovering after being stabbed multiple times with a "handmade weapon" at a prison in Central Massachusetts this week, according to officials. Staff at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster reported a fight between three inmates around 6 p.m. on Monday, May 22, Deputy Director of Communications for the Massachusetts Department of Corrections Jason Dobson told Daily Voice.  As officers responded to the scene, one inmate struck an officer multiple times the weapon. They were immediately subdued and secured within minutes, Dobson said…

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by David Cifarelli
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Brockton 'Voodoo' Killer Gets Life In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Sons In 2018 Brockton 'Voodoo' Killer Gets Life In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Sons In 2018
Brockton 'Voodoo' Killer Gets Life In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Sons In 2018 A 48-year-old Brockton mother has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing her two sons to death four years ago, citing voodoo as her motive, officials said. Latarsha Sanders received two mandatory life sentences after she was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday, Dec. 27, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said. A Plymouth Country Superior Court Judge also imposed 9-10 year sentence for Sanders for witness intimidation to run concurrently with the life sentences.  "These two young boys were innocent babies with their lives ahead of them," Cruz said. "…

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by David Cifarelli