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Ex-Transit Officer Guilty Of Raping 2 Women As Payment For 'Joy Ride': DA
A jury convicted a former MBTA transit police officer on Friday, March 15, of raping two women more than a decade ago, authorities said.
Shawn McCarthy, 50, who lived in Wilmington at the time of the rapes, will be sentenced on three counts of rape stemming from an incident in 2012, the Suffolk County District Attorney said.
The attack happened on July 6, 2012, near the area of the Museum of Science in Boston.
Two intoxicated women in their early 20s approached McCarthy outside the Aquarium subway station and asked him for a ride in his patrol cruiser, the prosecutor…
Woman Raped After Getting Into Car She Thought Was An Uber In East Boston: DA
A woman told Boston police she got the ride from hell when she accidentally got into a car she believed was her Uber on Saturday, Oct. 14, and the driver raped her, authorities said.
Qabel Najeeb, 29, of Worcester, who investigators said was behind the wheel of that car, is charged with one count of rape and was being held on a $10,000 bail, the Suffolk County District Attorney said.
The 32-year-old woman called Boston police and said she'd ordered a ride home from a Boston nightclub a little before 5 a.m., but the ride was canceled, authorities said. The woman did not realize t…
Ex-Youth Pastor Admits To Raping Boys In Newbury, Gets 4 Years: DA
A former youth pastor from New Hampshire who admitted to raping two boys and a young man was sentenced to four years behind bars, authorities said.
Russell Davis, 70, formerly of Newbury, pleaded guilty to rape of a child under 16 — among other felonies on Thursday, Feb. 23, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. As part of his plea, Davis will serve four years in prison, three years on probation, and must register as a sex offender, authorities said.
In all cases, Davis befriended his victims through his position at the United Methodist Church and offered them m…
Lynn Career Criminal Hit With $250K Bail In Jamaica Plains Rape Trial: DA
A judge ordered a Lynn man who fled to Virginia for a month following an alleged October home invasion and sexual assault in Jamaica Plain held on a $250,000 bond, authorities said.
Washington Pearson, 55, of Lynn faces charges of attempted murder, home invasion, felony breaking and entering in the daytime, larceny from a building, assault with intent to rape, strangulation, and armed robbery, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. If Pearson makes bail, he will be confined to his home with a GPS monitor, the judge also ruled.
A woman called 911 on Oct. 24 after she sai…