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Drugs Used As Incentive By Mass Man Who Ran Sex Trafficking Operation: Feds
A Massachusetts man from the Boston Area is accused of coercing several women who struggled with drug addiction into his sex trafficking operation, according to federal officials. A grand jury returned an indictment charging Trevor Jones, of Everett, with sex trafficking four female victims, United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins said in a release dated Tuesday, May 2. Jones was indicted on four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. He was arrested on related state charges on March 23 and has remained in state custody ever since since. Court documents reveal…
Police & Fire
Child Porn: Mass Man Who Filmed Himself Preying On 2 Toddlers Gets 20 Years
A 22-year-old Massachusetts man who admitted to sexually exploiting multiple children and filming each assault was sentenced to two decades in prison on Thursday, March 16. Atticus J. Bernard, of Barnstable, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography in November, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He will also spend the rest of his life on supervised release. Investigators accused Bernard of assaulting two girls younger than 5 years old multiple times from November 2019 until October 2020, the prosec…
Police & Fire
Drug Traffickers Tortured Massachusetts Man For Wrongly Thinking He Snitched: Feds
A 39-year-old Rhode Island man who pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking charges this week also videotaped the torture of a Massachusetts man he believed to be working with federal investigators, the DEA said. Anthony Basilici of Pawtucket pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal court in Boston to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, one count of possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice …
Police & Fire
Repeat Arlington Child Porn Peddler, 27, Sent Sex Pics Of Toddlers: Prosecutors
A 27-year-old Arlington man with multiple convictions of sending and receiving child porn will spend the next decade in prison after he pleaded guilty to the charge in federal court, authorities said. Mason Lister was arrested in 2020 after police found he had traded sexual images of children as young as toddlers through social media, the Department of Justice said. Authorities raided his home and found a tablet with 85 pictures and videos of child pornography, prosecutors said. Lister pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography last month, and a judge sentenced him to 10 …
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White Supremacist Brawl In Boston Sparks Pushback At DA’s Office
Police arrested multiple people over the weekend after fights between members of a neo-Nazi group and counter-protesters broke out at a drag queen reading event in Boston. They will be arraigned Monday morning. Christopher Hood, the founder of NSC-131, a known neo-Nazi group, was arrested for fighting on Saturday outside of the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain after his faction protested a Drag Queen Story Hour. The group wore masks to hide their faces and screamed, "off our streets." They also held a sign calling the people who ran the event "Pedo Scum." Seth Rosenau, who was coun…
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Two Worcester Residents Admit To Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy
Two Massachusetts residents have pleaded guilty to their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and heroin. Cintia Franco, age 34, and Amauris Antonio Rosario Garcia, also known as “Animal,” age 39, both of Worcester, each pleaded guilty this week to: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl; Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin; Distribution of and possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Garcia also pleaded guilty to distribution o…
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced For Child Exploitation Offenses
A 49-year-old Massachusetts man was sentenced to years in prison after pleading guilty to child exploitation offenses. David Cerasuolo, a resident of Plainville in Norfolk County, was sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release, according to Rachael S. Rollins, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Cerasuolo pleaded guilty to one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor and one count of possession of child pornography on Friday, March 4, the US Attorney's Office said Beginning in June of 2020, Cerasuolo us…
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Arrested Massachusetts Schools Superintendent Placed On Leave
A school superintendent in New England who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly making threats against a police chief candidate has placed on administrative leave. Western Massachusetts resident Lynn Clark age 51, of Belchertown in Hampden County, was arrested early Wednesday, April 6, said FBI Boston Division spokesperson Kristen Setera. Clark is the superintendent of Chicopee Public Schools. Assistance Superintendent Alvin Morton is now the district's acting superintendent, officials said. Clark was arrested for allegedly making false statements in connection with sending threaten…
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