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MA Man Allegedly Threatened To Stab Store Clerk With 'Dirty' Needle' MA Man Allegedly Threatened To Stab Store Clerk With 'Dirty' Needle'
MA Man Allegedly Threatened To Stab Store Clerk With 'Dirty' Needle' A Billerica man who failed to come to court after two incidents in Revere last year finally appeared before a judge last week, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.  Paul Gioiosa, 44, was arraigned in Chelsea District Court for the incidents on Thursday, June 2, the office said, one in which he allegedly threatened a store clerk with a "dirty" needle.  Revere Police responded to a call about a man, later identified as Gioiosa, who threatened the clerk with a hypodermic needle around 8:10 p.m. on December 20, 2021, the office reports.  Gioiosa apparently th…
Bank Robber With A Bomb Sentenced To Over 2 Years In Prison Bank Robber With A Bomb Sentenced To Over 2 Years In Prison
Bank Robber With A Bomb Sentenced To Over 2 Years In Prison A man who threatened to blow up banks if he didn’t get the money he wanted, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. The bank robberies happened at TD Bank in Worcester and East Boston Savings Bank in Revere. Samuel Jose Baptista, 27, of Boston, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 29, to prison as well as restitution of the money stolen from the banks - about $30,000 - and two years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. Baptista pleaded guilty to charges associated with the robberies in February. The robberies took place in October of 2019. On Oct…