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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…
Worcester Man Charged With Raping Woman Who Got Into His Car Believing It Was An Uber: 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…
Man Sexually Assaults, Robs Woman, 65, On Walking Trail In Region, Police Say
A Connecticut man is in custody after allegedly throwing a 65-year-old woman down on a hiking trail sexually assaulting her and taking her purse and cell phone before the victim was able to fight him off.
The incident took place in Hartford County in Manchester on Wednesday, Oct. 4 on the hiking trail near Charter Oak Park.
According to Lt. Ryan Shea of the Manchester Police, the woman was walking on the trail when the man, identified as Daquan Clark-Blue, age 30, of Manchester, came up behind her and threw her to the ground.
"The suspect groped the victim, physically assaulted her, a…