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Man Used Kids Toys, Disney Items, Halloween Decorations To Smuggle Drugs Into Mass: Feds
A Rhode Island man who pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to move methamphetamines throughout the United States using children's toys and other seemingly mundane items was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, Sept. 19, authorities said.
Nathan Boddie, 38, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, admitted that he and two others began smuggling methamphetamines, fentanyl, and cocaine from Arizona into Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and elsewhere in April 2022, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
They accomplished this by hiding the drugs inside children's toys, Halloween de…
Child Porn: Amesbury Man Made Plans To Rape Child, Feds Say
A 30-year-old man admitted to trading child sexual abuse material and speaking with a woman he met online about meeting up to have sex with a child she was babysitting, authorities said. And after he sued to earn bail after his arrest, police caught him trading sexual images of kids again.
Thomas Cross, of Amesbury, pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 18, to one count each of distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Monday.
Police arrested Cross in 2018 after they searched his home a…
Marlborough College Professor Indicted On Child Porn Charges: Feds
An American Sign Language professor from Middlesex County, who allegedly traded child pornography online featuring kids as young as 4, was indicted this week on multiple federal charges, authorities said.
Larry Stephen, 45, of Marlborough, is charged with one count of receipt of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Thursday, Aug. 17. Police arrested him in June.
Agents in Virginia began investigating Stephen in May after they found child porn being shared on an unnamed social med…
Ex-Leader Used Boston School's Money As 'Slush Fund,' Paid For Tropical Vacations: Feds
The former headmaster of a Boston school will admit that she used nearly $40,000 in money set aside for children's education to pay for personal expenses, including two trips to Barbados, federal authorities said.
Naia Wilson, 60, of Mattapan, who is charged with one count of wire fraud, told prosecutors that she will plead guilty in federal court at a later date, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said Tuesday, Aug. 1. She has also agreed to repay the $38,806 she stole from the Boston Public Schools system.
Wilson served as headmaster at New Mission School in Hyde Park fro…
