Globe Asks Public To Help Find Suspect, Fails to Provide Description or Photo

If Bostonist were the Middlesex County DA's office, trying to find a man accused of beating a woman nearly to death with a rock in Stoneham in July, we would be pretty peeved at the Globe right now. The suspect, Joseph Simpson of Dorchester, was indicted by a grand jury on Friday for armed assault with intent to murder, but he remains at large. The Globe today reports this under the headline "Public's help sought in search for suspect." But the public may find it hard to render help since the story (or the on-line version, at least) contains neither a photo nor a description. Luckily, the good folks at Channel 4 and the Stoneham Sun are on the case: Simpson, 34, is black, 5'11", and heavyset. His picture is above.