--Prosecutors in Malden District Court have charged a 57-year-old employee of Everett High School with child rape. He is accused of molesting a boy over a seven month period last year. He has worked for the school as a janitor and coach of the junior varsity basketball team. [Boston Globe]

--A 28-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged murder of a 25-year-old woman who was found dead in her home in Peabody. Few details are yet available. [Boston Globe]

--A Beverly cop was given probation and community service for an incident last year in which he accidentally struck and killed a 61-year-old woman with his police cruiser. He said that he "veered into Burns’ parked car on Jan. 20, 2007, traveling 56 mph on a residential street because he suddenly had a seizure." The judge in the case said, however, that there "still seems to be no explanation for why it happened.” [Boston Herald]

--Universal Hub deserves recognition for their clever title to a post about an otherwise routine theft of copper from a Cambridge police station: "Stealing copper from the coppers? Not good conduct." [Universal Hub, Cambridge Police]

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