-- A woman was attacked in the North End early yesterday morning. While walking down Richmond Street, the victim was attacked from behind and assaulted sexually before she broke free and fled, police say. The alleged perpetrator is described as a 5'10" white male in his 20s with dirty blond hair. Police believe that this attack might be a part of a series of sexual assaults stretching back to July, 2007. [BPDNews; Globe]

-- More details have emerged in Tuesday's stabbing death in Brighton. The victim, Terri Werner, was a 56-year-old art teacher at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown. The suspected murderer, Luis Marquez, was her student. According to authorities, Werner had paid a visit to Marquez, who was in psychological distress, when he unexpectedly turned on her. Werner died from multiple stab wounds to the head and body. [Globe]

-- Thieves managed to make off with a safe weighing half a ton in a daring heist of the Attleboro family jeweler E.A. Dion, Inc. The takings were worth an estimated $2 million, and it is the biggest loss the jeweler has ever suffered. Among the booty were Super Bowl rings made for the New York Giants. Though little is known about the burglary, it appears that the perpetrators descended from a hole in the roof. [Herald]

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