Boston Blotter: Three Charlestown Sex Assualts Linked

-- Boston police have DNA evidence linking three sexual assaults that have taken place in Charlestown since August 2007. In each case, the victim had been kidnapped after accepting a ride from the suspect, who drove her to Charlestown and assaulted her, according to police. [BPDNews]

-- Manuel Spencer of Cambridge pleaded guilty in August of manslaughter in connection with the 2004 killing of a 25-year-old Lynn man in the parking lot of the former Good Times Emporium in Somerville. His alleged accomplice faces a September 23 court date. [Somerville Journal]

-- A mob attending last month's Caribbean Festival in Cambridge allegedly looted a 7-11 near MIT. [Cambridge Chronicle]

All charges alleged until proven under law.