Boston Blotter: Matricide Gets Life, Former WRKO Host's Environment "Sexualized"

-- Norton Cartright, the 21-year-old Chelsea man who assaulted his mother with a claw hammer and left her to die in a closet, was sentenced to life without parole by a Suffolk Superior Court Judge today, according to the Suffolk DA's office. During sentencing, prosecutors read aloud a letter from Cartright's 10-year-old brother that read, in part, “I think he should stay in jail for the rest of his life because if he got out in 15 to 20 years he would be 30 or 40 something and he could get away with a lot, like he could kill everyone."

-- The Herald has more details on former WRKO radio host Reese Hopkins's alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl. The girl told reporters that Hopkins lived in a "sexualized" environment in his Manhattan apartment, surrounded by porn flicks, sexual paraphernalia, and personal lubricants. [Herald]

-- The Hampden County District Attorney is considering pursuing charges in Sunday's accidental Uzi shooting of an 8-year-old boy at a gun show. [Herald]

-- Miguel Roberto Del Pozo Castillo, a 26-year-old Beacon Hill resident who claims that he is a Harvard student was arrested for beating his girlfriend and her Chihuahua. [Herald]

-- Boston cops say they caught three men in possession of a missing Brighton fire hydrant. One was arrested after allegedly admitting that he threatened a witness. [BPDNews]

All charges alleged until proven under law.