An Amesbury man was arrested and is charged with drug possession with intent to distribute after police found 25 marijuana plants in a secret room. California authorities alerted police to a package coming to the suspect with two pounds of marijuana in it. The warrant police had allowed them to find the additional plants, and other marijuana growing materials. [WBZ]
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Carlos Edwards, 33, of Melrose, was arrested and held without bail on Thursday after he allegedly threw his seven-week old son to the ground at a home on Cross Street in Malden. The child, Carmelo Sears, is in the Mass. General intensive care unit with brain and leg injuries. Edwards is charged with assault and battery on an infant.
Former high school wrestling coach David Castricone was indicted on child pornography charges today by an Essex County Grand Jury. Castricone faces two counts of illegal possession of child pornography. He was arrested in February after police allegedly found child pornography at his home. He has pleaded not guilty and is free on bail. [Boston.com]
Roxbury resident James Sanders, 18, pleaded not guilty to drug and assault charges after leading a Boston police officer on a foot chase following an apparent drug deal on Thursday. Sanders has no record. An officer approached Sanders after observing a drug deal. Sanders fled through Ramsay Park and was caught at Washington and Newcomb streets at which time the officer's weapon discharged. Sanders was treated at Boston Medical Center after being shot in the shoulder during the scuffle. He is charged with assault and battery on a public employee, resisting arrest, and possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute. His bail was set at $300 cash. A hearing is set for July 11. [Globe]
Police in Massachusetts and Colombia arrested 20 people today, and law enforcement around the world seized $200 million, 1,100 kilograms of cocaine, and 46 kilograms of heroin in the culmination of a four-year drug money laundering probe. Each suspect will be tried in Boston for alleged laundering of drug money in New England. "Operation Fire and Ice" was led by the US Drug Enforcement Administration and was based on the undercover work of a Massachusetts State trooper. Law enforcement from Colombia and Italy were at today's press conference in Boston to announce the bust. People seized bank accounts and $2 million in cash from Massachusetts residents. They face drug trafficking and money laundering charges. [Globe]
State Police arrested a man for allegedly slapping a flight attendant on a JetBlue flight from West Palm Beach (FL) to Logan Airport. The Globe reported Bryan Garnett, 48, from Utica, N.Y., will be charged with interfering with a flight crew and assault and battery for slapping a male flight attendant. The incident reportedly happened before takeoff. [Globe]
Darrell Rodrigues, 20, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the 2007 shooting death of 13-year old Luis Gerena Jr. in Jamaica Plain. He faces 14-15 years in prison. Rodrigues and his co-defendant belong to the Academy Homes gang and thought Gerena was a member of the rival Heath Street gang. [Herald]
Two brothers, one a University of Massachusetts student, were injured on Friday night when a dispute over a parking spot escalated into an assault with a socket wrench in an Amherst parking lot. The 22-year old student suffered "spinal and head trauma and multiple fractures in his leg" after he was beaten with a 24-inch wrench. The suspect denied the chages of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery with serious bodily injury. A pre-trial hearing is set for on June 13. [MassLive.com]
A Cohasset man was arrested after running over his neighbor with a riding lawnmower on Thursday. The 57-year old man is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the lawnmower-based attack.
The man who allegedly masturbated in public at the Brookline Library and then ejaculated on a female he sat next to was caught in Maine on similar charges and is in Penobscot County Jail in Maine. He will be arraigned on Friday in Maine. Brookline Police don't know when he'll return to Brookline. He'll face charges of open and gross conduct, indecent assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (bodily fluids). According to Library Director Chuck Flaherty at least three patrons within 20 feet of the suspect. "I don’t think people should be concerned about their safety when they come to the library," he said. Flaherty plans to upgrade the library's surveillance cameras. [Brookline Tab]
Three people were stabbed on Saturday night at Mama Blanca’s Restaurant on Saratoga Street in East Boston. Police responded around 10:30 p.m. to a fight in progress and found two bloodied people outside. The three men had a verbal altercation inside that led to a physical altercation outside. The suspect was charged with assault and battery by with a dangerous weapon. [WCVB]
A five-year-old boy was found "unresponsive" on Revere Beach Parkway and his mother's boyfriend was arrested on charges of assault and battery on a child causing serious bodily injury, wantonly or recklessly permitting bodily injury to a child and child endangerment. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Joseph Testa, 28, will be arraigned Monday in Chelsea District Court. The boy is in Mass. General in stable condition. [Universal Hub], [Globe]
Two Roxbury men pleaded not guilty to interfering with a bus driver and assault and battery on a public employee for their role in an MBTA bus crash on Dudley Street on Monday. The crash began as an incident over smoking. Some passengers reportedly attacked the driver after being asked to stop smoking, forcing the bus out of control.
Police found a gun in a box a Cheerios while investigating a double shooting in Dorchester on Sunday night. Offiers reportedly heard gunshots and found two wounded people at 530 Washington Street after the shots. Neither victim had life threatening injuries. A witness was assaulted when trying to report the shootings. Police arrested two Dorchester men at 11 Wheatland Avenue men for assault and battery and intimidation of a witness. [MyFoxBoston], [Globe]
An unidentified man from Ashby, Massachusetts was shot and killed by a plainclothes State Police trooper today after he drove his car at the trooper. The trooper was a member of the State Police gang unit on a drug surveillance assignment and tried to pull the car over containing the suspect he shot. [Globe]
Three men, one armed, allegedly robbed a D'Angelo's sandwich shop on Route 28 in Randolph and were arrested after fleeing the scene. Police found the suspects in a car less a a quarter mile away from the scene and the men were changing from clothes that matched the robbers clothes. Police found three blue sweatshirts, a black bag with money, a ski mask, plastic flex cuffs, and a BB gun. They were arrested and charged then with armed robbery. The trio is suspected in other crimes. [Globe]
The former general manager of WHDH-TV is now also a former advertising executive at WPEC-TV (West Palm Beach) after being arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on Sunday at a restaurant. Police said Randi Goldklank was "intoxicated and doing inappropriate acts" prior to being arrested. The restaurant called 911 because Goldklank was allegedly "touching herself, removing her top, and dancing on a pole like a stripper" and wouldn't leave. An officer reported her speech was slurred and that Goldklank warned he would be on the news because she worked for a TV station. Goldklank was arrested at Logan Airport in 2008 for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and the case was continued without a finding. She resigned from WHDH. [Globe]
Appoximately 40 guns were stolen from a vault in the basement of a two-family home in Lowell. The weapons included guns and rifles of various calibers, most of which were registered to the homeowner. A list of missing guns was given to police. Police revoked the homeowner's firearm license and are checking to see that the guns were obtained legally. [Lowell Sun]
The Hudson man removed from a plane at Logan Airport today was arraigned in East Boston District Court and released on his own recognizance. He has a court date on March 15. [Globe]
A Quincy man was arrested for drunken driving on Route 93 Friday after he allegedly hit four cars while driving between Attleboro and Milton. Two 27-year old Malden women were arrested for beating a woman in the women's restroom at the Estate Bar in Boston. The Massachusetts State police arrested an 18-year-old from Charlton for shooting an arrow into a car.
-- Two sisters, one pregnant, were shot and killed in Lynnfield Monday by, allegedly, one of the victim's boyfriend. Joseph Cummings murdered Kimberly Nguyen, 35, his girlfriend, and her sister, Lilly J. Nguyen, 29. Essex D.A. Jonathan Blodgett said a fight over the name of Kimberly Nguyen's unborn child. [Globe]
-- Two Everett women pleaded not guilty to numerous charges in East Boston Municipal Court today for allegedly stabbing a Winthrop woman during a failed robbery on Thursday. Sharnell Donahue, 31, and Diane Tuck, 51, are each being held on $50,000 cash bail and must wear a GPS if they post bail. [Globe]
A Framingham custodian was hit by a roll of toilet paper while restocking toilet paper rolls in a town hall bathroom on Wednesday. A Framingham resident was in the bathroom and was upset that the custodian was whistling while working. He yelled, threw a roll of toilet paper and fled. The suspect is due in court to face an assault and battery charge. We're trying to figure out why this incident requires charges. All charges alleged until proven under law.
-- Marcos Colono, 32, of Cambridge is charged with assault with intent to murder, home invasion and two counts of raping a child after an incident in August on Pearl Street. He allegedly broke into the house with a knife and had the 11-year old and his father lay on top of each other. He then raped the boy and stabbed the father several times, according to authorities. Colono is now a suspect in the 2008 rape of two female college students in Brighton. His brother was killed in 2003 during a fight with Harvard graduate student Alexander Pring-Wilson in Cambridge. Colono was held on $1 million cash bail. [WBZ]
-- A woman from Quincy is being sought by MBTA Transit Police for assault and battery after allegedly attacking a woman on the Red Line at Park Street Station in July. The suspect scratched and slapped the victim's face. She said "I'm from Quincy and I'll kill you bitch." [MassMostWanted.com]
-- Springfield Police arrested a 19-year-old male suspect and charged him with murder after he allegedly stabbed two people, killing one of them. The stabbings followed a home invasion at a Hampden residence. [MassLive.com]
-- Suspected murder Edward Corliss pleaded not guilty to three counts of witness intimidation after planning to kill two potential witnesses. [Globe]
-- Joseph Joyce, a 27-year-old Scituate man, turned himself in to face an indecent assault and battery charge at Cambridge District Court in Medford after allegedly pulled down a 16-year old girl's shirt at the Kendall Square station. Joyce also allegedly assaulted a woman in Cohasset on July 4. The Cohasset woman called police after seeing Joyce's photo from the Red line incident.
Also, Donald Kalil, a Level 3 sex offender, pleaded not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and failure to register as a sex offender on Thursday after allegedly pulling women's shirts and trying to grope them. [Globe]
-- A Greyhound bus in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the focal point of a "bomb" scare Thursday. One passenger overheard another passenger, a native of Burundi here legally, allegedly discussing a bomb and alerted police via 911. The Burundi man faces no charges. Two other passengers who allegedly refused to cooperate with police are charged with crimes. [WCVB]