Boston police rounded up 14 alleged drug dealers on Friday in a warrant sweep near the area of Bowdoin Street, Geneva Avenue, and Olney Street in Dorchester as part of "Operation Independence." An additional four suspects were arrested earlier in the week. Police were responding to a series of shootings in that area since the summer. Police said the suspects have prior records that include drug and gun charges. Eleven suspects were arraigned yesterday, one on a federal warrant. BPDnews.com lists the suspects names. Mayor Tom Menino said the BPD won't allow criminals to "terrorize our community." [Globe]
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A woman was allegedly raped on Tuesday at a La Quinta Hotel in Andover after responding to a Facebook message requesting models for the "AIP Modeling" agency. The victim reportedly drank a strawberry-flavored drink given to her by the suspect that made her dizzy. She was taking pictures in lingerie and after she refused to remove her clothing, the suspect allegedly raped her. The suspect was identified as David Rodriguez by police and arrested him in New Jersey. On Thursday, he was charged with rape, assault and battery, and drugging for the purpose of sexual intercourse. He was held on $100,000 cash bail and has an October 26 court date. [Eagle Tribune]
State troopers and customs agents arrested Carlos J. Lanns, 24, of Hamilton, N.J., was arrested at Logan Airport on Monday with two kilograms of cocaine stashed in his shoes' insoles. He hid the drugs in checked bags in a JetBlue flight from the Dominican Republic to Boston. The drugs reportedly have a street value of $200,000. Lanns was charged with trafficking a Class B substance in East Boston District Court on Tuesday and is held on $300,000 with a hearing set for October 5. [WCVB]
Boston Police arrested Walter Mains, 31, of allegedly attacking three women on Sunday in Dorchester's Savin Hill neighborhood near the Savin Hill MBTA station and the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Harbor View Street. Each attack involved a firearm. He's charged with assault, accosting and annoying, attempted rape, and indecent assault and battery. He is already awaiting trial for a similar 2009 incident. [Globe], [WCVB]
Three men found dead in a Waltham apartment on Monday were all stabbed in the neck, according to prosecutors and police. The murder victims were identified as Brandon Mess, 25, of Waltham; Erik Weissman, 31, of Cambridge; and Raphael Teken, 37, of Cambridge. Mess lived in the apartment that was the scene of the crime. Police say the attacks were not random. There are possibly two suspects [Herald]
Police identified one suspect in the shooting of Woburn officer Robert DeNapoli on Tuesday as Antonio Matos, 25, of Boston. His mother recognized his tattoo and called police through a relative. Matos is in custody and charged with attempted robbery and assault with intent to murder. Three suspects are at-large and are reportedly two medium-skinned Hispanic men and a light-skinned Hispanic woman, 5'4" with long, dark straight hair. Police are searching for a stolen gray 1998 Toyota Camry with a Massachusetts plate of 77HB52. [WCVB]
Jose Luis Tejada, 40, was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend and her two teenage children this morning in their apartment in a housing project at 15 Maginnis Ave. in Lawrence this morning. Milka Rivera, 39, and her son, Maxariel Montanez, 16, and daughter Sachary Montanez, 19, were found dead in the son's bedroom. A gun was found nearby and is being tested. According to Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett, Tejada told a man, who called the police, outside the crime scene “I may have committed a crime.” He will be arraigned tomorrow in Lawrence District Court. Tejada was not the father of the children, but had a long-term relationship with Rivera. He had no criminal record. [Globe]
Onyango Obama, President Obama's uncle, pleaded not guilty in Framingham District Court last week to drunk driving and other charges after his arrest on Wednesday. Obama was ordered deported in 1992 and ignored the order. He had a Massachusetts driver's license and a Social Security number, and was a long-time employee at a liquor store in Framingham. He's being held at the Plymouth County House of Correction. The president's aunt Zeituni Onyango was granted asylum to avoid deportation in 2010. [Globe]
An Arlington karate coach, identified by WCVB as Thomas Donahue, allegedly assaulted a student. He was charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 and will be arraigned on Friday in Cambridge District Court. Donahue had the seven-year old enter his office to help remove his leg brace where he instead sexually assaulted the child. [WCVB], [Herald]
Nathaniel Fujita pleaded not guilty to killing ex-girlfriend Lauren Astley, 18, of Wayland in Middlesex Superior Court Today. Fujita allegedly battered Astley, stabbed her at least three times, and choked her so badly she had multiple hemorrhages. Fujita then dumped her body into a marsh off Water Row Road in Wayland. After leaving her dead body, Fujita reportedly called his parents after disposing of Astley in order to plan a family movie-watching night. Prosecutor Lisa McGovern gave a blunt description of the crime: "She decided she should reach out to him and make sure he was doing OK. The defendant reciprocated that act of friendship by killing her." [Herald]
-- Patriots defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth avoided a trial for sexual assault by pleading no contest to simple assault today in Washington, D.C. Superior Court. A waitress accused Haynesworth of fondling her breasts at a private party at the W Hotel in D.C. According to a plea agreement, the charges will be dismissed if Haynesworth doesn't break any laws for 18 months. He must complete 160 hours of community service and undergo an assessment for counseling. He must avoid the alleged victim and pay $250 to her fund. [Globe]
Albert Arroyo, 49, of Roslindale, the former firefighter who competed as a bodybuilder while claiming disability, was acquitted on two counts of mail fraud on Sunday in U.S. District Court. Arroyo was allegedly injured in 2008 after falling down a flight of stairs. He began exercising and bodybuilding after suffering a back injury in 2000. US Attorney Carmen Ortiz described the acquittal as a “disappointment.” [Herald]
A female college student was allegedly sexually assaulted on the Esplanade and thrown into the Charles River on Sunday morning. A man told police he found the woman, soaking wet, near the Massachusetts Avenue bridge and se allegedly said she was assaulted. The victim left the area without her purse and identification and when police found her after that, she declined medical attention and couldn't describe the attacker. The Suffolk County D.A. and the State Police advised people to avoid traveling alone and stay in well-lit areas. [WCVB]
James J. Auerbach, 68, and Thomas Frank Barnes, 38, both of Natick were arrested after postal inspectors in Shrewsbury and Natick and Framingham police found 14-15 pounds of marijuana. A drug-sniffing dog checked the package, which police say was sent in the mail from California, and police began surveillance outside the post office. Auerbah picked up the pot and brought it to the Natick apartment he shares with Barnes. Police arrested Auerbach there and found another six pounds of pot, $50,000 in cash and a gun. The drugs are reportedly worth about $100,00. Both men are charged with possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute and conspiracy.Auerbach faces additional weapons charges and has prior convictions. Auerbach was held on $10,000 bail and Barnes on $250 bail. [MetroWest Daily News]
According to WCVB and MyFoxBoston.com, Taunton police arrested Paul Baran, 55, in connection with Thursday's fatal hit-and-run that killed a 17-year-old skateboarder in Taunton. Nicholas Silva-Thomas, 17, was killed while skateboarding with friends near Watson Pond at about 9:40 p.m. on Thursday. The driver fled with the car's headlights off. Baran will be arraigned on Monday morning in Taunton District Court on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He was arrested at his Taunton home on Saturday. [MyFoxBoston.com], [WCVB]
A woman who allegedly punched her infant son on the Route 23 bus yesterday afternoon was confronted by passengers after leaving the bus in Roxbury at the intersection of Warren and Brunswick streets and held there until police arrived. The mother, identified as Erica Ryan in the Globe, reportedly hit "her child in the mouth with a closed fist" and yelled "Little bastard, you got one more chance." Police said he had dried blood around his mouth and had been crying. She was charged with domestic abuse. [Globe]
The Dorchester man who was driving the van filed with special-needs adults that crashed into a Waste Management Services truck in Newton yesterday will be charged with driving under the influence of drugs. Addis Gabriel Woldeguiorguis, 51, reportedly took oxycodone before driving the van. Woldeguiorguis also has an extensive list of violations - drug possession and speeding, and others - in his RMV record over the past decade in New York and only got a Massachusetts driver’s license on July 26. Van drivers must undergo a CORI check every year. All 12 passengers were hospitalized, nine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and three at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Two remain at Beth Israel and one at Newton-Wellesley. Media reports placed bail at $5,000 or $15,000. Woldeguiorguis drove for AART Transportation of Chestnut Hill. The adults were from The Price Center in Newton. [Globe], [Herald]
Jerry Dixon admitted to raping three women in 1991, two in Roxbury and one in Jamaica Plain, today in Suffolk Superior Court. Dixon was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Anthony Powell was convicted in 1992 of one of the rapes and was released in 2004 thanks to the Innocence Project. Dixon was required to submit DNA for another case and that sample was matched to DNA in the 1991 case. [Globe]
A 12-year old Franklin boy was arrested on Sunday morning after stabbing his nine-year old brother four times with a kitchen knife. He's charged him with domestic assault and battery, assault to maim and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and being held on $50,000 bail. [Milford Daily News]
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]
The clerk shot during an attempted robbery of a Fitchburg liquor store on Wednesday died this morning. Scott E. Person of Ashby was 40. Earlier today, police arrested Rafael Garcia-Concepcion, 32, in connection with the shooting. He will now be charged with murder. [WCVB]
A Chelmsford man pleaded not guilty to drunk driving and motor vehicle homicide charges and was released on personal recognizance today in Lowell District Court after he allegedly ran over and killed his wife outside of their home on Wednesday. Harry Conover, Jr., 73, and Sandra Conover, 73, allegedly argued prior to him getting into his car to leave their home. His wife reportedly followed him to his car and somehow was run over as he tried to drive away. A probable cause hearing is set for September 1. [Globe]
Aaron Swartz, 24, of Cambridge, a fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Ethics, allegedly stole 4.8 million documents from the MIT computer network that he hacked into the network to get them in order to distribute the documents on file sharing websites. Swartz was charged with wire fraud and other crimes at Tuesday's arraignment and could face up to 35 years in prison. The alleged hacking of the not-for-profit JSTOR archive of scientific journals and academic work took place between September of 2010 and January 2011 in a computer wiring closet. He was released on a $100,000 unsecured bond. [WCVB]
Justin McDonald, 22, of Marshfield pleaded not guilty in Plymouth District Court on Monday to operating a boat under the influence of alcohol on Saturday when he and his passenger, Steven Z. Woods, also of Marshfield, were thrown overboard. Woods apparently drowned. McDonald allegedly admitted to having 10 beers and described himself as "a little buzzed, but pretty good -- not drunk" to police. Police found 18 empty beer cans. McDonald reportedly said "the steering wheel of the boat pulled uncontrollably to the left, throwing both he and Woods from the boat." When police found the boat, it was circling the harbor at "full speed." [Globe]
Joseph F. Limone, 60, of Winthrop, was stopped for his eighth drunk driving arrest Tuesday in Revere. He pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at Chelsea District Court, but was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing. As Limone hasn't had a valid driver's license since 1985, he is also charged with operating on a revoked license and giving a fake name to police. He has drunk driving in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2001, and 2007. Limone was allegedly tailgating another car and yelling at the driver. [Globe]
Michael Todd, the 28-year old bass player for the band Coheed and Cambria, reportedly confessed to robbing a Walgreens Pharmacy shortly before the band was set to open for Soundgarden at the Comcast Center in Mansfield on Sunday. Todd's bail was set at $25,000 cash and the band will continue to tour without him. Todd showed a pharmacist a message on his Blackberry saying he had a bomb and demanded pain pills. He took six bottles of oxycodone and fled in a taxi to his band's tour bus in Mansfield. Attleboro police contacted Mansfield Police with a description of the taxi and Todd based on witnesses and surveillance video. Todd denied he was involved until he was shown pictures. Todd has a prior record. He pleaded not guilty to armed robbery and possession of a class B substance. His next court date is August 9. [Globe]
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]
Eighteen-year old Nathaniel Fujita of Wayland is being held without bail for the weekend murder of his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old Lauren Astley. The teens reportedly met with each other Sunday night. Middelex County DA Gerry Leone said Astley was killed by strangulation and a stab wound to her neck. Police allegedly found substantial evidence at the Fujita home in Wayland that included blood in the garage, kitchen, and bathroom, a bungy cord, and bloody clothes and sneakers in Fujita's bedroom. [WBZ]
The four-year old boy shot at Harambee Park in Dorchester on Monday night was hit by a stray bullet fired in a gang-related shooting, police said. There were reports of multiple gunshots fired before several young men were seen fleeing towards Blue Hill Avenue. This contradicts initial police reports of shooters on motorbikes. Police recovered ballistic evidence from the scene. The victim is in stable condition. [Globe], [WHDH]
Two men were shot and killed in Boston this weekend in two seperate incidents. On Saturday night, a man was shot near Eustis and Dearborn streets in Roxbury. He was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center. On Sunday, a second man was shot in Dorchester near the intersection of East Cottage and Sumner streets. Police are investigating both shootings. Information on either case can be reported to the homicide unit at 617-343-4470 or the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 800-494-8477, or by texting the word tip to 27463. [Globe]