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]
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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]
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]
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]
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]
A Middlesex grand jury indicted a Lowell police officer on Thursday for raping two prostitutes and soliciting prostitution from others. The alleged rape and soliciting incidents happened while the officer was on duty. He was working the overnight shift when he began soliciting prostitutes beginning in 2009. He allegedly told one victm she could avoid arrest by having sex with him. [Globe]
A 61-year-old woman was allegedly attacked on the Esplanade this morning and thrown in the Charles River. The victim said she was struck on the back of the head around 3 a.m. and pushed into the river. She was reportedly not sexually assaulted. State police are investigating the incident as the Esplanade is under state police jurisdiction. [WCVB]
Vice President Joe Biden came to New Hampshire on Monday and talked to UNH students in Durham about preventing sexual abuse, and politics in Portsmouth. While Biden was in New Hampshire, Boston Mayor Tom Menino visited Washington, D.C., to speak at a youth violence prevention summit to promote a new initiative designed to curb youth violence.
Doctor Joseph Zolot and nurse practitioner Lisa Pliner, who both worked in Needham, were charged with conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs such as oxycodone and methadone in federal court today. Six of Dr. Zolot's patients died from overdoses. WHDH said the patients were abusing or distributing the drugs. Both Zolot and Pliner say they are not guilty. They both face life in prison. [WHDH]
Harwich Police are investigating a suspected violent assault and rape after finding an unconscious woman in the Wishing Well motel on Main Street in Harwich. The woman, reportedly in her 40’s, was allegedly raped on Friday, the day she was hospitalized. The motel owner saw the victim unconscious and having a seizure on the floor in the room. Contact police at 508-430-7541 with information. [WCVB]
A Weymouth Police officer was charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery on Wednesday in Wrentham District Court. Steven Gomez allegedly assaulted a woman in November. He was released on his own recognizance and placed on paid administrative leave. The judge sealed the case file. [Patriot Ledger]
-- Edward Corliss was indicted in February for his alleged connection to the fatal shooting of convenience store clerk Surendra Dangol. He was indicted again for plotting to kill his wife and two other witnesses to the December shooting. Corliss allegedly hired a fellow inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction to kill the trio. His wife died of natural causes on April 1. Corliss reportedly plans to plead not guilty. [Globe]
-- A 23-year old female from Boston was charged with disturbing the peace after being refused a refund at the 28th Annual Scooper Bowl on Thursday. [BPDNews.com]
-- A 19-year-old from New York faces weapons charges after carrying a loaded gun into South Station Wednesday morning. Drake Scott was sleeping on a station bench as an MBTA transit police officer approached him and woke him. The suspect admitted to having smoked marijuana despite not having any on his person. Police searched his backpack and found a loaded .380-caliber handgun inside of a red bandana. He pleaded not guilty on Thursday and is being held on $25,000 cash bail. [Globe, Herald]
-- A 24-year old former Cambridge school employee faces charges of aggravated child rape and carrying a dangerous weapon after allegedly raping a nine-year old in April. He pleaded not guilty in April. [Cambridge Chronicle]
-- A Brookline man was arrested for indecent exposure after police said he allegedly drove without pants on. He was also allegedly masturbating. The suspect said he was scratching himself. Police said they found pictures of naked women, binoculars and pantyhose in his car. [WCVB]
-- Bostonist knows the young people will use fake IDs. We hope they don't. An 18 year-old from West Roxbury tried to buy alcohol with a fake ID at Richard’s Wine & Spirits in Wolcott Square. The suspect produced the ID during the transaction and was unable to spell the last name on the card when a clerk asked he do it. He fled but was later identified by Boston Police using his actual license that was left at the scene. [BPDNews.com]
A pregnant Boston Police officer sought to extend a restraining order against a fellow cop who she alleges repeatedly raped her. On Thursday, both officers were placed on leave and had to surrender their weapons. Both officers are in the BPD Special Operations Unit. The female officer alleged the accused officer threatened her husband by saying "He could shoot my husband in the head from 500 yards away and no one would know.". The Boston Police Department has launced an internal investigation. The male officer denies the allegations. [WCVB] All charges alleged until proven under law.
The Boston Police Department's School Police Unit confiscated a pellet gun from a 17-year old student at Seaport Campus-for the School for Children on Thursday. The student was questioned by school personnel about the gun, which he then displayed under his shirt and in his waistband. After being disarmed, he threatened staff and students and said “I’ll be back and shoot the school up.” The student was charged with possession of a firearm on school property, threats to commit a crime (murder) and disturbing a school assembly. [BPDNews.com]
Boston.com reports that Brookline police have arrested a suspect in Monday morning's Coolidge Corner rape. Brookline police haven't announced the specifics and will be issuing a press release this afternoon.
--It doesn't get much worse than this. A 26-year-old New Bedford man, who has already served four years for a similar crime, is accused of raping a six-year-old in a library just steps from where the child's mother was using a computer. The suspect was released from jail in 2006 "despite objections from prosecutors and three psychologists." [Boston Herald]
--A Woburn college student was cleared of rape charges after prosecutors could not provide enough evidence that an attack had taken place in a bathroom at Felt nightclub in Boston. The man, 21, continually proclaimed his innocence, and said that any acts were consensual. The prosecution had alleged that the woman was unconscious, but didn't have enough evidence to take the case to trial. [Boston Herald]
A Woburn man was arrested and went to court today for allegedly raping an unconscious woman in a bathroom at Felt late Friday night. 21-year-old Nicholas Chiaraluce pled not guilty to a count of aggravated rape. The details of the case, provided by the DA's Office, are beyond disturbing:
A 25-year-old woman was nearly raped after leaving a Green Line train from the Brookline Village stop early this morning. She told police that the man followed her from Government Center to Brookline Village and attacked her on Cypress Street. When he attacked, she managed to get away and run home. Brookline police have released a description of the man. From the Globe: A Hispanic man, possibly of Mexican descent, who is about 5 feet...
Authorial Intent is Bostonist's wrap-up of local readings. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, November 28 Helen Vendler, Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and the Lyric Form, Sacker Museum (via Harvard Book Store), 6:00 pm. More info. Vendler, the closest reader of all close readers, so says the New York Times, shines her spotlight on William Butler Yeats. Thursday, November 29 David Hosp, Innocence, 7:30 pm, Charlestown Branch Library Hosp will be reading from...
-- Dorchester suffered another bloody night last night. One man is on life support after being shot multiple times in his own apartment. He suffered wounds to his head and chest and is not expected to survive. In a separate incident, a man in his 20s died this morning on Geneva Avenue from multiple stab wounds. No arrests have been made in either crime. -- A gymnastics coach turned himself in this morning after being...
"Authorial Intent" is Bostonist's roundup of reading events in the area. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Thursday, November 1 Alice Medrich, 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith Not in the mood for candy corn but still craving something sweet? Alice Medrich, aka the "Queen of Chocolate," will inspire your palate in a discussion of her book Pure Dessert: True Flavors, Inspiring Ingredients, and Simple Recipes. Friday, November 2 Paula Kamen, 3:00 pm, Harvard Book Store....
Last night, Bostonist was on hand for J. Cannibal's screening of The Evil Dead at Brookline's Coolidge Corner Theater, and it was terrible. We expected the film to be bad, but our fellow patrons were even worse. One group drowned out the film's soundtrack with an eighty-five minute long running commentary that was so violent and misogynist that one female patron felt unsafe exiting the theater. Now, Bostonist understands the value of yelling at...
--Yesterday afternoon, a person was shot in the chest and side in Roxbury on Langdon Street. The Globe noted that the incident was a block away from a playground. That's bad enough, but the Herald connected more dots and noted that the shooting was in front of the same house where a standoff between Cape Verdean gang members and police took place. --A homeless man died in an accident yesterday at the Pine Street Inn....
A hot-pink color scheme. A dead ringer for Kate Bosworth on the cover. A first chapter that opens with lyrics from Loverboy's "Workin' for the Weekend." No kidding. Restless Virgins, a book on the Milton Academy sex scandal, just screams, "Bourgeois sex! Bourgeois sex! Yippee skippy!" The sex scandal in question didn't involve teachers (Exhibit A: Arlington's school system) but a 2005 incident in which one girl was - ahem - orally satisfying the sexual...
Glenn Marshall, Mashpee Wampanoag tribe leader and major force behind bringing casinos to Massachusetts, is leaving his position as chairman of the tribe council. He was caught lying about his military past and of hiding the fact that he was convicted of rape and cocaine possession. Peter Kenney at Cape Cod Today first smelled something funny about Marshall's military service. The Cape Cod Times reported that Marshall did not participate in the battle of Khe...