A third victim in just one week has come forward to identify Peter Pearson as her assailant in a rape case dating back to 2005. The facts follow a pattern similar to what has been alleged in the first two incidents. Pearson pretended he was a police officer, solicited a…
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Boston Deputy Fire Chief Facing Charges On Second Rape, Kidnapping Case
For the second time this week Boston Deputy Fire Chief Peter Pearson was arrested for allegedly raping and kidnapping a woman while impersonating a police officer. On Monday Pearson was arrested by Brockton Police and charged with kidnapping, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, rape and impersonating a…
Billerica Man Sentenced To Two And One Half Years In Jail For Statutory Rape
A thirty one year old Billerica man pled guilty in the Lowell Superior Court to two counts of statutory rape of a fifteen year old girl. According to the Lowell Sun, the two met through a chat room on the internet. In October 2006 the two met for the first…
Former Everett Custodian Indicted For Child Rape And Indecent Assault And Battery
A grand jury sitting in Middlesex County returned indictments against a fifty-seven year old Everett man charging him with three counts of rape of a child and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. If convicted the man faces a possible sentence…
Massachusetts Appeals Court Defines Joint Venture In Context Of Sex Crimes
In Commonwealth v. Parreira, slip opinion August 4, 2008 the Massachusetts Appeals Court clarified joint venture and its application to sex crimes. In Parreira, the defendant and another met up with two fifteen year old girls and agreed to get together the next day. The girls wanted the older boys…