Former Boston gang member Michael Addison was sentenced to death yesterday for killing a Manchester, New Hampshire police officer. In October of 2006 Officer Michael Briggs and his partner confronted Addison who was suspected in a shooting and a couple of armed robberies. In order to avoid apprehension Addison shot…
On January 28, 2007 Herman Irene flagged down a cab on South Broadway in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The cab driver, Bienvenido Rodriguez already had a fare but agreed to let Irene sit in the front seat and drive him a short distance for five dollars. The passenger heard Irene and Rodriguez…
The Quincy Patriot Ledger reports that a 44 year old nurse tried to help a convicted rapist escape from the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, Deborah Girouard of Ashby tried to help Che Sosa escape by bringing saws a handcuff key, a steel clip and other items into the prison. …
On November 14, 2008 a Somerville man and a Medford man got into a fight in Ball Square. The Medford man told the Somerville man that he would see him in twenty minutes. Soon afterwards the Medford man along with his father and another relative went to Somerville with a…
George Hassett writer for the Somerville News reported that on October 31, 2008 Somerville Police captured a suspect wanted for hitting two police officers and a civilian with his car as he fled the parking lot of the Winter Hill Yacht Club. The suspect,22 year old Calvin Jones of Charlestown…
The Metrowest Daily News reported Tuesday that a twenty one year old Marlborough man was arrested Sunday and charged with beating a pregnant woman. The man was charged with assault and battery on a pregnant person, intimidating a witness and threatening to commit a crime. At 1:15 a.m. the victim…
The Lawrence Eagle Tribune reported that on October 2, 2008 Raul Rodriguez pleaded guilty to manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm. The conviction stemmed from an incident two years ago during which Rodriguez was playing with a 9 millimeter handgun after a night of heavy drinking. After trying to…
On December 31, 2008 the defendant Alexis Infante was charged with attempted murder in the Salem Massachusetts District Court. It was alleged that he attacked his wife with a knife after claiming that she was “bad luck”. Those charges were eventually reduced to assault and battery by means of a…
On Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Alex Scesny was arraigned in the Worcester Superior Court for the 1996 murder of a Fitchburg prostitute. Just prior to this arraignment, Scesny, a 39 year old construction worker was tried for charges of rape, assault with intent to murder, assault and battery and assault…
The defendant, 34 year old Michael Smith was indicted by a Suffolk County Grand Jury on 1 count of kidnapping. He was arraigned in the Suffolk Superior Court and held on $250,000 bail. The prosecution alleged that in June the victim met Smith at a motel. She had placed an…