A fifteen year old girl was crossing Waverly Street shortly after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday August 20th when she was strike by a white Jeep Cherokee. The vehicle stopped briefly but the operator never got out of the car. According to Framingham Police the driver who was identified as Jose Cartagena…
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…
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…
Salem Massachusetts Police reported that a concerned citizen’s call prompted the arrest of a Salem man on drunk driving charges. Apparently the caller followed the driver for several miles and stayed with the car until police were able to catch up to the parties. The witness related that the driver…
The Lynn Item reported that Ruben Ramos pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, heroin and marijuana as part of a plea bargain agreement that will require him to serve at least three years on state prison. During the guilty plea hearing the prosecutor told the judge that based on information that…
A Norfolk County Superior Court jury found Keely Johnson, a former Stoughton Court Officer guilty of two counts of distribution of Vicodin and violating the Massachusetts School Zone statute. The prosecution alleged that in July 2006 state police began investigating Johnson for selling Vicodin inside and outside the Stoughton District…
In a ruling published today the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that victims of assault and battery in Massachusetts must be people when charged under G.L. c. 265 sec. 15A. Commonwealth v. Wilson, slip opinion August 21, 2008. In connection with a drug deal the defendant in Wilson was chased by…
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…
Saturday night, as a result of a surveillance, Methuen police officers arrested three men for violating the controlled substances laws. According the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, the Methuen Police Drug Unit was conducting a surveillance at the intersection of Lowell Street and Wheeler Avenue. Around 5:00 p.m. officers observed what they…
In Kennedy v. Louisiana, 128 S. Ct. 2641 (2008) the United States Supreme Court held that under the Eight Amendment to the United Stated Constitution the death penalty cannot be imposed where the crimes did not result in the death of the victim and where death was not an intended…