Arrests

The Union Leader reports that a former Lawrence, Mass., police officer recently found not guilty of sexual assault charges in Florida is now expected to face trial in a second case from the 1990s involving a Salem NH girl. Carlos Gonzalez III, 48, was released on $100,000 personal recognizance bail in Rockingham County Superior Court […]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that a custodian at a Chicopee high school has been charged with offering a male student drugs, money and an iPhone in exchange for sexual favors. Timothy Lynch is free on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges including indecent assault and battery on a child, assault to rape a […]

The Associated Press reports that a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy used an object to sexually assault his popular high school algebra teacher before killing and robbing her. Philip Chism has been held without bail since shortly after the Oct. 22 slaying of 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer, whose body was found behind Danvers High School after she never […]

Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 A former longtime teacher at Episcopal Academy is facing a sexual abuse of children offense after child pornography was found on his home computer, according to a complaint filed Tuesday by Pennsylvania State Police. Richard Perkins Smith, 65, of Middletown, is currently behind bars at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility […]

A Cape Coral, Florida, community has been rocked after a man in their neighborhood was arrested on a capital sexual warrant in another state. Cape Coral police say the man, Jeffrey Leclair, fled to Massachusetts during an investigation accusing him of sexual abuse on a 7-year-old girl. Neighbors say it all started with a note […]

A child pornography investigation that began in Massachusetts has led to federal charges in Mississippi against a Georgia man accused of having sex with a girl who was 3 or 4 years old, according to a complaint filed Monday. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., charges Marco Laquin Rogers, 26, of […]

A Massachusetts State Trooper from Auburn (MA) facing several charges stemming from different sexual assaults, will be arraigned next week in Worcester Superior Court. The Worcester County Grand Jury handed up direct indictments of Jason M. Willard, 38, of 19 Thayer Ave., Auburn. He is charged with three counts of indecent assault & battery on […]

A man from Exeter, New Hampshire, is scheduled to appear in Hampton District Court facing severe charges related to child exploitation for allegedly producing and sharing a video of two minors engaged in a sexual act. This incident took place in a rental property on Hampton Beach, involving one minor from Massachusetts, reports indicate. The […]

David Ettlinger, a former Newton teacher and Brighton resident facing a slew of child pornography charges in two Massachusetts counties was released on his personal recognizance at Suffolk Superior Court April 3, according to Wicked Local Newton and WCVB. The move allows the court to transport Ettlinger to Louisiana, where he faces federal charges for […]

The rape suspect from Massachusetts who was apprehended at a New Jersey home earlier this week was once arrested for attempted murder in Massachusetts, authorities have confirmed, as reported by the Lawrenceville NJ patch.com website. Byron Garcia, a 30-year-old North Andover, Mass., resident who recently fled Massachusetts amid accusations he had raped a young girl, […]

A bounce at a Norton sports bar has been released on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to raping a Wheaton College student at the establishment. Paul Panaikas of Taunton is accused of raping the student at the Sportsway Café on Feb. 2. Prosecutors said at his arraignment Wednesday that he pushed the woman into […]

Boston University leading hockey scorer Corey Trivino, who was drafted by the New York Islanders in 2008, was arrested Sunday night and faces multiple charges stemming from an incident with a female student, the student newspaper BU Today reported Tuesday. Men’s hockey coach Jack Parker dismissed Trivino, a senior forward, from the team. “He is […]

A Pittsfield man has been arraigned in Berkshire Superior Court on sexual assault charges. 20 year old WILLIAM J. DANIELS, JR. (771 Tyler Street) appeared before Judge Daniel Ford. DANIELS had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two (2) counts of RAPE and one (1) count of INDECENT ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A […]

A Superior Court judge has denied a request for lower bail by a University of Utah professor who allegedly watched child pornography on his laptop on a flight to Boston last weekend, according to the Boston Globe. Grant D. Smith, 47, of Cottonwood Heights was arrested last Saturday at Logan International Airport after a fellow […]

NEW BEDFORD Police have arrested a registered Level 3 sex offender after reportedly stumbling upon an attempted rape. William H. Fuller, 51, who is homeless, was charged with kidnapping, assault to murder and assault to rape. He will appear for a dangerousness hearing in New Bedford District Court. Fuller, who has a 1998 conviction for […]

A Gardner man who spent 14 years as a city police officer has resigned from the force. Larry Landry was placed on paid leave when he was arrested last month on charges of statutory rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14 and assault to rape a child. He […]

A law enforcement officer from Gardner city was presented before a court yesterday, facing accusations of child molestation, according to information from the Worcester Telegram. Larry J. Landry, aged 35, stands accused of multiple charges, including statutory sexual assault involving a minor, inappropriate assault and battery on a child under 14, and assault with intent […]

A Pawtucket man has been arrested after a Massachusetts teen told her guidance counselor that he arranged for another man to repeatedly rape her when she was 11. The Providence Journal reports that John Rainey, a relative of the alleged victim, was arrested and charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit child molestation. The […]

A New Scotland (NY) man is being held in the Albany County Jail on attempted murder and rape charges. 23-year-old Adam Croote allegedly raped and tried to kill a 10-year-old girl in Berne. Croote was a longtime family friend of the victim, and was a person the young girls’ parents trusted to watch their child. […]

WCVB reports that at the request of Assistant District Attorney Cameron Merrill, the open bail of Joseph Lee “Vocals” Brown, 22, of Cambridge, was revoked by Judge David T. Donnelly and a new bail of $50,000 was set after Brown allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old female near Soldier’s Field Road. Brown, who was on open […]

A man listed as a registered sex offender in San Bernardino County, California, has been arrested in the Boston area after a standoff with police. Charles Diorio, 49, was convicted of rape and other sex crimes in 1988. He spent time at the men’s prison in Chino. Police in Braintree, Mass. have arrested Diorio after […]