Arrests

A Massachusetts man whose case led to the discovery of a massive child sex abuse case in the Netherlands has been charged with distributing child pornography, according to court documents. Robert Diduca, 47, was a member of an online forum for those with a sexual interest in children. He came to the attention of law […]

The Boston Globe reports that a Dorchester man kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from an area street on May 7 and held her captive while forcing her to work as a prostitute in motels in Quincy, Danvers, and Dorchester. The girl escaped last weel when the suspect left her alone at the Best Western Adams Inn […]

The Metrowest Daily News reports that a Framingham man accused of sexual assaulting a woman at the Red Roof Inn on Sunday skipped his Framingham District Court arraignment this week. Judge Robert Greco issued a warrant for Richard Freeman’s arrest when he failed to appear in court. Framingham Police arrested Freeman, 54, on Sunday at […]

Rape Suspect from 2001 Arrested in traffic stop. A Brockton man held in a county jail since a traffic stop Sunday was found to have 10 active arrest warrants, including one in a rape in 2001 in Saugus. Lorenzo Echevacia, 39, was arrested by a state trooper on Interstate 95 Sunday in Wakefield on charges […]

The Brockton Enterprise reports that school committee members are questioning how the alleged repeated sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl could happen in a city classroom, during school hours and where a teacher may have been present. Stonehill College junior Kevin Treseler, 21, of Millis, faces charges of child rape and indecent assault on a […]

A 54-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested after he traveled to Michigan to have sex with a 13-year-old girl whom he “married” in an online role-playing game, according to authorities, as reported by the NY Daily News. John Phillips, of Fitchburg, faces a slew of charges, including sexual assault, child sexually abusive activity and accosting a […]

State Police have arrested a man wanted for failing to register as a sex offender at a shelter in Boston yesterday afternoon, one day after he appeared on their list of the “Top Ten Most Wanted Sex Offenders” in the state. Troopers found Franklin Miller, 33, eating lunch at a shelter on Stanhope Street, State […]

The Boston Globe reports that DNA evidence has linked a man suspected of raping a child and brutally stabbing his father during an August home invasion in Cambridge to the 2008 rapes of two female college students who were tied up and threatened at knifepoint in their Brighton apartment. Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley […]

A Wareham dentist is accused of trading sex for drugs, according to federal court papers. Wareham police, along with agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, arrested Steven Miller, 68, at his dental practice at 108 High St. in Wareham last week. Miller was charged in Federal Court in Boston with illegally distributing and dispensing excessive […]

The accused Haverhill man who became the face of the MBTA’s efforts to nab miscreants on Twitter has been arrested again Thursday by T cops, reports the Boston Herald. Lawrence Maguire, 59, is a former bank robber with a long rap sheet who served federal time for holding up a Medford bank in 2001 with […]

A convicted sex offender wanted in Massachusetts has been captured by US marshals in South Carolina, according to the Boston Globe. Shawn Downer, 38, of West Yarmouth, was apprehended last week at the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia, the US Marshals Service reported. Downer, who works for a New York-based food vendor that travels […]

A New Hampshire man who is a long-time MIT employee in the purchasing department is accused of possessing child sex abuse images on his computer. Joseph Pellegrino, 58, of 15 Loren Road, Salem, was arrested Tuesday on charges he possessed images that included the sexual assault of pre-pubescent children. Pellegrino is free on $10,000 personal […]

The Boston Globe reports on a disturbing story of a 24-year-old East Boston man, accused of raping a 7-year-old girl in Allston multiple times over the past few months. The girl is the daughter of a parishioner of an Allston church of which the accused man, Erik Roldan, is a member. Roldan had met the […]