Convictions

Miguel Rivera, 49, of Holyoke, Massachusetts accepted a plea bargain in December and was convicted of second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child in a single incident in Enfield, Connecticut on Dec. 10, 2020. He entered the plea bargain under the Alford doctrine, meaning that he didn’t admit guilt but acknowledged that […]

An Ipswich man who owned and operated numerous Massachusetts businesses has been sentenced for manipulating his payroll to evade over $1.8 million in taxes, according to a press release from the US Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts and the Department of Justice. George Vasiliades, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to […]

The Boston Herald reports that a man formerly of Hyde Park who looked at child pornography on a state-monitored computer while out on release for another child pornography-related offense will serve a decade behind bars. U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV sentenced David Ladeau, 66, in federal court in Boston to 10 […]

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on Thursday to transporting a minor from New Hampshire and engaging in sexual activity with her. Lawrence Marks, 35, of Tewksbury, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to transportation of a minor in interstate commerce for illegal sexual activity, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith. He is scheduled to […]

A Revere man has been sentenced to 2½ years in jail after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old Leominster girl in 2012. Eduardo Varanda was ordered in Worcester Superior Court to serve two years, with the balance suspended for five years of probation. Varanda, 21, was found guilty earlier this month of child rape but […]

A former high-ranking member of a Roman Catholic religious order has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for raping a boy at a Massachusetts summer camp in the 1980s. The Rev. Richard McCormick, of New York, was also sentenced last week in Lawrence Superior Court to 10 years of probation. The 73-year-old […]

A Pittsfield man has been found guilty of child rape for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl. A Berkshire Superior Court jury took a little more than two hours to convict Erick Ruiz-Trujillo of one count of rape of a child with force. Authorities say the 32-year-old Ruiz-Trujillo raped the girl in November 2012. While not […]

A Vermont jury has ordered a Massachusetts man to pay $35 million in a child sex abuse case. The jury reached the verdict Friday against Scott Isaacson of Hyannis, Mass., for allegations of repeated sexual abuse of a girl when she was between 3 and 9 years old. Lawyers say some of those incidents of […]

A Beverly man has pleaded guilty to selling child pornography on the Internet. Stanton Hager pleaded guilty to charges Tuesday in federal court in Boston. He faces a maximum of 20 in prison at sentencing scheduled for April. He was ordered held without bail until then after prosecutors disclosed in court that they believe Hager […]

A married couple from Northbridge has been convicted of sexually abusing two children. Joseph Mayotte was found guilty in Worcester Superior Court of charges including child rape aggravated by age difference and indecent assault and battery on a child. Prosecutors say the 50-year-old Mayotte sexually abused a girl over a five-year period beginning in 2004 […]

Massachusetts prosecutors say they won’t go forward with state child sexual abuse charges against a former Boston-area teacher already serving a 45-year federal sentence for participating in an international child pornography ring. The Middlesex and Suffolk district attorneys announced Thursday they are dropping prosecution of David Ettlinger of Newton since he will be spending years […]

An Adams man has pleaded guilty in Berkshire Superior Court to sexual assault charges. 38 year old FRED O. GREER appeared before Judge Daniel Ford. GREER pleaded guilty to one (1) count of RAPE and one (1) count of INDECENT ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A PERSON WHO HAS ATTAINED 14. Judge Ford ordered that he […]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that a registered sex offender was convicted in late March of sexually abusing two young children over three months, authorities said. Charles Howe Sr., 64, who was convicted in 1983 in Massachusetts of indecent assault and battery of a minor, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Colonial Heights Circuit Court to two felony […]

The founder of a western Massachusetts theater has been convicted of raping a teenage girl who took acting lessons from him. David Fried Oppenheim, founder of the defunct Pioneer Arts Center in Easthampton, was convicted in early February of child rape and abuse of a child. The Hampshire Superior Court jury in Northampton deliberated over […]

A climbing coach at Earth Treks in Columbia, Maryland has pleaded guilty to having sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl, and another instructor at the facility is expected to enter a plea next week in a similar case. Michael J. Lyons, a 31-year-old from Rockville who was the head coach of Earth Treks’ competitive climbing […]

A Massachusetts judge on Friday awarded a total of $3 million to two child sex abuse victims of a former Franciscan priest who served prison time for child molestation in a separate case. Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders entered the judgment against John Dority, awarding one victim $2 million and the other $1 million. Both […]

The state Appeals Court has overturned the conviction of a Lowell woman found guilty along with her husband in 1997 of drugging and raping their four sons because she may have been incompetent to stand trial. The court in its decision last week said a Superior Court judge erred in 2002 when he denied Nancy […]

A Western, MA man has pled guilty to child pornography charges, specifically to child exploitation. The story can be found here.

Keene NH police said a woman pleaded guilty in Keene District Court to making a false report to law enforcement, and will serve one year in jail. Police said Kerry Touzin, 38, made a false report of rape on May 27. Police said Touzin claimed that she had met a man from Massachusetts on a […]

Leo Robert Schofield Sr., 69, was handed a 12-year prison term this past Thursday after confessing to the sexual abuse of a minor within his family circle. The sentencing was reported by the Idaho Mountain Express. Terms of Incarceration and Parole Schofield Sr. must serve a minimum of four years behind bars before qualifying for […]

George H. Lunt, 27, of Plymouth, Mass, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for his transportation and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts and […]