Criminal Sentence

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 […]

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a Google employee whose 2016 death launched an effort to train women in self-defense, prosecutors said. Angelo Colon-Ortiz, 36, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a robbery count in a deal that ensures he will serve at least 45 years in prison, the Worcester County district attorney’s […]

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 53-year-old Canton woman who previously pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.4 million from the nonprofits she worked for has been sentenced to six years in prison, federal authorities said, as reported by MassLive.com In addition to the years in prison, Nicole Lescarbeau, also known as Nicole Coulibaly, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge […]

A federal judge sentenced Gregory Lisby, a former priest in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, to six years in prison on Sept. 18 for possession of child pornography, as reported by the Episcopal News Service. Lisby, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in February. He was arrested in September 2019 after the FBI found nearly […]

The father of a girl who was sexually abused in 2014 said Wednesday in Court that she is terrified of her abuser. “I can’t tell you what that is like to have a child you cannot console because someone violated her,” her father said in Franklin County Superior Court. Ross Adams, 52, was convicted Tuesday […]

Needham native and multiple Olympic medalist Aly Raisman was hoping victim impact statements would be heard in court during the sentencing of Larry Nassar, the man who sexually abused her. Denied that opportunity, Raisman has released the letter as part of an article titled “This Is Survival” on the Player’s Tribune. Raisman, 23, revealed on 60 […]

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 23-year-old Hartford CT man was sentenced to 22 years in prison and eight years of special parole after pleading guilty as part of a plea agreement to first-degree sexual assault, two counts of first-degree robbery and attempted burglary. Christopher Mankins admitted robbing the same Heath Street grocery store twice in three days, and admitted […]

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 […]

A West Brookfield, Mass., man with a prior child pornography conviction was sentenced Jan. 15 in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Massachusetts State Police. Christopher Boucher, 44, had previously pleaded guilty to […]

A former elementary school educator from Newton, Massachusetts, has been handed a 45-year sentence in a federal correctional facility for his role in an online forum dedicated to child pornography. The members of this forum encouraged sexual abuse of children younger than 12 and employed tactics to dodge law enforcement, as noted by both the […]

William Lora, 50, of 17 West Baltimore Street in Lynn was sentenced to 15 to 25 years in state prison by Judge Howard Whitehead in Salem Superior Court after a jury found him guilty of 3 counts of rape of a child with force and 3 counts of indecent assault and battery on a person […]

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 […]

A former Boston research physician is beginning a 21-year federal prison sentence for traveling to Alaska with a plan to have sex with a 5-year-old boy, federal law enforcement officials announced today. John Mark Felton, 48, was sentenced Friday in Alaska. A citizen of the United Kingdom, Felton may pursue transfer to a UK prison […]

The founder of a western Massachusetts theater has been sentenced to five-to-seven years in prison and five years’ probation for his conviction of raping a teenage girl who took acting lessons from him. The Northwest District Attorney’s office said David Fried Oppenheim was sentenced in Hampshire Superior Court. Oppenheim, founder of the defunct Pioneer Arts […]

A Massachusetts grand jury has indicted a convicted murderer in the beating death of another inmate who was nearing the end of his sentence on a sexual abuse conviction. Christopher Fletcher was indicted last week by a Norfolk County grand jury in the Dec. 12 death of Richard Silva at the state prison in Norfolk. […]