Sexual Assault

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 group of Harvard professors has condemned the University’s new policies on sexual assault, saying it violates the rights of the accused. You can read about it here.

A student at Framingham State University reported to police that she was sexually assaulted. The alleged assaults happened at a late September party at an off-campus residence and in the on-campus room of an acquaintance, police said. Four male students have been suspended and restricted from campus pending an investigation. In September 2012, four Framingham […]

Suffolk County prosecutors have re-indicted Dwayne McNair, a suspect of two rapes, using a new DNA test created by German company Eurofins Scientific, as reported by the Boston Globe. McNair, 33, of Jamaica Plain and Dedham, was released in April from an eight-count indictment that charged him with raping two young women with accomplice Anwar […]

Boston Globe delves into story of former Emerson college student accusing the school of botching an investigation into her rape case.

A sex offender from Boston with a lengthy criminal record is set to appear in court on new charges accusing him of raping a relative’s 10-year-old daughter while taking her to a summer youth program. Forty-nine-year-old Erroll Foreman, of Dorchester, was to be arraigned Tuesday in Dorchester District Court on charges including child rape and […]

A registered sex offender from Lowell is facing charges for allegedly raping a girl over several years, starting when she was 6. Philip St. Hilaire was held on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty to statutory rape of a child and indecent assault and battery of a child. Prosecutors say the girl, now 13, disclosed […]

A 36-year-old former youth football coach is slated to be arraigned Monday in Leominster District Court after an investigation led to charges that he sexually assaulted a boy, prosecutors said. Benjamin B. Brause of Leominster was arrested Friday night and charged with two counts of statutory rape and one count of indecent assault and battery […]

A Level 3 sex offender who once won $10 million from the lottery was ordered held on $5 million cash bail amid allegations that he sexually assaulted a boy “continuously” over a four-year period. Daniel Snay, 62, of Uxbridge, was arrested in March and charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under the […]

A disturbing article about sexual assaults on local college campuses, and the likelihood that assaults continue to be unreported and under-reported.

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 […]

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 groundbreaking telemedicine initiative launching in Massachusetts aims to help health providers improve assistance to victims of sexual assault. Earlier this year then-Lieutenant Gov. Timothy Murray announced $3.3 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, which will be used over three years to create the Massachusetts Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) […]

The NH Union Leader reports that a convicted sex offender from Massachusetts has been indicted for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl while she was alone in a toy aisle at Walmart in Plaistow, according to prosecutors. Ronald Beausoleil, 33, of Haverhill, Mass., is facing charges of aggravated felonious sexual assault, two counts of felonious sexual […]

The Patriot Ledger reports that a bill to keep 17-year-old offenders out of adult courtrooms and jails in Massachusetts aims to reduce sexual assault in prisons and bring the state into compliance with federal law. The bill, which could come to a vote in the State House, would move 17-year-olds into juvenile jurisdiction and abolish […]

The Boston Globe reports that a New York man was arraigned today on charges of sexually abusing four boys while he was the swim coach at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club during the late 1970s. Paul Collins, 62, who was arrested Friday in his Long Island home, pleaded not guilty in Cambridge District Court, […]

The lawyer of a man facing charges of sexual assault cast doubt on the charges as his client appeared before a judge last week in Worcester Superior Court, where his bail was reduced and passport returned, as Marlborough Patch.com reports. “At worst, it’s a late night, alcohol-fueled make-out session gone bad,” Buttle’s lawyer, Frank L. […]

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 […]

Yet another man has come forward to claim that former Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager Donald J. Fitzpatrick sexually abused him. A former Kansas City clubhouse attendant, Gerald Armstrong, alleges that Fitzpatrick repeatedly assaulted him during the late 1960s. The Boston Globe reports that with Armstrong’s allegations, there are now 20 men demanding a combined […]

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 […]

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 […]