New England Patriots defensive back Willie Andrews says he is not guilty of possession of marjjuana with intent to distribute. The 24-year-old football player responded to the charges during his arraignment today in Lowell District Court in Massachusetts. Andrews was arrested this morning on Middlesex Street in Lowell near the…
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Man Who Kidnapped Two Boys to Serve 74 Life Sentences in Solitary Confinement
Michael Devlin, a 42-year-old former pizza shop manager who kidnapped two boys and keeping one of them with him for more than four years, has started serving his 74 life terms in solitary confinement. He has also been sentenced to 170 years in Federal prison. He will serve out his…
Massachusetts Judge Rejects Doctor’s Guilty Plea to Involuntary Manslaughter in Liposuction Fatality
Middlesex Superior Court Judge Wendie Gershengorn rejected the guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter charges made by Luiz Carlos Ribeiro in the 2006 death of a female patient. Ribeiro, who was a licensed doctor in Brazil but does not have a license to practice in the United States, performed liposuction on…
Massachusetts Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Cybersex Charges
A West Boylston Middle-High School teacher says he is not guilty of committing cybersex-related crimes. In Leominster District Court in Massachusetts last week, Scott A. Simoncini, 35, pled not guilty to two counts of attempting to commit a crime and five counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor. The…
Woburn, Massachusetts Man Pleads Not Guilty to Raping Unconscious Woman in Boston Nightclub’s Bathroom
Nicholas Chiaraluce, a 21-year-old Woburn college student, was released on $30,000 cash bail yesterday after he was charged with one count of aggravated rape. The woman he allegedly raped was unconscious in a men’s bathroom at the Felt nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. The incident allegedly took place on the night…
Tim Masters is Set Free After 1999 Murder Conviction is Thrown Out
Tim Masters, who was convicted in the 1999 of murdering Peggy Hettrick, was set free today. Masters had been serving a lifelong prison term for her in 1987 that happened when he was just 15-years-old. Her mutilated body was found in a field near Fort Collins, Colorado close to Masters’s…
New England Patriots Wide Receive Randy Moss Says He Did Not Commit Battery or Domestic Violence
New England Patriots Football Player Randy Moss says he did not commit battery against the 35-year-old woman who has filed a temporary restraining order against him. Rachelle Washington is accusing Moss, who she says she had an intimate relationship with, of battery, causing her serious injury, and denying her medical…
O.J. Simpson’s Bail in Las Vegas Armed Robbery Case is Doubled
O.J. Simpson’s bail in a Las Vegas casino robbery case was doubled to $250,000 after the judge found out that the former football great never paid a bail bondsman when he was first released. Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass says that Simpson, 60, has to issue 15% of…
Boston Police Officer, Accused of Robbing A Roslindale, Massachusetts Gas Station, Was Off His Medication
The criminal defense team for Officer Michael T. Jones, the Boston Police Department veteran, says that his client was not taking his medication and was drunk when he used his BPD-issued weapon to hold up a gas station in Roslindale, Massachusetts. Officer Jones, 44, was arraigned on armed robbery charges…
Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones to Serve Prison Time for Lying to An Investigator and Check-Fraud
Olympic athlete Marion Jones, 31, will serve six months in prison for lying to an investigator about her steroid use and her involvement in a check-fraud scheme. Jones must also complete 400 hours of community service while serving two years probation. The world champion athlete opted for a plea agreement…