Crime

A Norwell man was charged today in federal court in Boston with sexual exploitation of children. The defendant previously coached Norwell youth football. Derek Sheehan, 48, was charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of children. He is currently in state custody on related charges pending in the Hingham District …

A federal grand jury has indicted a California man who was previously arrested and charged with making violent threats against Boston Globe employees in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial response to political attacks on the media. Robert D. Chain, 68, of Encino, Calif., was indicted on seven counts of use …

Members of the New Bedford Police Narcotics Unit seized over 760 grams of cocaine on Tuesday, September 18th. The cocaine seized has an estimated value of over $70,000. Jay I. Ferran, 41, of 130 Fair Street, New Bedford, was arrested on charges of trafficking cocaine over 200 grams and drug …

A former Boston Police Officer was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston with illegally purchasing two firearms on behalf of acquaintances. Adarbaad Karani, 38, of West Roxbury, was convicted following a five-day jury trial of two counts of making a false statement during the purchase of firearms and …

A corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate. William Holts, 51, of Pawtucket, R.I., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to time …

On Friday September 14, at about 2:20 p.m. Wareham Police Officers were dispatched to the area of the Viking Drive, the High School, for a report of an intoxicated individual picking up children. Further, it was reported that school officials were attempting to stop the car, however the driver refused …

A Walpole man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for producing child pornography. Steven Bennett, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018, Bennett pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual …

A Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with entering into six fraudulent marriages in order to evade immigration laws. Peter Hicks, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of marriage fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for Dec. 4, 2018. Hicks was arrested and charged in …

A Brockton woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for the armed kidnapping of a Quincy man and two children. Yesenia Diaz, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris to four years in prison and two years of supervised release. In December 2017, …

This law adds gender identity to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in places of public accommodation, resort, or amusement. Such grounds also include race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, disability, and ancestry. A “place of public accommodation, resort or amusement” is defined in existing law as any …