Captain Paul Kennan has been selected by a group led by the Norfolk County Sheriff to replace the retiring Chief Crowley. Cpt. Kennan joined the Quincy Police in 1983 as a patrolman. He earned his degree in criminal justice and human services at Southern New Hampshire University and a master's degree in criminal justice at Curry College. According to the Patriot Ledger Cpt. Kennan, "made sergeant in 1991 and lieutenant in 1995. He ran the detective bureau for a period and was promoted to captain in 2005, taking command of the day shift, traffic bureau, communications branch and special events." Captain Kennan is also the brother in-law of Quincy Mayor Koch.
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Horace White, the man accused of attempting to burn down his friend's house in order to get his gold chain back is a City of Boston Department of Public Works employee. According to the Boston Herald, Mr. White was recently suspended when instead of answering the mayor's 24 hour DPW hotline Mr. White was sleeping. The Herald reports that "a supervisor found him sleeping when calls for assistance at a fatal car wreck went unanswered at the DPW's Frontage Road garage, officials said." According to a City of Boston spokesperson this was not the first time the accused arsonist was caught sleeping.
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WHDH TV exec Randi Goldklank has admitted wrongdoing and resigned from her position as vp and general manager of the television station. Ms. Goldklank was arrested after an alcohol fueled tirade in Boston's Logan Airport on April 20. Ms. Glodklank had admitted to facts sufficient to warrant a finding of guilty and her case was continued without a finding for one year. During that one year Ms. Glodklank is to be on probation and not allowed to drink alcohol for one year. She also must pay to replace the eye glasses of the Massachusetts State Trooper she broke as well as apologize for her behavior. If Ms. Goldklank is successfully completes probation her case will be dismissed after one year.
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Gary Zerola the Boston lawyer and former prosecutor has ben cleared of rape charges in Florida. He was accused of sexual battery against an 18 year old college student while visiting Miami for a Patriot's game. According to the Miami Dade prosecutor the victim "has numerous credibility issues and there is no physical forensic evidence to corroborate the victim's version of events." As a result of this charge Mr. Zerola had his bail revoked on his open Massachusetts case and was held in custody until his was acquitted.
Mr. Zerola, a one-time People magazine "Most Eligible Bachelor" was acquitted twice this year of sexual assault charges in Boston after two juries found him not guilty.
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Theodore Doherty, 68 of Charlestown, a former longshoreman was sentenced to one year of probation and to perform community service for his role in a payroll fraud that was conducted at Massport's Conley Terminal in South Boston. In 2006 20 longshoreman were indicted for allegedly for a variety of payroll scams including putting the names of children of longshoreman on the payrolls so that that they would receive seniority and higher pay when they became eligible to work.
In 2006, this case was on the front pages of the Boston newspapers. The story was a big scandal. Now just two years later this resolution did not appear in the Boston papers. The media loves to report cases the first day but never seems to follow cases like this one.
When this story broke it was a front page scandal and when it resolves it is one year probation and some garbage pickup.
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Boston Police responded to 15 Abbot Street in the early morning on the report of a house fire. Horace White, 51 of Roxbury admitted to the Police he had set the fire. Mr. White told police that he was "wrong." Mr. White appeared to the officers that he been drinking. According Mr. White he had been drinking with a "friend" who stole his gold chain. Mr. White then demanded his chain back. When the friend did not return the chain, Mr White then left and bought some gasoline, using it to try to burn the house down. Police learned from witnesses that Mr. White had tried to reignite the fire when it burned out. Witnesses also told police that Mr. White said that he would burn the house down if he did not get his chain back. Mr. White has been charged with Arson.
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Russell Goyette, 61, was arraigned on charged of child pornography today in Norfolk County Superior Court. Mr. Goyette was the principal of Hull High from 2002-2004. In 2007 Weymouth police got a tip that Principal Goyette had child pornography on his computer and applied for a search warrant. On Wednesday a grand jury in Norfolk county indicted Mr. Goyette on those charges. The case is being prosecuted by the State's Attorney General's Office.
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According to the Boston Globe New England Patriots offensive lineman Nicholas Kaczur worked as a confidential informer for the DEA this off-season. Apparently the 1.4 million he made last year was not enough. Kaczur, a starting offensive lineman on the Patriots began to work as an informer after being caught in New York with prescription painkillers. In April, Kaczur was stopped by the New York State Police for speeding and found to be in possession of oxycontin. Oxycontin is an opiate derivative and is classified as a class A drug in Massachusetts. Kaczur did not have a prescription for those pills. Kaczur, then flipped sides and went to work for the DEA setting up drug buys in Massachusetts. Kaczur wore a wire during these drug buys. Hopefully when Kaczur has to testify on the stand that he is an informer it will not conflict with the team's schedule.
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State Senator James Marzilli, Jr. was arrested in Lowell on Tuesday on a number of criminal charges for allegedly touching a women sitting on a park bench inappropriately. According to the Lowell police the Senator approached a woman who was sitting on a park bench and made an inappropriate comment to her. He then attempted to inappropriately touch her in a sexual manner. When approached by the Lowell police the Senator gave the police officers a false name and tried to run. According to the police, Senator Marzilli was arrested at 3:45 p.m. on Market Street in Lowell. Mr. Marzilli was charged with attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, and disorderly conduct. Senator Marzilli was released by a Clerk Magistrate on $1500 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in Lowell District Court.
This has not been the first allegation involving Senator Marzilli. An incident occurred on April 6 where a woman told police that Senator Marzilli had touched her inappropriately after a political fundraiser. If convicted Senator Marzilli may face up to two and a half years in the house of correction.
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