Wednesday, May 1, 2013
He also had baggies filled with marijuana and a knife, a police report says.
A man walking past the police station and a marked police cruiser while smoking pot was arrested on April 24, according to a Somerville police report. The report says George Rivera, 22, of 130 Sycamore St., was walking by the station at about 3:12 p.m. with a group of males when an officer sitting in a cruiser saw him smoking a "roach." Rivera dropped the roach, but the officer eventually discovered that Rivera also had a prescription bottle containing nine baggies that were also filled with marijuana, the report says. After placing Rivera under arrest, Richard Alomar, 22, of 309 Summer St., became belligerent with the officers, according to the report. It says he was using profanity, blocking the sidewalk and wouldn't calm down, and …
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The following arrest information was supplied by the Somerville Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Arrests made by the Somerville Police Department from April 22-28. Please remember that the charges listed below do not indicate a conviction. On April 22, Derek Mardirosian, 18, of 142 Holland St. was arrested at 142 Holland St. and charged with assault and battery. On April 27, Kevin Banos, 24, of 47 Hanson St., was arrested at 47 Hanson St. and charged with assault and battery. On April 24, George Rivera, 22, of 130 Sycamore St., was arrested at 220 Washington St. and charged with possession to distribute a drug and possession of a dangerous weapon. On April 24, Richard Alomar, 22, of 309 Summer St., was arrested at 220 Washington St. and charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a dangerous weapon. On April 24, Kimberly Pendola…
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Dozens of police vehicles escorted the body of slain MIT police officer Sean Collier to a private funeral service at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Peabody Wednesday afternoon.
More than 30 American flags, veterans from across Massachusetts and Connecticut, Peabody police officers and state troopers solemnly greeted the motorcade bearing the body of Sean Collier as it arrived in Peabody this afternoon. Collier, a 26-year-old MIT police officer who was allegedly shot and killed by the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects on April 18, was laid to rest at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The motorcade, which included three departments Collier was affiliated with -- MIT, Cambridge and Somerville, accompanied Collier's family from the site of a memorial service at MIT earlier today. That service was attended by thousands of police officers and Vice President Joe Biden. Peabody police were not involved in the …
Powerful remarks from Biden, Warren at Briggs Field Wednesday.
About 15,000 seats were set up at Briggs Field on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday for a memorial to fallen MIT Officer Sean Collier. It was hard to find an empty one, with thousands of law enforcement coming from across the country and the world to pay their respects alongside a grieving MIT community. Collier, 26, was shot and killed in his police cruiser last Thursday evening. The suspects in his death are the same suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon April 15. Vice President Joe Biden gave stirring remarks to the crowd, saying that no matter what, terrorists cannot impact the American way of life. "What makes me proud to be an American is that we have not yielded," said Biden. Collier, who …
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Patch will post up-to-the-minute updates from MIT as Officer Sean Collier is honored by the school community.
Sean Collier will be remembered at an MIT memorial service at noon on Wednesday. Collier, who was killed Thursday, was laid to rest on Tuesday morning. Police believe the Boston Marathon bombing suspects shot Collier as he responded to an unrelated robbery. Patch will provide updates throughout the memorial service. We welcome you to add your condolences and memories of Sean in the chat above once the live chat begins.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Somerville Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Arrests made by the Somerville Police Department from April 14-21. Please remember that the charges listed below do not indicate a conviction. On April 19, DeWayne Pires, 29, of 3 Wesley Park, was arrested at 3 Snow Terrace and charged with assault and battery and resisting arrest. On April 20, John Campbell, 34, of 13 Alston St., was arrested at 13 Alston St. and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. On April 20, Peter Campbell, 33, of 13 Alston St., was arrested at 13 Alston Street and charged with assault. On April 21, Adrianna Sousa, 19, of 48 Laurel St., was arrested at 20 Charlestown St. and charged with assault and battery. On April 21, Amilton Reis, 52, of 150 Cross St., was arrested at 150 Cross St. and charged with …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Boston Marathon bombings suspect currently hospitalized told FBI agents that he and his brother detonated the bombs near the finish line, the Boston Globe reports.
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect currently hospitalized admitted to FBI agents that he and his brother detonated the bombs planted near the finish line, the Boston Globe reports. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, made the reported admission on Sunday from his bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and had not yet been given a Miranda warning, the Globe reported. A "senior police official" told the Globe that authorities were not concerned about Tsarnaev not being read his Miranda rights, which means any statements he made would not be admissible in court, due to testimony of the Tsarnaev brother's alleged carjacking victim. According to the criminal complaint filed against Tsarnaev, during the carjacking on Thursday night one of the brothers…
The arrests stemmed from an ongoing investigation, police said.
An ongoing investigation by Somerville Police’s Drug Control Unit led to the arrest of three out-of-towners last week on heroin charges, according to the police report. As a result of the investigation, police made a motor vehicle stop at about 1:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Broadway and Wheatland Street in East Somerville because they had reasons to believe that there was heroin in the vehicle, according to the report. A male and two females were arrested, Ryan Kanode, 25, of 11 Crescent Hill, Wakefield, Jessie Peloquin, 23, of 102 Greenacre Road, Westwood, and Lauren Marie Stefano, 28, of 75 Palmer St., Quincy, and charged with possessing and distributing a Class A drug (heroin), being in the presence of heroin and conspiracy to …
Monday, April 22, 2013
A federal magistrate went to the hospital as a sealed complaint was filed against the bombing suspect.
A federal magistrate visited the bedside of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the surviving marathon bombing suspect was charged with the crime. Tsarnaev is charged with unlawfully using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device) against persons and property within the United States. He is also charged with maliciously damaging and destroying, by means of explosive, real and personal property used in interstate and foreign commerce and actively affecting interstate and foreign commerce resulting in personal injury and death. Tsarnaev remains in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to the FBI. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said this afternoon that Tsarnaev will …
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