Reject Senate bill on CORI reform
The Lowell Sun
02/24/2010
By Laurie Myers
It has been three years since Deval Patrick became the governor of Massachusetts, and one of the items that topped his agenda was "reforming" Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI). He claimed the existence of criminal records prevented criminals from obtaining jobs and housing, but those of us who are involved in supporting victims of violent crime argue that sealing criminal records at all would provide the secrecy that only perpetuates more crimes.
In 2008 and throughout his campaign, the governor announced that sex offender records would not be eligible for sealing. This was something we had hoped for and with which CORI activists agreed. The governor stayed true to his word during his first two years in office, but the bill died during the last legislative cycle. Along with it died the governor's word that he would not give a free pass to those convicted of crimes against the most vulnerable.
In the governor's second filing of his CORI reform bill, he decided to allow sex offenders who have been relieved of their obligation to register with the Sex Offender Registry to have their records sealed. What he failed to address is the loophole in our law that allows judges to waive the sex-offender registration requirement. According to Kevin Burke, former secretary of public safety and security, the change was the result of the governor wanting to be "fair."
Let's talk about what's fair.
Every court from the U.S. Supreme Court to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has agreed that the public has the right to know if a person convicted of a sex crime lives or works in their community, but the governor would rather err on the side of secrecy and create a new set of "privacy" rights to those who choose to commit a crime than honor the decisions handed down by the courts.
The CORI "reform" legislation goes even one step further and exempts the government and businesses from liability if a person hired under the new veil of secrecy commits a crime. "No employer or person relying on volunteers shall be liable for negligent hiring practices by reason of relying solely on criminal offender record information received from the department and not performing additional criminal history background checks."
So who suffers? You! And it gets better. If this law passes and you happen to be lucky enough to obtain criminal information and decide to not hire someone based on what you've learned, you could be brought before "the commissioner" or his designee whose new job it will be to "investigate" complaints pertaining to misuse of the public safety information and issue sanctions and penalties for "misuse," including fines up to $5,000 for each violation." The new commissioner would also have the power to forward information for criminal prosecution if he interpreted its use to "cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress" and if found guilty, the person "shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or both."
This new law would create a new group of criminals in Massachusetts -- the law abiding -- along with the final stage of moral bankruptcy, an all new low for even the state of Massachusetts.
This bill passed the Massachusetts Senate in November, currently awaits action by the House of Representatives and is close to becoming law. We all agree that people deserve second chances, but at what cost? More than 20 other states make all criminal conviction information public and CORI, as it stands now, limits the public's access to criminal information. We should eliminate CORI all together and dedicate the resources to making sure all information is correct. If a citizen makes a request for criminal information it should be accurate and up to date, not hidden because the governor thinks he knows what's best.
Sorry, governor, ignorance is not bliss, and the way to stop the pattern of abuse is not to wave a magic wand and make the records disappear. Just ask the family members of the victims of Amy Bishop. Contact your legislators and let them know that S2220 is misguided and should not be acted on.
Laurie Myers is the president of Community VOICES, a victims' rights organization, a former rape crisis counselor and a resident of Chelmsford.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Haverhill man gets 23 year sentence for raping child
http://www.eagletribune.com/punewshh/local_story_048224418.html?keyword=topstory
Eagle Tribune
Haverhill man gets 23-year sentence for raping child
LAWRENCE — A Haverhill man could spend more than two decades behind bars after being convicted last week of raping a young Lawrence girl in 1997.
Lawrence Superior Court Judge Leila Kern yesterday sentenced Kevin Quinn, 44, to 23 years in state prison for rape of a child with force and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
The victim, who is now 19, disclosed the sexual abuse in June 2007 — 10 years after two separate instances.
After hearing testimony in a weeklong trial, the jury deliberated for close to three hours before finding Quinn guilty of indecently assaulting the girl.
Quinn, who was already registered as a Level 3 sex offender, had previously received a 10- to 15-year prison sentence after pleading guilty for aggravated rape in 1986.
The victim in that case also was from Lawrence.
Once released from prison, Quinn will be on probation for five years. Judge Kern ordered him to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim or her family.
The judge also ordered him to have no contact with any children under 16, comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registry Board, and participate in a sex offender treatment program.
Essex County Assistant District Attorney Karen Hopwood prosecuted Quinn, who was represented by attorney Lynette Leos of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.
Hopwood praised the work of victim/witness advocate Amy Snow and Lawrence Detective Daniel Fitzpatrick.
Eagle Tribune
Haverhill man gets 23-year sentence for raping child
LAWRENCE — A Haverhill man could spend more than two decades behind bars after being convicted last week of raping a young Lawrence girl in 1997.
Lawrence Superior Court Judge Leila Kern yesterday sentenced Kevin Quinn, 44, to 23 years in state prison for rape of a child with force and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
The victim, who is now 19, disclosed the sexual abuse in June 2007 — 10 years after two separate instances.
After hearing testimony in a weeklong trial, the jury deliberated for close to three hours before finding Quinn guilty of indecently assaulting the girl.
Quinn, who was already registered as a Level 3 sex offender, had previously received a 10- to 15-year prison sentence after pleading guilty for aggravated rape in 1986.
The victim in that case also was from Lawrence.
Once released from prison, Quinn will be on probation for five years. Judge Kern ordered him to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim or her family.
The judge also ordered him to have no contact with any children under 16, comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registry Board, and participate in a sex offender treatment program.
Essex County Assistant District Attorney Karen Hopwood prosecuted Quinn, who was represented by attorney Lynette Leos of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.
Hopwood praised the work of victim/witness advocate Amy Snow and Lawrence Detective Daniel Fitzpatrick.
DA: Rapist strikes again
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DA: Rapist strikes again
Sex offender was free despite violating probation
By Laura CrimaldiSaturday, February 20, 2010 -
A Framingham rapist and Level 3 sex offender is accused of breaking his GPS monitoring bracelet and committing another rape and kidnapping after he violated his probation last month but was allowed to remain free.
Prosecutors say William French, 29, raped a woman in Framingham on Thursday, just two days after Middlesex Superior Court Judge Howard Whitehead ordered French to wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for one year because he violated the terms of his probation by testing positive for smoking pot Jan. 4.
“This is a terribly disturbing case,” Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone said in a statement. “We allege that the defendant’s chilling actions occurred . . . just days after he was placed on GPS monitoring by the Probation Department for a probation violation.”
Prosecutors say probation officials were alerted at 11:25 p.m. on Thursday after French removed his GPS monitoring bracelet. A warrant for his arrest was issued 20 minutes later.
It was unclear yesterday what limits were placed on French’s movements under the terms of his electronic monitoring. French lives with his grandparents in Framingham, court records show.
A spokeswoman for the Office of the Commissioner of Probation responded only to e-mailed questions yesterday and stated without providing further details that a warrant was issued Thursday after probation officials learned French had cut off the bracelet. A judicial spokeswoman could not be reached late yesterday to comment on Whitehead’s decision Tuesday to let him remain free.
Details of the latest rape and kidnapping allegations were not released. Framingham District Court Judge Sarah B. Singer ordered the police report impounded and police refused to discuss it. A police log shows French was arrested at 2:50 a.m. yesterday at Framingham police headquarters.
French, who appeared in court wrapped in a blanket that covered his face, was charged with aggravated rape, kidnapping, assault and battery, unarmed robbery, burglary, armed assault and making threats. He is due back in court Thursday for a dangerousness hearing.
French was sentenced to eight to nine years in state prison after pleading guilty to aggravated rape in 2002, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
French was released on probation June 24, said Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin.
The terms of French’s six-year probation require him to stay drug- and alcohol-free, submit to random drug screens, undergo sex offender treatment and have no contact with the victim.
In the prior rape case, French told the victim he had a gun and threatened to kill her and her 13-year-old daughter, who was sleeping in another room, if she did not comply, court records show.
French’s record also includes a string of prior arrests for larceny, assault, threats and burglary.
DA: Rapist strikes again
Sex offender was free despite violating probation
By Laura CrimaldiSaturday, February 20, 2010 -
A Framingham rapist and Level 3 sex offender is accused of breaking his GPS monitoring bracelet and committing another rape and kidnapping after he violated his probation last month but was allowed to remain free.
Prosecutors say William French, 29, raped a woman in Framingham on Thursday, just two days after Middlesex Superior Court Judge Howard Whitehead ordered French to wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for one year because he violated the terms of his probation by testing positive for smoking pot Jan. 4.
“This is a terribly disturbing case,” Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone said in a statement. “We allege that the defendant’s chilling actions occurred . . . just days after he was placed on GPS monitoring by the Probation Department for a probation violation.”
Prosecutors say probation officials were alerted at 11:25 p.m. on Thursday after French removed his GPS monitoring bracelet. A warrant for his arrest was issued 20 minutes later.
It was unclear yesterday what limits were placed on French’s movements under the terms of his electronic monitoring. French lives with his grandparents in Framingham, court records show.
A spokeswoman for the Office of the Commissioner of Probation responded only to e-mailed questions yesterday and stated without providing further details that a warrant was issued Thursday after probation officials learned French had cut off the bracelet. A judicial spokeswoman could not be reached late yesterday to comment on Whitehead’s decision Tuesday to let him remain free.
Details of the latest rape and kidnapping allegations were not released. Framingham District Court Judge Sarah B. Singer ordered the police report impounded and police refused to discuss it. A police log shows French was arrested at 2:50 a.m. yesterday at Framingham police headquarters.
French, who appeared in court wrapped in a blanket that covered his face, was charged with aggravated rape, kidnapping, assault and battery, unarmed robbery, burglary, armed assault and making threats. He is due back in court Thursday for a dangerousness hearing.
French was sentenced to eight to nine years in state prison after pleading guilty to aggravated rape in 2002, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
French was released on probation June 24, said Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin.
The terms of French’s six-year probation require him to stay drug- and alcohol-free, submit to random drug screens, undergo sex offender treatment and have no contact with the victim.
In the prior rape case, French told the victim he had a gun and threatened to kill her and her 13-year-old daughter, who was sleeping in another room, if she did not comply, court records show.
French’s record also includes a string of prior arrests for larceny, assault, threats and burglary.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Police: Southie man charged in global child porn network
Boston Herald
Police: Southie man charged in global child porn network
By Laura CrimaldiFriday,
January 29, 2010
Investigators probing a South Boston man who allegedly amassed one of the world’s largest child-porn collections found movie files showing girls as young as 5 or 6 years old having sex with men, records show.
George A. Shipps, 47, who has a criminal record going back to 1975, was held this morning on $100,000 bail on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distributing child pornography.
A state police arrest report states a depraved movie depicting young girls engaged in sex acts was one of 16,000 child porn files officers allegedly found last night on file sharing software on Shipps’ computer.
Shipps, a father of five adult children, allegedly confessed when officers showed up at his home, said Assistant Attorney General Christopher Kelly.
“He admitted he had child porn on his computer system. He admitted it was his,” said Kelly. “He said he didn’t know what he would do if his children were the ones depicted in these files.”
Shipps pleaded not guilty to both counts at his arraignment in South Boston District Court. He is due back in court on Feb. 26.
Kelly said Bay State authorities began investigating Shipps earlier this month after being informed he was sharing thousands of child-porn files by Pennsylvania law enforcement.
Child pornography is typically swapped using special file sharing software, Kelly said.
Shipps’ criminal record includes 18 entries on his juvenile record and 55 entries on his adult record, Kelly said. He added Shipps spent time in jail in 1990 and 1994. Among the charges on his adult record are assault and assault and battery on a police officer, Kelly said. Court records show he received psychiatric care for violence.
His court-appointed attorney said Shipps denies the charges and described the technology used by investigators to trace child porn as flawed.
“There are things he says are pop-ups,” said defense attorney Robert Menton. “I believe a lot of it is hunch rather than solid information.”
Menton also questioned Kelly’s claim that Shipps had amassed one of the world’s largest child porn collections.
“I haven’t seen a list and I don’t believe there’s a list,” he said. “It has very little relevance to the case at all.”
Menton said Shipps was recently laid off from his store manager position at True Value Hardware in Newton. He said Shipps attended Quincy College and previously worked for eight years at Home Depot.
A female associate of Shipps who was in court declined comment.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100129man_charged_with_possession_dissemination_of_child_porn/srvc=home&position=2
Police: Southie man charged in global child porn network
By Laura CrimaldiFriday,
January 29, 2010
Investigators probing a South Boston man who allegedly amassed one of the world’s largest child-porn collections found movie files showing girls as young as 5 or 6 years old having sex with men, records show.
George A. Shipps, 47, who has a criminal record going back to 1975, was held this morning on $100,000 bail on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distributing child pornography.
A state police arrest report states a depraved movie depicting young girls engaged in sex acts was one of 16,000 child porn files officers allegedly found last night on file sharing software on Shipps’ computer.
Shipps, a father of five adult children, allegedly confessed when officers showed up at his home, said Assistant Attorney General Christopher Kelly.
“He admitted he had child porn on his computer system. He admitted it was his,” said Kelly. “He said he didn’t know what he would do if his children were the ones depicted in these files.”
Shipps pleaded not guilty to both counts at his arraignment in South Boston District Court. He is due back in court on Feb. 26.
Kelly said Bay State authorities began investigating Shipps earlier this month after being informed he was sharing thousands of child-porn files by Pennsylvania law enforcement.
Child pornography is typically swapped using special file sharing software, Kelly said.
Shipps’ criminal record includes 18 entries on his juvenile record and 55 entries on his adult record, Kelly said. He added Shipps spent time in jail in 1990 and 1994. Among the charges on his adult record are assault and assault and battery on a police officer, Kelly said. Court records show he received psychiatric care for violence.
His court-appointed attorney said Shipps denies the charges and described the technology used by investigators to trace child porn as flawed.
“There are things he says are pop-ups,” said defense attorney Robert Menton. “I believe a lot of it is hunch rather than solid information.”
Menton also questioned Kelly’s claim that Shipps had amassed one of the world’s largest child porn collections.
“I haven’t seen a list and I don’t believe there’s a list,” he said. “It has very little relevance to the case at all.”
Menton said Shipps was recently laid off from his store manager position at True Value Hardware in Newton. He said Shipps attended Quincy College and previously worked for eight years at Home Depot.
A female associate of Shipps who was in court declined comment.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100129man_charged_with_possession_dissemination_of_child_porn/srvc=home&position=2
City man guilty of raping boy
The Eagle Tribune
City man guilty of raping boy
January 29, 2010
By Jim Patten
jpatten@eagletribune.com
HAVERHILL — A man accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy for nearly a year will spend five to eight years in state prison.
Jeffrey Perry, 39, of 99 Emerson St., received the sentence yesterday in Salem Superior Court after pleading guilty. His prison term will be followed by three years of supervised probation upon his release, according to the sentence.
Perry also was ordered to comply with the requirements of the state Sex Offender Registry Board, complete sex offender treatment, have no contact with the victim, no unsupervised contact with any child under 16, and be subject to GPS monitoring.
The plea, agreed upon by the prosecution and defense, was done to prevent any further trauma the victim would have suffered by having to take the stand at trial, said Steve O'Connell, spokesman for the district attorney's office.
Perry pleaded guilty to a total of 12 charges during the hearing before Judge David Lowy.
They included eight counts of indecent assault and battery, one count of disseminating pornography to a minor, and three counts of rape of a child.
Perry was arrested Aug. 10 while Detective Carl Rogers and state police Detective Sgt. Paul Zipper were investigating an Aug. 9 arson fire in the apartment of Patricia Mandigo, 55, of 99 Emerson St.
Perry and his elderly mother had been staying in a bedroom at Mandigo's apartment, and when Rogers and Zipper returned there on Aug. 10 to continue their investigation, they encountered Perry and the boy.
While they were interviewing them, the officers quickly realized the two were sharing a bed, police said. The boy is known to Mandigo, police said.
The officers said that when they questioned Perry later at the police station, he admitted to molesting the boy. They called in Detective Andrea Fogarty, who was able to speak with the boy, police said. The boy confirmed what Perry told Rogers and Zipper, and Perry was then arrested, police said.
At the time of his arrest, police described Perry as a classic sexual predator who bought the victim gifts to gain his trust before luring him into sexual acts.
Perry told police the sexual activity began in September 2008 while he was living in Lawrence, and continued when he moved to Haverhill and until his arrest in August of last year.
Police said at the time of the arrest that Perry was a convicted Level 1 sex offender.
Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall prosecuted the case. Perry was represented by Amanda Barker from the state's Committee for Public Counsel Services.
When Rogers and Zipper discovered the relationship between Perry and the boy, they were in the middle of investigating three fires that had been set in and around Mandigo's apartment the day before.
That investigation led them to charge her with eight counts of arson of a dwelling, which included a fire in her apartment at 94 Emerson St., where she had been living the previous December. The fire destroyed the building.
Mandigo continues to be held without bail and is awaiting trial on arson charges.
http://www.eagletribune.com/punewshh/local_story_029002216.html?keyword=secondarystory
City man guilty of raping boy
January 29, 2010
By Jim Patten
jpatten@eagletribune.com
HAVERHILL — A man accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy for nearly a year will spend five to eight years in state prison.
Jeffrey Perry, 39, of 99 Emerson St., received the sentence yesterday in Salem Superior Court after pleading guilty. His prison term will be followed by three years of supervised probation upon his release, according to the sentence.
Perry also was ordered to comply with the requirements of the state Sex Offender Registry Board, complete sex offender treatment, have no contact with the victim, no unsupervised contact with any child under 16, and be subject to GPS monitoring.
The plea, agreed upon by the prosecution and defense, was done to prevent any further trauma the victim would have suffered by having to take the stand at trial, said Steve O'Connell, spokesman for the district attorney's office.
Perry pleaded guilty to a total of 12 charges during the hearing before Judge David Lowy.
They included eight counts of indecent assault and battery, one count of disseminating pornography to a minor, and three counts of rape of a child.
Perry was arrested Aug. 10 while Detective Carl Rogers and state police Detective Sgt. Paul Zipper were investigating an Aug. 9 arson fire in the apartment of Patricia Mandigo, 55, of 99 Emerson St.
Perry and his elderly mother had been staying in a bedroom at Mandigo's apartment, and when Rogers and Zipper returned there on Aug. 10 to continue their investigation, they encountered Perry and the boy.
While they were interviewing them, the officers quickly realized the two were sharing a bed, police said. The boy is known to Mandigo, police said.
The officers said that when they questioned Perry later at the police station, he admitted to molesting the boy. They called in Detective Andrea Fogarty, who was able to speak with the boy, police said. The boy confirmed what Perry told Rogers and Zipper, and Perry was then arrested, police said.
At the time of his arrest, police described Perry as a classic sexual predator who bought the victim gifts to gain his trust before luring him into sexual acts.
Perry told police the sexual activity began in September 2008 while he was living in Lawrence, and continued when he moved to Haverhill and until his arrest in August of last year.
Police said at the time of the arrest that Perry was a convicted Level 1 sex offender.
Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall prosecuted the case. Perry was represented by Amanda Barker from the state's Committee for Public Counsel Services.
When Rogers and Zipper discovered the relationship between Perry and the boy, they were in the middle of investigating three fires that had been set in and around Mandigo's apartment the day before.
That investigation led them to charge her with eight counts of arson of a dwelling, which included a fire in her apartment at 94 Emerson St., where she had been living the previous December. The fire destroyed the building.
Mandigo continues to be held without bail and is awaiting trial on arson charges.
http://www.eagletribune.com/punewshh/local_story_029002216.html?keyword=secondarystory
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Quincy sex offender denies rape charges
Boston Herald
Quincy sex offender denies rape charges
2 victims have no memory of encounter
By Laura Crimaldi Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A Level 2 sex offender accused of raping two women he hooked up with in a Quincy bar first told cops he stayed awake to care for the drunken women but then admitted he had sexual encounters with both.
But Patrick Banks, 21, of Quincy insisted the woozy all-nighter with the two women, ages 23 and 24, was not rape.
Banks was ordered held yesterday on $25,000 bail at his Quincy District Court arraignment on five counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14.
Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Beth Walston said the two alleged victims have “no recollection” of what happened after drinking a beer and a fruity drink Banks bought for them at a Quincy bar Friday night.
Walston said the women learned what happened from what Banks told them Saturday morning and from text messages he sent to them over the weekend.
Both women submitted blood and urine samples for testing to determine whether they were drugged. Walston said the test results are pending.
Banks was arrested Monday afternoon at the Quincy police station after being interviewed by cops, said police Capt. John Dougan. Banks initially told police after leaving the bar he accompanied the women to one of their homes, where one of the alleged victims threw up for 25 minutes in the bathroom.
“He stated he was concerned because the girls were so intoxicated,” Walston said. Banks later changed his story, saying he had sexual intercourse with one woman and touched the breasts and put his tongue in the mouth of the second woman, Walston said.
She added Banks told the second woman they did not have sex, but then informed her they did in a text message.
Banks’ defense attorney, Robert Tutino, said the police report has “major inconsistencies” and noted one of the alleged victims sent Banks a text message earlier on Friday about going to the bar.
Banks had to register as a sex offender and serve time in the Department of Youth Services for a juvenile conviction for two counts of open and gross lewdness, assault with intent to rape and witness intimidation, Walston said.
Three restraining orders have been issued against Banks, including one that is permanent. An affidavit submitted on behalf of a juvenile girl for the permanent order states Banks tried to rape the girl in a playground on Oct. 27, 2004, records show.
Banks is due back in court on Feb. 18.
Quincy sex offender denies rape charges
2 victims have no memory of encounter
By Laura Crimaldi Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A Level 2 sex offender accused of raping two women he hooked up with in a Quincy bar first told cops he stayed awake to care for the drunken women but then admitted he had sexual encounters with both.
But Patrick Banks, 21, of Quincy insisted the woozy all-nighter with the two women, ages 23 and 24, was not rape.
Banks was ordered held yesterday on $25,000 bail at his Quincy District Court arraignment on five counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14.
Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Beth Walston said the two alleged victims have “no recollection” of what happened after drinking a beer and a fruity drink Banks bought for them at a Quincy bar Friday night.
Walston said the women learned what happened from what Banks told them Saturday morning and from text messages he sent to them over the weekend.
Both women submitted blood and urine samples for testing to determine whether they were drugged. Walston said the test results are pending.
Banks was arrested Monday afternoon at the Quincy police station after being interviewed by cops, said police Capt. John Dougan. Banks initially told police after leaving the bar he accompanied the women to one of their homes, where one of the alleged victims threw up for 25 minutes in the bathroom.
“He stated he was concerned because the girls were so intoxicated,” Walston said. Banks later changed his story, saying he had sexual intercourse with one woman and touched the breasts and put his tongue in the mouth of the second woman, Walston said.
She added Banks told the second woman they did not have sex, but then informed her they did in a text message.
Banks’ defense attorney, Robert Tutino, said the police report has “major inconsistencies” and noted one of the alleged victims sent Banks a text message earlier on Friday about going to the bar.
Banks had to register as a sex offender and serve time in the Department of Youth Services for a juvenile conviction for two counts of open and gross lewdness, assault with intent to rape and witness intimidation, Walston said.
Three restraining orders have been issued against Banks, including one that is permanent. An affidavit submitted on behalf of a juvenile girl for the permanent order states Banks tried to rape the girl in a playground on Oct. 27, 2004, records show.
Banks is due back in court on Feb. 18.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Holliston man gets seven years in child porn case
Holliston Tab
Holliston man gets seven years in child porn case
By Norman Miller/Daily News staff
Thu Jan 21, 2010
WOBURN - A Holliston man who once told police he treated his son's friend like a son was sentenced Tuesday to at least seven years in prison for raping the boy.
Michael Finos, 46, pleaded guilty to raping the boy, sexually assaulting the boy and several child pornography-related charges in Middlesex Superior Court on Tuesday.
He had originally pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
Finos was arrested on July 19, 2009, at his 256 Fiske St. home.
Finos pleaded guilty to rape of a child by force, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14, two counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, inducing a minor into sexual intercourse, possession of child pornography and dissemination of matter harmful to a minor.
Finos was sentenced to seven to eight years in prison for the rape charge and the two counts of indecent assault and battery, all to run concurrently.
He was also sentenced to 10 years supervised probation once he is released from MCI-Cedar Junction on the rest of the charges.
At Finos' Framingham District Court arraignment on July 21, the victim's mother said she felt betrayed by him. The Daily News is not identifying the mother because it would identify her son.
"He's not sick. Sick people can be cured," the woman said after the arraignment. "Poor little boys are innocent lambs to him. He told the police, 'I treated him like a son.' He told me a year ago, 'He is like a third son."'
(Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@cnc.com.)
http://www.wickedlocal.com/holliston/news/x1685419196/Holliston-man-gets-seven-years-in-child-porn-case
Holliston man gets seven years in child porn case
By Norman Miller/Daily News staff
Thu Jan 21, 2010
WOBURN - A Holliston man who once told police he treated his son's friend like a son was sentenced Tuesday to at least seven years in prison for raping the boy.
Michael Finos, 46, pleaded guilty to raping the boy, sexually assaulting the boy and several child pornography-related charges in Middlesex Superior Court on Tuesday.
He had originally pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
Finos was arrested on July 19, 2009, at his 256 Fiske St. home.
Finos pleaded guilty to rape of a child by force, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14, two counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, inducing a minor into sexual intercourse, possession of child pornography and dissemination of matter harmful to a minor.
Finos was sentenced to seven to eight years in prison for the rape charge and the two counts of indecent assault and battery, all to run concurrently.
He was also sentenced to 10 years supervised probation once he is released from MCI-Cedar Junction on the rest of the charges.
At Finos' Framingham District Court arraignment on July 21, the victim's mother said she felt betrayed by him. The Daily News is not identifying the mother because it would identify her son.
"He's not sick. Sick people can be cured," the woman said after the arraignment. "Poor little boys are innocent lambs to him. He told the police, 'I treated him like a son.' He told me a year ago, 'He is like a third son."'
(Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@cnc.com.)
http://www.wickedlocal.com/holliston/news/x1685419196/Holliston-man-gets-seven-years-in-child-porn-case
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