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  • Feds charge 4 in multistate SNAP fraud case

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    BOSTON β€” Federal authorities have charged several men in a more than $1 million multistate SNAP fraud and stolen identity case and are blaming Massachusetts officials for failing to report the scheme.

    U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley announced on Tuesday that four people, including two Venezuelan nationals, stole more than $440,000 in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits and fraudulently claimed more than $700,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits from Massachusetts, New York and several other states.

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  • Essex resident heading up Stop Child Predators

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    ESSEX β€” For Maureen Flatley , there is possibly no task greater than protecting children.

    Flatley, who has lived in Essex since 2002, was recently named president of the Washington, D.C.-based organization Stop Child Predators. She comes to the position as the organization celebrates 20 years of child protection advocacy.

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  • Advocates seek to ease license suspension rules

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    BOSTON β€” Massachusetts is among a minority of states where you can lose your driver’s license for unpaid parking tickets, tolls and other minor violations.

    But advocates want to change that. A proposal on Beacon Hill would effectively end debt-based driving restrictions by prohibiting the state Registry of Motor Vehicles from suspending drivers’ licenses over unpaid fines for non-criminal infractions.

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  • DiZoglio to sue MassPort over settlement details

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    BOSTON β€” State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said she plans to sue the agency that oversees Logan International Airport, accusing officials of withholding details of settlements with state employees her office was seeking for a required audit.

    DiZoglio released an audit on Wednesday that found the Massachusetts Port Authority entered into a $1.37 million settlement agreement in 2022 which her office says took advantage of nondisclosure laws to conceal allegations that included gender- and disability-based discrimination as well as unequal pay.

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  • Former Peabody police officer decertified by POST Commission

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    PEABODY β€” A former police officer’s law enforcement certification has been permanently revoked following an investigation by the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission.

    The commission, in a decision dated Dec. 18, found that Peabody police officer Gerald Fitzgerald Jr. included false information in a police report that led to a woman being arrested and wrongly charged with serious crimes in November 2023. Fitzgerald resigned from the department about a year later.

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  • 2 arrested following drug investigation

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    SALEM β€” A Lynn man was arrested on three counts of distributing cocaine following a joint operation by Salem and Lynn police.

    The Criminal Investigation Divisions of the Salem and Lynn police departments completed a lengthy joint investigation on Thursday with the arrest of Derrick Poe of 46 Mall St., Apartment 4, in Lynn on three counts of distributing a Class B substance.

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    SALEM β€” A Lynn man was arrested on three counts of distributing cocaine following a joint operation by Salem and Lynn police last Thursday.

    On Dec. 18, the Criminal Investigation Divisions (CID) of the Salem and Lynn police departments completed a lengthy joint investigation with the arrest of Derrick Poe of 46 Mall St., Apartment 4, in Lynn, on three counts of distributing a Class B substance.

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  • Salem, Lynn police arrest 2 following drug investigation

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    SALEM β€” A Lynn man was arrested on three counts of distributing cocaine following a joint operation by Salem and Lynn police last Thursday.

    On Dec. 18, the Criminal Investigation Divisions (CID) of the Salem and Lynn police departments completed a lengthy joint investigation with the arrest of Derrick Poe of 46 Mall St., Apartment 4, in Lynn, on three counts of distributing a Class B substance.

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  • Police/Fire

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    In news taken from the logs of Cape Ann’s police and fire departments:

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  • Moulton criticizes ICE over detention of immigrants

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    BURLINGTON β€” U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is criticizing federal authorities for β€œinhumane” conditions at an ICE facility where people detained on immigration violations are held before being transferred to other locations.

    On Monday, Moulton conducted an official β€œoversight” visit to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Burlington that included a tour of the building and meetings with ICE officials. The administrative building is one of 25 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operation facilities across the country.

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  • House OKs protections for hospital workers

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    BOSTON β€” Beacon Hill lawmakers are moving to increase protections for health care workers in response to skyrocketing acts of violence against nurses and other hospital staff in recent years.

    A proposal approved by the state House of Representatives last week would set new criminal charges specifically for violence and intimidation against health care workers and require hospitals and state public health officials to establish new standards for dealing with security risks at medical facilities.

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  • Trial date set for wounded police officer

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    SALEM β€” Now that a wounded North Andover police officer has a 2026 trial date, her defense team is turning its attention to the culture of the North Andover Police Department and what transpired before the shooting nearly five months ago.

    A jury trial has been set for Feb. 9 in Essex County Superior Court following a trial assignment conference on Tuesday for Kelsey Fitzsimmons, 29, who was shot by a responding officer and colleague in her North Andover home after being served with an abuse prevention order filed by her then-fiance, North Andover firefighter Justin Aylaian.

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    BOSTON β€” Beacon Hill lawmakers are moving to increase protections for health care workers in response to skyrocketing acts of violence against nurses and other hospital staff in recent years.

    A proposal approved by the state House of Representatives last week would set new criminal charges specifically for violence and intimidation against health care workers and require hospitals and state public health officials to establish new standards for dealing with security risks at medical facilities.

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    PEABODY β€” Many of 14-year-old Jason Bernard’s happiest memories were at the Captain Samuel Brown Elementary School down the street from his house. Now, a bench in his memory will forever sit outside of the school.

    Jason’s family, friends, city officials and other community members dedicated the bench on Saturday morningβ€”two days before he would have turned 15.

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  • Gang member pleads guilty to having machine gun

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    BOSTON β€” A Trinitarios gang member from Lawrence pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to illegal possession of a loaded Uzi machine gun.

    Derek Mercado, 20, pleaded guilty to a count of possession of a machine gun, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Leah Foley.

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  • Police/Fire: Spark starts fire that firefighters quickly extinguish

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    Fire crews β€œknocked down fairly quickly” a fire that started in a ground-floor room of a two-family home downtown on Middle Street on Wednesday afternoon, according to fire Deputy Chief Tom LoGrande.

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    In news taken from the logs of Cape Ann’s police and fire departments:

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  • Transitions PA legal advocate was once a client

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    LEWISBURG β€” Stephanie Balliet discovered her life’s work amid one of the most difficult times in her young life.

    Following an assault by a stranger at the age of 12 while attending a sleepover at a friend’s house, Balliet received services from Transitions PA during the ensuing three-year-long court case involving her alleged abuser.

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    BOSTON β€” Gov. Maura Healey is citing progress with the state’s efforts to crack down on street β€œtakeovers” fueled on social media by drag racing enthusiasts.

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  • As AG Formella rejects YDC settlements, state won’t diclose possible judicial bias

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    If a Superior Court judge has a conflict of interest that potentially benefits Gov. Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office doesn’t want anyone to know about it, according to a notice filed this week in a lawsuit brought by survivors of sexual abuse committed by state employees.

    At issue is Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Daniel St. Hilaire’s recent ruling against 1,500 survivors of the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly called YDC, sex abuse scandal, a ruling that favors Ayotte who is a named defendant.


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