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  • Essex resident heading up Stop Child Predators

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    ESSEX — 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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  • DiZoglio to sue MassPort over settlement details

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    BOSTON — 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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  • Senate to take up book ban restrictions

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    BOSTON — The state Senate is poised to approve a plan to restrict efforts to ban books from public libraries and schools in response to a rise in challenges from parents and conservative groups.

    The “free expression” legislation, which cleared the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Thursday with bipartisan support, would make Massachusetts one of a handful of states to effectively outlaw book bans because of “personal, political or doctrinal” views by setting new restrictions on receiving state funding.


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  • Transitions PA legal advocate was once a client

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    LEWISBURG — 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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  • Mayor announces another business shuttered and creation of Human Trafficking Task Force

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    METHUEN — The city has followed up a “declaration of war” against human trafficking with the investigation of another business and the creation of a task force.

    On Monday, city inspectors shut down Eastern Bodywork Therapy, which officials allege is a front for human trafficking. Mayor D.J. Beauregard, who had announced the crackdown on Sunday, said in a press release that the task force would hold both the perpetrators and landlords accountable.


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  • BREAKING NEWS: Methuen mayor declares ‘war on human trafficking’ after spa owner’s arrest

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    METHUEN — The manager of Beauty Garden Spa on Wallace Street is facing human trafficking charges after a lengthy police investigation.

    Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, New York, is to be arraigned Monday in Lawrence District Court on charges that include deriving support from prostitution and trafficking person for sexual servitude.


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  • Methuen mayor declares ‘war on human trafficking’ after spa owner’s arrest

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    METHUEN — The manager of Beauty Garden Spa on Wallace Street is facing human trafficking charges after a lengthy police investigation.

    Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, New York, is to be arraigned Monday in Lawrence District Court on charges that include deriving support from prostitution and trafficking person for sexual servitude.


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  • NY man pleads guilty to rape charges

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    SALEM — A New York man pled guilty to charges of rape, open and gross lewdness, and distributing obscene matter to a minor on Monday in Superior Court in Salem, according to the Office of Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker.

    Anthony Bowden, 34, of Albany, New York, was sentenced to four years in state prison to be followed by three years probation, during which time he must stay away and have no contact with the victim, have no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 16, undergo a sex offender evaluation, and register with the sex offender registry board (SORB). Bowden was represented by attorney Christina Rose Kenney.


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