A Methuen Police officer was arrested and charged with buying and selling little one pornography on-line.
Massachusetts State Police troopers arrested Police Officer Matthew Bistany, 51, of Methuen, at his residence Tuesday morning. Bistany was arraigned on one depend of kid pornography in Lawrence District Court that afternoon.
“While Officer Bistany is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the Methuen Police Department condemns the officer’s conduct as alleged in the charging documents,” Methuen Police Chief Scott McNamara stated in a press release.
“These allegations in no way reflect upon the character and reputation of the men and women of the Methuen Police Department who stand committed to protecting children and continue to serve with distinction,” he continues, including that Bistany “was immediately placed on administrative leave.”
The arrest got here following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which had tracked an alleged picture of kid sexual assault supplies to an IP handle utilized by Bistany, in response to the MSP.
Licensed for jail
The former supervisor of the Brockton RMV will spend 4 years in federal jail for handing out unearned learner’s permits for bribe cash.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper sentenced Mia Cox-Johnson, 44, to 4 years in jail to be adopted by one 12 months of supervised launch and to pay a $5,500 nice. The most jail sentence for the fees was 20 years, the Herald beforehand reported.
Cox-Johnson was charged with two counts of extortion underneath coloration of official proper and one depend of conspiring to commit extortion on March 2. She accepted a plea deal the identical day.
Former newspaper editor, discuss present host responsible of molesting younger woman
Richard Oliveira, 44, of Swansea, was convicted by a Fall River District Court jury of indecently assaulting and bodily assaulting a detailed feminine relative, who testified at trial that the abuse started when she was 8 years outdated.
Judge Cynthia Bracket sentenced Oliveira to 2 years in state jail, however with a 12 months of that sentence suspended. Should Oliveira commit a criminal offense over the next three years, he can be liable to spend the entire two years, in response to the Bristol DA’s workplace.
“The defendant took advantage of his position of trust and engaged in despicable conduct by molesting an eight year old girl. In addition, he later violently assaulted the girl. The defendant’s conduct is difficult to comprehend,” stated Bristol DA Thomas Quinn. “I commend the victim for coming forward and for testifying in court under very difficult circumstances.”
Oliveira reported within the Nineteen Nineties for The Standard-Times of New Bedford earlier than later publishing the bilingual Portuguese and English paper O Journal, in response to the Fall River newspaper The Herald News. He additionally labored on the radio station WSAR in numerous capacities till 2017.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”