Body identified as fishing boat's captain

The state medical examiner's office has identified the body recovered from the submerged fishing vessel Lady of Grace as that of Antonio Barroqueiro, according to Cape and Island District Attorney Michael Trudeau. Barroqueiro, 50, was captain of the New Bedford commercial dragger, which sank about 12 miles north of Nantucket after it went missing Friday. Divers found Barroqueiro's body Monday in the vessel's wheelhouse, but were unable to search the enclosed areas of the ship because of leaking oil and other hazards, State Police Sergeant Robert Bousquet said. The State Police dive team will make more attempts to recover the remains of the three other fishermen who had been on the sunken boat, Bousquet said.

COLCHESTER, Vt.

John J. Neuhauser, a professor at Boston College, has been named president of St. Michael's College, it was announced yesterday. Neuhauser, 63, a member of the St. Michael's board of trustees since 2001, will take over the reins at the liberal arts college July 1, succeeding retiring president Marc A. vanderHeyden , 68, who will remain on the job until then. A computer scientist and marathon runner, Neuhauser is a former academic vice president, dean of faculties, and management school dean at Boston College. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he has a physics degree from Manhattan College and a master's degree and doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y . He will be the 16th president in the 103-year history of St. Michael's. (AP)

PALMER

Grace Ross, the former Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor, appeared in Palmer District Court last week on charges of driving with a suspended license and speeding, The Republican newspaper of Springfield reported. Ross, 45, of Worcester, was pulled over by State Police on Oct. 25 for going 80 in a 65 mile-per-hour zone. Ross later said her license should never have been suspended and attributed it to a problem with the Registry of Motor Vehicles involving insurance coverage, the newspaper reported. Judge Patricia T. Poehler dismissed the suspended license charge but found Ross responsible for speeding. She was fined $50 and charged another $50 in court costs, which she paid, the newspaper reported.

BOSTON

A Revere man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 12 years and seven months in prison for arranging for a 13-year-old girl to work as a prostitute in August 2000, then driving her to Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island to perform sexual acts over the next two years. Robert Williams , 49, was sentenced by US District Judge Joseph L. Tauro on charges of conspiracy, transporting a minor in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution, and sex trafficking of children. Brooke Deman , 30, of Lynn, who played a lesser role in the conspiracy, was sentenced yesterday to probation. The FBI and US Department of Justice investigated the case as part of the Innocence Lost initiative, a crackdown on interstate sex trafficking involving children.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted Darryl Gately on Tuesday of two counts of larceny over $250, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley. Gately, 42, of Winchester, a former property manager, was convicted of taking $110,000 in rent money from people living on Broadway in Cambridge in 2001 and depositing it in his personal bank account. Gately was also convicted of depositing about $73,000 in rent money from tenants on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston in 1999 and 2001 .

NEWTON

Police were looking yesterday for a driver who fled the scene of an accident in which a pedestrian was hit at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton Corner. A Newton man suffered internal injuries when he was struck at 7:17 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Witnesses said the victim, 59, was in the crosswalk when a vehicle ran a red light and struck him. The driver stopped then fled westbound on the turnpike. The victim, who was not identified, was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Police described the vehicle as a small, older white Toyota Tercel, Nissan Sentra, or Geo Prism. It had a white license plate with a blue heading. Anyone with information is urged to call Newton police at 617-796-2106.