Police identify fatal shooting victim

BOSTON

Boston police yesterday released the identity of a victim of a fatal shooting that took place at Beaver and Cleveland streets in Hyde Park last Sunday. Just after 11 p.m. on Feb. 18, police responded to a radio call of a motor vehicle accident in which a pedestrian was struck. Upon arrival, they found a male, identified as 22-year-old Maurice Bogust of Dorchester, suffering from a gunshot wound. Bogust was transported by ambulance to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The incident is under investigation and individuals with information are asked to contact the homicide unit at 617-343-4470 or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-494-TIPS.

The Vatican has dismissed George J. Rosenkranz from the priesthood. Rosenkranz had been suspended since 1989 after allegations that he sexually abused minors, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston said yesterday. Rosenkranz will no longer get financial support from the archdiocese and cannot function as a priest, except to offer absolution to the dying, the archdiocese said. Rosenkranz, who was ordained in 1962, was accused of molesting a young man at Star of the Sea Parish in Marblehead in the 1960s; he was arrested twice in the 1980s for allegedly lewd conduct; the charge in at least one of the cases was dropped.

MALDEN

A Malden roadway was shut down, and residents were asked to evacuate their homes after a man found a suspicious package on his doorstep last night. A man who lives on First Street came home yesterday and discovered a cardboard box with no mailing address on his doorstep at about 6 p.m., police said. The man alerted police, who determined that the package was suspicious and called in fire crews, the State Police Bomb Squad, and a K-9 unit from Everett. After the bomb squad X-rayed the package three times, it was determined not to be a bomb. Police said that the man, who lives at the home, had been in a long-running feud with a co-worker over a female and that previous threats had been made. Residents of about 20 neighboring houses were asked to evacuate, but many remained because of the cold, police said.

NANTUCKET

The body of a second fisherman recovered from the sunken Lady of Grace fishing boat has been identified as Mario Tavares Farinhas, 62, of New Bedford, State Police said yesterday. Farinhas was one of four men aboard the ship when it sank 12 miles offshore in Nantucket Sound during an icy storm on Jan. 26. The Massachusetts State Police Dive Team recovered Farinhas's body from the bunkroom of the vessel on Wednesday. Another team found the body of the ship's captain, Antonio Barroqueiro, on Jan. 29. State Police do not plan to make any additional dives to look for the two remaining crew members.

AMHERST

Police at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst announced yesterday that criminal charges have been filed against 34 more people in connection with a Dec. 15 riot on campus that has now led to criminal charges against 57 suspects. Patrick Archbald, deputy chief of the UMass-Amherst police, issued a statement saying that the new charges filed on Wednesday in Eastern Hampshire District Court include inciting a riot, failure to disperse, burning property, and malicious destruction of property over $250. It was the third wave of criminal charges stemming from the incident, with more expected. The dean of students has also expelled five students in connection with the riot, handed out 28 suspensions, and issued 22 deferred suspensions.

HANSON

Police in Wausau, Wis., praised three Hanson teenagers yesterday who helped to uncover an alleged plot to kill Wisconsin high school students. The Hanson teenagers learned of the plot while playing an interactive video game on the Internet. Other players included teenagers from Wisconsin, who bragged of plans to assault fellow students at Wausau West High School with machine guns and pipe bombs. The Hanson players contacted local police, who called the FBI. Police in Wisconsin arrested the Wisconsin teenagers the next day, on Feb. 11. The machine guns and pipe bombs they displayed on the Internet were fake, police said. Deputy Wausau Police Chief Bryan Hilts said, "We are so grateful that these students took this threat seriously."