Police ask public's help in locating man

Police are asking the public for help in locating a missing Dorchester man who recently immigrated to Boston from Haiti, police said. Roc Sanon, 43, has been missing since April 2, when he was expected to get off the No. 23 MBTA bus on Colombia Road. Sanon does not speak English and was last seen at 10 a.m. Tuesday. He is a non-Hispanic black male, who is 5 foot 10 with a slim build. Anyone with details about Sanon's whereabouts is asked to call Boston police at 617-343-4335.

A Boston University student reported being assaulted and robbed near the campus, the sixth report of such a crime in almost a month. On Friday at 11 p.m., a male student reported being robbed at knifepoint while walking along the Esplanade, after crossing the Bay State Road footbridge. Two males dressed in skull caps and dark coats - one armed with a silver knife - demanded that the student turn over his wallet, iPod, and cellphone, campus police said. It was unclear if the crime is connected to five other attacks and robberies reported by BU students. On March 8, three women reported separate attacks by a man while they were walking on or near Commonwealth Avenue. On March 29, at 11:15 p.m., a female student reported an attempted robbery near her home on Park Drive. Hours later, on March 30, a female student sitting on the steps of a home on Crowninshield Street in Brookline reported being sexually assaulted and robbed by a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

A two-year investigation by Lynn and State Police led to the seizure of 84 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $8.4 million, and the arrest of six people yesterday on Route 1A. The six defendants are to be arraigned tomorrow in Lynn District Court, charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy to violate the controlled substances act. Arrested were Rafael M. Mercedes, 44, and Sergio Valdovinos, 42, both of Boston; Modesto M. Castillo, 41, of Chicago; Raul H. Cortinas, 37, of Mission, Texas; Adam Alcala, 40, of Benton, Ark.; and Guille Garcia, 32, of Mexico, officials said. All were held without bail following their arrest shortly after 2 p.m. Police said they set up surveillance on the Lynnway, watched a flat bed tractor-trailer unit pull into a parking lot, and saw the defendants off-load the cocaine, put it into suitcase-like containers, and then into a pickup truck. All were arrested without incident, police said.

A handcuffed suspect who didn't want to go to jail jumped out a courthouse window, seriously injuring a court officer before he was recaptured. Everett police said George McNelley, 49, of Everett, was in court Friday afternoon to face charges that include assault and battery, larceny, and receiving stolen property. McNelley jumped out a partly open first-floor window, taking a court officer with him onto the ground a few feet below. State Trooper Robert Noonan, who was in court on other business, ran outside and found the man beating the officer's head with his handcuffs. He and other officers recaptured McNelley. (AP)

A 30-year-old Fairhaven man has died after suffering stab wounds during a fight outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post, police said yesterday. Joshua Fitzgerald died yesterday morning at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Two other Fairhaven men, Fitzgerald's brother, Patrick, 25, and Robert Williams, 35, were being treated at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence for serious stab wounds. Their conditions were not immediately known. Police said officers responded about 10:40 p.m. Friday to reports of a fight outside the VFW and found Williams collapsed on the street. The Fitzgerald brothers had been driven to St. Luke's Hospital by another brother, then transferred to Rhode Island Hospital. No arrests have been reported, police said.

A skunk and a raccoon caught in Uxbridge and a dead skunk found at Old Sturbridge Village have tested positive for rabies, prompting officials to warn local residents to steer clear of wild animals and to monitor their pets. The sickened animals were found over the past 10 days and tested positive for the disease, which can be deadly to humans. In Uxbridge, officials urged pet owners to have their animals vaccinated. According to the Uxbridge Board of Health, local police are not allowed to handle or relocate wildlife, and residents concerned about a possibly rabid animal should call a licensed wildlife specialist. Meanwhile, Old Sturbridge Village will restrict visitor contact with its animals for the next month and a half, officials said. For more information on rabies, call the state Department of Public Health at 617-983-6800.