NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
3 in Waltham quit college paper after racial remark
10/28/2003
A racial remark published in Brandeis University's student newspaper has triggered the resignations of at least three student editors and writers. Today's issue of The Justice will be the last put out by its editor-in-chief, Stephen Heyman, the third student to quit the paper following the publication of the Oct. 21 baseball column penned by sophomore sportswriter Daniel Passner, who also has stepped down. Passner's column quoted a student who used offensive language in criticizing professional baseball's Dusty Baker, the black Chicago Cubs manager. The Justice's sports editor, Brandeis senior Rob Siegel, also has resigned.
BOSTON Man, sister found guilty of attack on 4A South Boston man was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison and his sister was sentenced to five years for their roles in a bloody attack on four people in 2001. Joseph Kenneally, 28, was convicted yesterday of assault with intent to murder, while his sister, Valerie Hogan, 29, was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The siblings attacked three men and one woman who were walking along East Sixth Street, where Hogan and Kenneally lived, on March 18, 2001.
Worcester woman charged in ID theftA Worcester woman pleaded not guilty in Boston Municipal Court yesterday to charges of larceny and identity fraud. Marlene T. Brodeur, 39, was ordered held on $10,000 cash bail, according to the Suffolk district attorney's office. Brodeur was arrested in Worcester on Friday and was accused of using a stolen identity to obtain store credit and purchase several thousand dollars worth of merchandise and gift cards.
Former offender held on rape chargeA registered sex offender was arrested in a Boston homeless shelter Friday on a rape charge in New Bedford, police reported. Nicholas Robillard, 23, was taken into custody at the Long Island shelter. He faces charges of rape and intimidation of a witness.
Two N.J. pharmacists are sentencedTwo New Jersey pharmacists have been placed on probation and fined for their role in an illegal prescription drug ring involving Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Joseph Chebli, 33, of Scotch Plains, N.J., was placed on two years' probation, fined $250, and ordered to repay $15,514 to the Boston hospital, the US attorney's office in Boston said yesterday. Grace Dube, 31, of Warren, N.J., was put on probation for a year, fined $500, and ordered to pay Beth Israel $1,443. The two had pleaded guilty to buying discounted prescription drugs from Mark Catanzano, 49, of Tewksbury, who purchased drugs for Beth Israel. They were sentenced Thursday. Charges against Catanzano are pending. (AP)
Jury chosen for Sampson penalty stage A jury of eight women and four men, along with six alternates, was chosen yesterday to decide the federal death penalty case against Gary Lee Sampson, 43, who has admitted killing two men during a carjacking spree in July 2001. The jury will begin hearing evidence Monday in a trial to decide whether Sampson should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the murders of Jonathan Rizzo, 18, of Kingston, and Philip McCloskey, 69, of Taunton.TAMWORTH, N.H. Hikers rescued after being lost in woodsFish and Game officers headed up Mount Carrigan early yesterday to rescue two Massachusetts hikers who took a wrong turn and got wet and hungry. Liyan Guo, 25, of Marlborough, Mass., and Andrea Crandall, 21, of Cambridge, Mass., walked out of the woods at about 9 a.m. with the help of two officers.
CAMBRIDGEDriver crashes stolen Porsche, flees Authorities were looking early today for the driver of a stolen car who led police on a high-speed chase from Woonsocket, R.I. to Cambridge, State Police said. The black Porsche was stolen in Woonsocket around 11 p.m. last night and evaded Rhode Island authorities before fleeing into Massachusetts. Using the LoJack monitoring system, authorities tracked and chased the car on interstate highways 95, 495, and 90 and routes 2, 9 and 16, until it crashed in front of the Immaculate Conception Lithuanian Church in Cambridge. The suspect fled on foot.
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