BOSTON
Boy, 14, charged with carrying gun
Boston Police arrested a 14-year-old Hyde Park boy for allegedly carrying a loaded gun near Humboldt Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a police statement. Two officers patrolling the area saw two males dressed in sweat shirts with the hoods up. Given the heat and humidity, the officers surmised they might be hiding weapons in their bulky clothes. One boy also appeared to be holding something in his waistband. As officers approached, the boy allegedly fled. One officer chased him through several yards and onto Ruthven Street, where the boy fell and the officer heard a thud, the statement said. The sound turned out to be a loaded semi-automatic Star Firestar pistol hitting the ground. The boy is being charged as a juvenile with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and unlawfully carrying a loaded gun. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Suffolk County Juvenile Court, according to police spokeswoman Rachel McGuire.
BRENTWOOD, N.H.
Lowell man sentenced for fatal crash
A Lowell man who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide has been sentenced to 7½ to 15 years in prison in New Hampshire. Michael Gomez, 27, was accused of driving too fast when he hit 33-year-old Phillip Carter’s car a year ago in Salem, N.H. Carter’s Honda Civic was split in half, and he was thrown from the vehicle. Gomez entered the guilty plea Friday in Rockingham Superior Court and offered an apology. Gomez also pleaded guilty to reckless conduct. Eighteen months will be suspended from his sentence if he completes counseling. (AP)
PROVIDENCE
Man pleads guilty to online sex crime
A Plymouth man has admitted to trying to entice a person he believed to be a 14-year-old Rhode Island boy to have sex with him. Christopher Chassey, 49, pleaded guilty Friday to enticement to travel interstate to engage in illicit sexual activity, according to Rhode Island US Attorney Peter Neronha. Authorities began investigating Chassey in April 2015 after a member of the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force answered an online ad seeking sex in exchange for cash posing as a 14-year-old boy. Police say Chassey sent the fictitious boy hundreds of sexually explicit e-mails and mailed him $100 last year so the boy could purchase a bus ticket to Plymouth. Chassey is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 14. (AP)
SWAMPSCOTT
Homeowner charged with arson
A Swampscott homeowner was arrested and charged with arson on Saturday night after a three-alarm fire tore through his home, town officials said. Timothy Brosnan, 57, was taken into custody at the scene of the fire at 11 Linden Ave. Brosnan is being held, pending bail, and is expected to be arraigned Monday in Lynn District Court, police said. Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at the home at about 5:45 p.m, Fire Chief Kevin Breen said. When crews arrived, Brosnan was standing outside of the house, and told firefighters that nobody was inside, Breen said. Firefighters searched the house and found that it was unoccupied. “Our information was that the family was in another location,’’ Breen said. “Based on statements made by the owner, the fire was determined to be arson,’’ Breen said.
NEW BEDFORD
Woman dies in New Bedford crash
An 86-year-old woman died Friday after the car she was driving on Route 140 in New Bedford struck the guardrail after being hit by another vehicle, according to the State Police. Barbara May Piva of New Bedford was pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital where she was flown by helicopter, after first being taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, said Sgt. Tom Ryan, a State Police spokesman. Piva was driving a 1997 Toyota Avalon northbound at about 3:15 p.m. when her car was struck by a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta driven by a 27-year-old woman who was also from New Bedford, Ryan said. The woman was not identified. State Police investigators assigned to Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn’s office are investigating the accident. No charges have been filed, Ryan said.
