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Worcester
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Sutton Kid's Magician Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds Sutton Kid's Magician Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds
Sutton Kid's Magician Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds A Worcester County, Massachusetts, magician who has performed in the area for 20 years was sentenced Thursday, March 28, to six years behind bars for having child sexual abuse material in his luggage after returning from an overseas flight, authorities said.  Scott Jameson, age 47, of Sutton, pleaded guilty in November 2023 to illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count of transportation of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He had faced potentially decades in prison for the charges.  Action Pour Les Enfants, a Cambodian child-protection group, …

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Flight Attendant On Boston-Bound Plane Filmed Children As They Used Bathroom: Feds Ex-Flight Attendant On Boston-Bound Plane Filmed Children As They Used Bathroom: Feds
Ex-Flight Attendant On Boston-Bound Plane Filmed Children As They Used Bathroom: Feds A former American Airlines flight attendant attempted to film a child as she used the bathroom and had videos of several other children using the plane's lavatory on his phone, authorities said.  Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was charged with one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography depicting a prepubescent minor, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  A 14-year-old aboard a Charlotte to Boston flight in September 2023 told her parents that Thompson had escorted her to the first-cl…

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by Josh Lanier
Worcester
Police & Fire
Longtime Sutton Magician Admits To Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds Longtime Sutton Magician Admits To Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds
Longtime Sutton Magician Admits To Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds A Massachusetts man who performed as a children's magician for two decades across New England admitted to having child sexual abuse material and traveling to another country to rape a child, federal authorities said.  Worcester County resident Scott Jameson, age 46, of Sutton, faces decades in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court to illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count of transportation of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Action Pour Les Enfants, a Cambodian child-protection group, contacted US federal investigators in Febr…

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by Josh Lanier
Worcester
Police & Fire
Shrewsbury High Robotics Mentor Busted With Child Porn; Took Secret Pics Of Students: Feds Shrewsbury High Robotics Mentor Busted With Child Porn; Took Secret Pics Of Students: Feds
Shrewsbury High Robotics Mentor Busted With Child Porn; Took Secret Pics Of Students: Feds A 60-year-old Shrewsbury man who mentors teens with the Shrewsbury High School Robotics Team was caught with images and video of child sexual abuse material, authorities said. He also took clothed photos of underage girls while working at the school, officials said.  Brian Lingard is now facing a charge of transportation and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Police arrested him on Monday, Oct. 30. Investigators said Lingard was returning from Paris on Oct. 19 when customs agents at Boston Logan International Airport found an SD car…

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Man Tries To Sneak 'Smoking Gun' Onto Plane At Boston Logan Airport: TSA Man Tries To Sneak 'Smoking Gun' Onto Plane At Boston Logan Airport: TSA
Man Tries To Sneak 'Smoking Gun' Onto Plane At Boston Logan Airport: TSA A 23-year-old man packing a hookah that looked like a teal-color pistol had it confiscated by TSA agents when he tried to carry it onto a plane at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, May 25.  Yesterday @TSA officers @BostonLogan detected this replica pistol hookah during security screening. This smoking gun never made it onto the aircraft! #travelfail pic.twitter.com/NPUijkRygy — TSA_NewEngland (@TSA_NewEngland) May 26, 2023 The man told agents he'd taken it onto planes in his carry-on luggage in the past, but they thought he was blowing smoke.  Replica pistols — smokeable …

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Man Tries To Sneak 'Vampire Straw' Through Boston Airport: TSA Man Tries To Sneak 'Vampire Straw' Through Boston Airport: TSA
Man Tries To Sneak 'Vampire Straw' Through Boston Airport: TSA A 26-year-old Chicago man was arrested on Sunday, April 23, after he tried to get his "Vampire Straw" through a security checkpoint at Boston Logan International Aiport, authorities said.  Arman Achuthan Nair was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, Massachusetts State Police said.  This is a Vampire straw. These items are not allowed in passenger carry-on bags. A passenger found that out yesterday @BostonLogan when @MassStatePolice confiscated the item and eventually arrested the 26-year-old man on a state charge. 🧛🏼‍♂️🥤🚫 #travelfail pic.twitter.com/8TGQYP93c7 — TSA_NewEngland (@T…

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Travel Fail: Undeclared Rifle Discovered In 71-Year-Old's Bag By Logan Airport TSA Travel Fail: Undeclared Rifle Discovered In 71-Year-Old's Bag By Logan Airport TSA
Travel Fail: Undeclared Rifle Discovered In 71-Year-Old's Bag By Logan Airport TSA TSA agents often find strange and possibly illegal items in passengers' bags, but the sight of a rifle was likely shocking to the TSA agent who discovered it.  In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 25, a muzzle-loading rifle was discovered in a 71-year-old's checked bag screening at Boston Logan International Airport, according to a Tweet made by TSA New England.  Early Saturday morning @BostonLogan, @TSA discovered this muzzle-loading rifle during checked-bag screening. The rifle was improperly packed and undeclared. @MassStatePolice took possession of the rifle and cleared th…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Suffolk MA
News
JetBlue Flight Narrowly Avoids Run-In With LearJet Plane At Boston Airport: Feds JetBlue Flight Narrowly Avoids Run-In With LearJet Plane At Boston Airport: Feds
JetBlue Flight Narrowly Avoids Run-In With LearJet Plane At Boston Airport: Feds The pilot of a Learjet plane took off without clearance at Boston Logan International Airport, forcing a JetBlue flight to take "evasive action," officials say.  A Learjet 60 flight was instructed to line up and wait before taking off while a JetBlue Embraer 190 landed on an intersecting runway on Monday, Feb. 27 around 7:00 p.m., according to a preliminary statement by the Federal Aviation Administration.  VERY CLOSE CALL: FAA says Learjet Hop-A-Jet took off without clearance at Logan Airport Monday forcing JetBlue 206 to take evasive action and go-around. JetBlue flight may have touch…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours
Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours TSA agents at Boston Logan International Airport continue to find guns in passengers' carry-on luggage. They broke the record for most firearms seized in a year months ago, and the finds don't stop.  Agents found two loaded handguns during routine security screenings last week at the airport, TSA announced.  The first was on Thursday morning, Dec. 8, when screeners detected a loaded .38 Special in a woman's purse, the TSA said. She told police that she was in a rush when leaving her house and forgot to put it back in her safe. Massachusetts State Police confiscated the weapon and gave her …

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
News
Delta Planes Collide At Logan Airport In Runway 'Fender Bender': Report Delta Planes Collide At Logan Airport In Runway 'Fender Bender': Report
Delta Planes Collide At Logan Airport In Runway 'Fender Bender': Report A Delta Boeing 757 bound for Los Angeles clipped the wing of another plane as it taxied to a runway at Boston Logan International Airport recently, and a passenger live-tweeted the entire event. Samantha Butler, a UCLA professor returning home from a conference on Friday, Aug. 12, told WCVB about the surreal experience after her plane clipped the upper tail wing of another Delta jet parked nearby.  "It was the strangest — like we were in rush hour traffic, and we had a fender bender," Butler said. "It was so strange. ... We’re taxiing out, and there is a crunch — just a crunching sound. An…

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
News
VP Harris' Visit To Boston Causes Major Traffic Jam On I-93 VP Harris' Visit To Boston Causes Major Traffic Jam On I-93
VP Harris' Visit To Boston Causes Major Traffic Jam On I-93 If you were stuck sitting in your hot car on Interstate 93 Thursday morning, Aug. 4, you can thank Vice President Kamala Harris. Massachusetts State Police halted traffic on the busy highway just before noon after Air Force 2 landed at Boston Logan International Airport for her first visit to Massachusetts as VP, reports said.  Cue the 'I did this' memes. If you're stuck in traffic on I-93 South leaving the city, put it in Park. @MassStatePolice have blocked the highway for the motorcade for @VP Kamala Harris, who is still sitting on a plane at Logan Airport pic.twitter.com/W5hLKyE5II —…

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by Josh Lanier
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
TSA Officials Snag Twelfth Loaded Gun Of The Year At Boston Logan Airport TSA Officials Snag Twelfth Loaded Gun Of The Year At Boston Logan Airport
TSA Officials Snag Twelfth Loaded Gun Of The Year At Boston Logan Airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are already encroaching the total number of firearms detected at Boston Logan International Airport last year and its not even July! This comes after officers prevented a passenger from taking a 9mm gun and 28 rounds of ammunition onto an aircraft on Friday, June 24, the agency said in a release.  TSA officers have now detected 14 firearms at Logan's security checkpoints this year, with 12 of those guns being loaded. Last year officers detected 18 firearms in total.  The agency is now reminding people about the …

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by David Cifarelli
Suffolk MA
News
Man Accused Of Abusive Sexual Contact On Flight To Boston Man Accused Of Abusive Sexual Contact On Flight To Boston
Man Accused Of Abusive Sexual Contact On Flight To Boston A 42-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly groping two women on a cross-country redeye flight into Massachusetts, federal authorities announced. Jairaj Singh Dhillon, of Modesto, California, was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport for allegedly engaging in abusive sexual contact with two women aboard a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Tuesday, May 31. Federal prosecutors said that during the overnight flight, Dhillon allegedly abused the two women, including one who was traveling with a baby. It is alleged that the first victim reported that Dhillon, who was sittin…

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by Zak Failla
Essex NJ
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Video Catches FL Man Masturbating Before Assaulting Seatmate On Flight From Newark: Feds Video Catches FL Man Masturbating Before Assaulting Seatmate On Flight From Newark: Feds
Video Catches FL Man Masturbating Before Assaulting Seatmate On Flight From Newark: Feds A Florida man was arrested for masturbating and inappropriately touching his seatmate on a flight from Newark to Boston on Friday, April 8, federal officials said. Donald Edward Robinson, 76, of Bonita Springs, FL, was touching himself when he exposed his penis to a 21-year-old female passenger seated next to him while onboard the flight, then placed his hand on top of the victim’s thigh without her consent, according to the Massachusetts US Attorney's Office. The victim recorded a 24-second video of Robinson fondling and manipulating his penis through his pants, authori…

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by Cecilia Levine
The Berkshires
News
Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport
Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport A man was bedbound for 19 hours after an airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, age 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding with wife and Kaitlyn Kiely -- an Old Tappan, NJ native -- due to a lack of space. The couple made headlines in 2018, when Keily pushed Wetherbe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Union
News
Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair
Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair A quadriplegic man was bedbound for 19 hours after the airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding due to a lack of space. After my chair was damaged twice on 2 separate @AmericanAir flights, grounds crew in Charlotte refused to …

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by Cecilia Levine