Word: middlesex
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...trial hearing in a preface to a trial set to begin this summer. Judge George Sprague set a timeline for the trial at yesterday’s hearing, scheduling the discovery motions—the next date Purdy is due in court—for July 27, according to Middlesex District Attorney (D.A.) spokeswoman Emily LaGrassa. Duncan W. Purdy, 52, who is also charged with indecent assault and battery of a person over 14 years old, has pled not guilty to all charges. Purdy was first arrested in early October of last year after an undercover sting operation...
...Friday, Cambridge District Court Judge George Sprague granted the defense's motion to issue a continuation without a finding for one year. That allows the case to end in a dismissal, contingent upon a year of good behavior, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s spokeswoman, Melissa Sherman. The four students were also ordered to pay $150 in court costs and $50 in victim witness fees, Sherman wrote in an e-mail...
...January, when the Supreme Judicial Court struck down a suit brought by The Crimson against Harvard. The newspaper had argued that private university police are bound by the same public records laws as their publicly-funded peers. HUPD’s force includes officers who are deputized by the Middlesex and Suffolk County sheriffs and who are sworn special state police. At present, the only crime information released by HUPD is a brief summary in an online police log. A campus security watchdog group says that’s not enough. “Without this bill, members...
...Specialist. “There are plenty of convictions without DNA.” Wilson explained that popular culture and defense attorneys perpetuate the myth that a lack of DNA evidence means no crime occurred. But according to Wilson, only two out of 35 rape cases that occurred in Middlesex County—which includes Harvard—had been supported by DNA evidence. Many women in attendance expressed concern about a culture which condones athletes that commit crimes against women. Association of Black Harvard Women Action Chair Marisa S. Williamson ’08 said she feels that when...
...student allegedly admitted to police that he had stolen the pair of rubber gloves. As the officer questioned the suspect, a large crowd of students waiting for the 1:20 a.m. shuttle gathered, “preventing the shuttle bus from leaving,” according to Catalano. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office was unavailable for comment yesterday. —Staff writer Robin M. Peguero contributed to the reporting of this article. —Staff writer Sam Teller can be reached at steller@fas.harvard.edu...