Wednesday, March 27, 2013
State audit finds 119 Level 2 and 3 sex offenders living at addresses registered as child care providers.
A new report from State Auditor Suzanne Bump suggests that a surprisingly large number of sex offenders statewide may be living in properties also used as childcare facilities. According to the report, the recent audit found 119 Level 2 and 3 sex offenders living at addresses that were also registered with the state as child care providers. The audit took place over 15 months from July 2010 through September 2011. “While we recognize that all 119 may not pose a problem because some of the information in the sex offender registry may be outdated, we believe that routinely conducting this match will serve to better ensure the safety of children in (Department of Early Education and Care’s) programs,” stated the report. Meanwhile, the Auditor…
Burbine is already facing nearly 100 charges involving child sex abuse in Middlesex County and at least one alleged victim is from Newton.
Accused serial child sex abuser John Burbine is now reportedly facing additional charges in Essex County. According to a Wednesday Salem News report, an Essex County grand jury has indicted Burbine on charges of indecent assault and battery and child rape. The charges stem from a new accuser, a boy from Saugus, who alleges Burbine abused him between May 1990 to January 1994. The alleged incidents occurred in Saugus. The accuser reportedly came forward after seeing the initial media coverage in the case. The Essex County District Attorney's Office and Saugus Police investigated the allegations, according to the Salem News. An arraignment date has not yet been set on the new charges. In Middlesex County, Burbine is already facing 100 counts …
Friday, March 22, 2013
Marian Burbine is facing six counts of reckless endangerment of a child, and two counts of operating an unlicensed day care business.
Marian Burbine, the wife of accused serial child molester John Burbine, now has an expected trial date of August 9. The Burbines are accused of running an illegal daycare based out of Wakefield, Mass., where John Burbine allegedly abused at least a dozen children who attended the daycare center. At least one of those alleged victims is from Newton, officials say. John Burbine faces nearly 100 counts of child sex abuse charges stemming from the alleged abuse carried out at the couple's daycare center. Meanwhile, Marian Burbine faces six counts of reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of operating an unlicensed day care business. During Marian Burbine's latest appearance in Middlesex Superior Court Wednesday, Marian Burbine's …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Attorney Bill Barabino of Wakefield took a minute to discuss how the media has covered his client, John Burbine, so far.
Wakefield attorney Bill Barabino has a task that few would envy. Barabino is responsible for defending a client, John Burbine, in what the district attorney has called one of the worst child sex abuse cases in recent memory - while also working amid very intense media attention to the case. In a phone conversation on Tuesday, Wakefield Patch asked Barabino if amid the media crush, the coverage of his client has basically been fair. "I think people have reportedly accurately the facts that have been represented in court," said Barabino, adding that nothing specific came to mind about a story that was unfair or inaccurate in the region's media. The Wakefield-based attorney noted that if concern does come up during a trial about a jury having…
Shelly Stow
1:21 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Let’s take a quiz; it’s matching. The choices are statements taken from several of ten news items on this story. Choices may be used once or more than once. Choices: a. 119 sex offender addresses match day care facilities b. investigators, found only four of the sex offenders were actually living inside the child- care sites c. none of these four offenders had convictions involving children d. … more ›