Monday, February 18, 2013
Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and State Sen. Barry Feingold believe the proposal would better protect children from predators.
Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and State Senator Barry Feingold (D-Andover) have teamed up to propose new legislation that would allow authorities to seize personal property in child sex abuse cases. According to an announcement from Koutoujian's office, the proposed legislation would allow authorities, with court permission, to take items such as cameras, cell phones and computers that are used in child pornography or enticement of minors cases. The full press release from Koutoujian's office is included in the .pdf section to the right. The bill comes in the wake of the ongoing John Burbine child sex abuse case. Burbine, a former Wakefield resident, is facing more than 100 counts of child sex abuse stemming from his work at …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Marian and John Burbine are accused of running an illegal day care where alleged sex crimes were committed.
The latest court date has been delayed for Marian Burbine, the wife of a Wakefield man accused of more than 100 counts of child sex abuse. Marian Burbine, who is accused of running an illegal day care with her husband John Burbine, will appear in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn on Thursday, March 21 for a pre-trial conference. Her latest court date had initially been set for Wednesday, Feb. 13. Marian Burbine is charged with six counts of reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of running an illegal day care business at the former Waterfall Education Center in Wakefield. She has been under house arrest in Wakefield since late last year. Her husband, John, has pleaded not guilty to about 100 counts involving the sexual abuse of …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Fox 25 Report says Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr will introduce bill Friday aimed at closing loopholes in sex offender registration system. Back in December, State Senator Katherine Clark raised some similar ideas.
As promised last month after news of the John Burbine sex abuse case first broke, state lawmakers are introducing a bill aimed at closing loopholes in the sex offender registration system. A Thursday report on MyFoxBoston says that State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr will introduce a bill Friday that would allow Level 1 sex offender information to be made public, and which would also an offender to be reclassified if new information came up about them. In December, soon after Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone announced 100 child sex abuse charges against Burbine, 49, of Wakefield, State Senator Katherine Clark, who represents the town, told Patch that she supports creating an option to reclassify sex offenders if necessary - …
Chris O
1:01 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
All of the above would be great. Throw in chemical castration as well. more ›