Sex Offender Charged With Boy's Murder in Worcester
Chester E. Pierce Jr., 29, to be arraigned on murder charges in district court after strangling and sexually assaulting 5 year old Roger Morris. Pierce, released December as non sexually dangerous, admitted killing the boy to stop his screams. Police found Morris’s naked body in a rooming house closet with clothing folded nearby. Pierce had a 1958 conviction for multiple sex crimes against boys in the Worcester area.
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Amherst Student Held On Narcotics Charge
Amherst College student Dean Hethington, 21, was charged with illegal possession of narcotics after Amherst and state police raided his Bridge Street apartment following an investigation into slash wounds suffered by another youth, Noah Baen, 21, who remained hospitalized with serious left hand injuries. Baen, visiting from New York City, was unresponsive. Hethington was released on 1000 dollars bail pending arraignment at Northampton District Court. Police lauded narcotics investigator Joseph Jagodowski, Amherst Chief Francis Hart, and officers William Banks, Clarence Babb, Donald Thayer, and Miner Tuttle for the case.
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Cranston mayor bans card games TV watching in firehouses
Cranston Rhode Island mayor James DiPrete Jr imposes a ban on card playing and daytime television viewing in city fire stations. Firemen are ordered to train when not responding to fires or cleaning, with supervision to ensure compliance.
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