The person prosecutors say is behind the 2 males present in plastic storage containers in a Brighton storage unit is being held with out bail because the items of his case are put collectively.
Leonid Volkov, 37, of Medford, appeared in Somerville District Court docket Tuesday morning, shackled and carrying the identical Jurassic Park t-shirt that appeared in his reserving picture from his Saturday arrest. He was charged with one depend of homicide and one depend of larceny from a constructing, to which he pleaded not responsible.
The Middlesex District Legal professional’s workplace on Friday issued the pictures of Pavel Vekshin 28, and Kiryl Schukin, 37, in an try and get the general public’s assist in finding the Medford married couple who coworkers and pals advised police they hadn’t heard from since March 30.
The subsequent day, the our bodies of the 2 males have been positioned in a Brighton storage unit. Schukin’s physique, prosecutor Ceara Mahoney stated Tuesday, was dismembered with completely different items scattered between three completely different containers. Vekshin’s physique was present in one bin.
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Each males had died from sharp-force accidents and their deaths have been murder, she stated.
Volkov is to date solely charged with Schukin’s homicide, although Mahoney stated that further expenses will come because the investigation continues.
She requested for the affidavit of possible trigger and the arrest warrant — in addition to all courtroom paperwork apart from the legal criticism — be impounded, citing the continuing investigation.
Choose William Fitzpatrick agreed and ordered the paperwork be stored out of public view.
Prosecutors, nonetheless, outlined the case in courtroom.
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Schukin had signed on as a guarantor for the Cabot Street residence the place Volkov lived along with his spouse and two youngsters.
Volkov’s protection legal professional Debra Dewitt stated following the listening to that the 2 males had been pals for years and had met on social media however stated she didn’t know additional particulars of their relationship as she was simply studying the small print of the case now.
Prosecutor Mahoney in courtroom stated that Schukin had realized that Volkov was in arrears on his hire funds and so Schukin had introduced he wished to drag out of the association. The 2 males then met in a U-Haul, which is the final time that Schukin was seen alive.
Mahoney then laid out that Schukin’s BMW appeared in surveillance footage on the storage unit in addition to the U-Haul and that footage appeared to indicate a person becoming Volkov’s description shifting issues between the autos and into the storage models.
She added that surveillance footage from shops all through jap Massachusetts present a person who seems to be like Volkov buying issues — together with cleansing provides like bleach and rubber gloves — from these shops and generally utilizing one of many sufferer’s bank cards.
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Private objects together with an electrical scooter have been additionally lacking from Schukin’s residence, resulting in the larceny cost.
Whereas Choose Fitzpatrick stated that Volkov didn’t seem to qualify for a court-appointed legal professional primarily based on his listed revenue — which his legal professional stated got here from work within the IT trade — he granted Dewitt’s appointment as a result of Volkov was evicted from his residence, leaving him and his household homeless.
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Courtesy / Middlesex DA’s workplace
Pavel Vekshin, 28, and Kiryl Schukin, 37, as seen in photos from their lacking poster, have been discovered useless and saved in a Brighton storage unit on Saturday. (Courtesy / Middlesex DA’s workplace)
A huge fourth quarter by Camryn Tade helped the Army West Point Black Knights women’s basketball team rally from a deficit to defeat Boston U, 59-52, on Saturday in Boston.
The Black Knights (13-3, 5-1 Patriot) have won two straight games since they fell to Lehigh a weekend ago and dropped from the ranks of the undefeated teams in the league.
Now, Army is tied for first place with both Navy and Holy Cross at 5-1 going into next week’s games. Lehigh is a half-game back at 4-1.
The Black Knights started the fourth quarter down 46-38. Tade came to the rescue, as she scored 11 of her 18 points in the final 10 minutes.
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She got to work 40 seconds into the quarter with a 3-pointer that cut the lead to five points.
After several empty possessions, Tade struck again with another 3-pointer to push the Black Knights within two points, 46-44, with 7:30 left.
The Terriers remained in the lead as they and the Black Knights traded free throws before Army took the lead, thanks against to Tade. Her lay-up with 5:25 left put Army in the lead, 48-47.
From there, the Black Knights remained ahead. A Fiona Hastick lay-up pushed the lead to three points, followed by a 3-pointer by Tade with 3:32 left that made it 53-47 Army.
Boston (7-10, 1-5) never got any closer.
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The Terriers controlled the game in the first half, as they took a 10-9 lead after the first quarter and then pushed that lead to 25-15 at halftime. Army surged to 23 points in the third quarter, but Boston hung in there by scoring 21 points before the Black Knights outscored the Terriers, 21-6, in the final stanza.
Tade made four 3-pointers for the game, three of which came in the fourth quarter. She also had seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Trinity Hardy led Army with 21 points, along with eight rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal.
Reese Ericson hit some key free throws down the stretch, as she went 6-fot-6 from the line for the game and finished with nine points. She also had four assists.
Inés Monteagudo led Boston with 12 points, while Allison Schwertner added 11 points.
Next week is critical for Army’s Patriot League Tournament seeding as it will face Holy Cross on Wednesday and Navy on Sunday. The Black Knights already have a loss to Lehigh, so they can ill-afford a loss to either the Crusaders or their rivals, the Midshipmen.
A prominent Boston-area doctor accused in several lawsuits of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients was indicted by a grand jury on rape charges.
Dr. Derrick Todd allegedly assaulted two women during examinations in December 2022 and June 2023 at the Charles River Medical Associates in Framingham, Mass., the Middlesex County District Attorney announced Thursday.
Todd, a rheumatologist, appeared in Middlesex Superior Court Friday after he handed himself over to police the previous night.
Dr. Derrick Todd is arraigned in Middlesex County Superior Court after he was indicted on rape charges on Jan. 17, 2025. AP
The two women had either a pelvic exam or pap smear with the doctor when the alleged assault occurred, NBC Boston reported.
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The patients alleged the exams went beyond “normal.”
One of the women endured enough pain for her to scream at Todd to stop but the doctor didn’t listen and continued the exam.
The second patient alleged she didn’t give Todd consent to perform the specific examination but the doctor went ahead despite the rejection, the outlet reported.
Todd pleaded not guilty to the two rape charges.
He was held on a $10,000 bail.
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Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston, where Todd worked for 14 years. Google Maps
A judge ordered Todd to surrender his passport, not have any contact with his alleged victims, and give up all medical licenses.
Claims of abuse from Todd date back to 2010 but only surfaced in 2023 after Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital received anonymous complaints.
Todd is the former chief of clinical rheumatology at the Boston hospital but resigned after 14 years in 2023 when two other physicians questioned the appropriateness of pelvis exams for his rheumatology patients, the Boston Globe reported.
Over 200 of Todd’s former patients accused him of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations, and rectal examinations.
The accusers include over 200 women and several men between teenagers and 60-year-olds.
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Attorneys for 180 of the former patients say the two rape charges are just the start of the doctor’s legal battle.
“It’s just the beginning of the criminal case against Dr. Todd, but it does help validate the civil claims that Lubin & Meyer is pursuing on behalf of so many of his former patients,” Attorney William Thompson said. “Fundamentally, it’s about a doctor abusing his position. And taking advantage of patients who put their trust in him for his own personal sexual gratification.”
Over 200 of Todd’s former patients accused him of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations, and rectal examinations. LinkedIn
Todd voluntarily ceased his medical practice in Massachusetts in September 2023.
The announcement was made in a letter to the Board of Registration in Medicine.
The class-action lawsuit against Todd also listed the hospital as a defendant for allegedly knowing about the abuse and failing to stop it.
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