Massachusetts
Massachusetts resident doctor arrested for alleged child porn stash, including video of young patients
A Massachusetts resident physician was busted by the feds for allegedly possessing 1000’s of kid porn pictures and movies – together with footage of younger sufferers he cared for that was recorded with a bracelet.
Dr. Bradford Ferrick, 32, was arrested final month after federal investigators uncovered dozens of gadgets allegedly containing the disturbing materials throughout three separate searches of houses the place he lived, the US Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Massachusetts Wednesday.
Throughout a Feb. 13 search of Ferrick’s Winchester residence, about 61 gadgets together with exterior exhausting drives, computer systems, cell telephones, hidden digital camera techniques and SD playing cards had been seized by authorities.
State investigators imagine the gadgets contained 1000’s of pictures and movies of kid pornography, prosecutors stated.
One other search by state investigators of the identical residence 4 days later led to the invention of one other 11 gadgets that contained pictures and movies depicting youngster porn of victims between the ages of six and 11, the feds allege.
Then, in a further search of a house Ferrick was renting in Amherst on Feb. 21, investigators discovered eight extra gadgets that included a number of hidden digital camera gadgets and USB storage gadgets.
One of many hidden cameras – designed to be worn as a bracelet – allegedly contained two recorded movies of Ferrick giving medical exams to 2 minors, the US Legal professional’s Workplace stated.
The minors, seemingly unaware they had been being recorded, might be heard and even at instances seen within the movies, investigators imagine.
“I can consider no higher concern as a father or mother or guardian than potential hurt coming to your youngster. At present we allege that this physician, who held a place of belief with entry to kids, maintained youngster sexual abuse materials,” stated US Legal professional Rachael Rollins as she warned the investigation is ongoing.
An internet site has been arrange by the feds for households that imagine their youngster may need been victimized by Ferrick.
“Members of the general public with questions, issues or any info pertaining to this physician are strongly inspired to contact the FBI through the supplied type. As members of regulation enforcement, the protection of youngsters is our highest precedence,” Rollins acknowledged. “Collectively, in shut cooperation with the medical services the place Dr. Ferrick was employed, we’ll do all that we are able to to establish the period and scope of his alleged offenses and proceed accordingly and expeditiously.”
Ferrick lived in Syracuse from 2018 to 2022 whereas he attended the SUNY Upstate Medical College.
He left for New England in July 2022 to start his coaching, in keeping with charging docs.
He was ordered to be held in custody Wednesday till a detention and possible trigger listening to on March 21, the Boston Globe reported.
Ferrick was charged with one federal rely of possession of kid pornography and will face as a lot as 20 years in jail if convicted.
He was initially charged with 4 state counts of kid pornography possession in Woburn District Court docket after his Feb. 13 arrest by state authorities, the Globe reported.
He pleaded not responsible in that case and was launched on bail to residence confinement.
He’s been on unpaid administrative depart from Baystate Franklin Medical Heart since mid-February, a spokesperson for the well being middle confirmed to the Globe.
“We’re cooperating with regulation enforcement authorities as they proceed with their investigation,” stated spokesperson Chalonda James.
Massachusetts
In Mass. towns where cost of living outpaced income, Trump saw more gains, data show – The Boston Globe
In Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampden counties, the average household earns about 70 percent of what MIT estimates is necessary to meet the current cost of living for a home with two working adults and one child. In those counties, Trump’s share of votes in the 2024 election saw an up to 5 percentage point increase as compared with the 2020 election’s numbers.
The rightward swings are more pronounced when looking at cities within those counties. In Springfield, for example, Trump saw a 7 percentage point increase. The median household income in the city is 50 percent of the required annual income to cover the cost of living, based on the MIT estimate.
James Dupuis, a retired Air Force reservist and commercial truck driver, is one of those Springfield Trump voters. Dupuis and his wife live with their daughter, her boyfriend, and grandchild in an effort to help the young family save enough to move to their own place amid spiking rent prices.
“They’re struggling paycheck to paycheck. I mean, my wife and I are helping out the best we can with all the kids, but it’s tough,” Dupuis said.
Those same economic concerns were echoed across Eastern Massachusetts, where even Boston saw a sizeable increase in Trump votes. Fall River for the first time in nearly 100 years swung majority Republican in the presidential race.
In counties where residents are financially better off and where the median household income has kept pace with the living wage estimates, Trump gained no more than 3 percentage points. Trump lost vote share in only 11 towns across Massachusetts.
Theodoridis said four years ago, many voters reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest in a similar fashion, and voted against the Republican incumbent.
“[In 2020] Trump lost, sort of, a mirror image of this election,” Theodoridis said.
This, coupled with rising tensions over immigration in Massachusetts and other states, paints a fuller picture of voters this election.
To Shari Ariail of Danvers, the election proved that “Democrats [are] out of touch with the nation.”
Ariail, who voted Democrat this year but identifies as an independent, was surprised when she saw Trump flags popping up around town. The median household income in Danvers is roughly $117,000, north of the state’s $96,000 for 2022. Still, Trump’s share of votes there also increased this election, from 39 percent in 2020 to 44 percent this year.
In many ways, economists say the country’s economy is doing well: Unemployment numbers have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels, wages are higher now than they were under the previous Trump administration, and inflation has finally come down after peaking at 8 percent in the earlier years of the pandemic.
Still, many voters have said they haven’t felt those improvements in their wallets.
“Material concerns, broadly speaking, are going to drive people more than [moral or social] concerns,” Theodoridis said. “But we don’t really know exactly what the limits are, and this election gives us a pretty good sense.”
This story was produced by the Globe’s Money, Power, Inequality team, which covers the racial wealth gap in Greater Boston. You can sign up for the newsletter here.
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MSP trooper suspended without pay after allegation of sexual misconduct in Lexington
Trooper Terence Kent was removed from duty as the State Police launched an internal review and was then suspended without pay effective Thursday, the agency confirmed to the Herald Friday night.
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Amber Alert out of Stoughton cancelled after children found safe | ABC6
STOUGHTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Massachusetts State Police said that an Amber Alert for three children out of Stoughton was cancelled after they were found safe.
Update: Children found safe.
— Canton Police (@CantonMAPolice) November 23, 2024
Massachusetts State Police issued an Amber Alert for three children who were the potential victims of a parental kidnapping around 10 p.m Friday.
29-year-old Ashyley Vasquez was believed to have taken three children and police said they may have been in danger.
Stoughton police named the children as Aliyah Campos, Aleyshka Campos, and Janiel Trinidad.
Police said Vasquez was believed to be driving a 2023 Toyota Rav4 SUV with Massachusetts registration 2FZD76.
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