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Western Mass. man pleads guilty to slamming 6-year-old into wall
A North Adams man pleaded guilty to assaulting a 6-year-old child in 2022 in Berkshire County Superior Court on Thursday, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Jesriel Morales, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault and battery on a child with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault and battery, the district attorney's office said in a press release. During the incident, Morales slammed the child into a window and wall, hit them with a belt, slapped them and then forced them to kneel on dried rice, the district attorney's office said. A judge sentenced Morales to two and a half years in prison, two years probation and ordered that Morales have no contact with the victim, the district attorney's office said. 'Jesriel Morales preyed on one of the most innocent members of society. Today my thoughts are with the very young victim. I hope this conclusion provides them some peace and feeling of safety and security,' Berkshire County District Attorney Timothy Shugrue said in the release. Three Boston minors charged after threat sends Billerica High School into lockdown Man arrested in connection with threatening to shoot people at large party in Boston Mass. man who supplied gang with 'particularly dangerous' drugs began drinking, smoking at 13 How pink heart shaped fentanyl led to Mass. father's 18-year prison sentence Springfield man sentenced to life in prison for grisly homicide, carjacking Read the original article on MassLive.
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24-05-2025
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Mass. man with history of domestic violence found guilty of rape and strangulation
A Massachusetts man with a history of domestic violence has been found guilty of rape and strangulation after a 2017 incident. Christopher King, 34, was found guilty after a jury trial Friday. He was found guilty of rape, suffocation or strangulation and assault and batter on a family or household member. King was found not guilty on a second count of rape. In 2017, King also plead guilty to assault and battery on a family or household member. 'I first want to commend the victim for her courage in coming forward and testifying during the trial. I also want to thank the jury. This is the second guilty verdict surrounding sexual assault in just two weeks,' said Berkshire County District Attorney Timothy Shugrue in a press release. 'While rape is all to common, it is extremely difficult to prosecute. The CSI effect has resulted in juries expecting evidence that simply does not exist in the real world. Domestic and sexual violence are often misunderstood allowing many perpetrators to evade justice.' Shugrue said he has been using grant funds to send prosecutors and advocates to trainings on prosecuting cases of sexual assault and domestic violence. 'It is rewarding to see their hard work come to fruition in these guilty verdicts,' he wrote. King will be sentenced at 2 p.m. on May 28 at Berkshire Superior Court. Here's where to see fireworks this weekend in Massachusetts Compassionate teen killed in after-prom crash on Cape Cod hoped to become a nurse Find this tucked-away lounge at Boston Calling for free merchandise, games Harvard doctors' research articles must be restored after Trump admin sued Mass. man convicted in savage 1990 Springfield rape denied parole again Read the original article on MassLive.
