Lowell Money Manager Admits To Stealing $3.5M From Clients, Elderly Couple's Life Savings: Feds
A Lowell money manager who police arrested trying to flee the country pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars of his client's money, including one elderly couple's entire life savings, federal authorities said.
Steven Xigoros, 55, pleaded guilty this week to two counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of filing a false tax return, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Xigoros worked as an accountant, tax preparer, and investment advisor who federal investigators said used that position to misappropriate millions of dollars from his cl…
Convicted Sex Offender Charged With Breaking Into Tewksbury Home: Police
A convicted sex offender from Lowell has been charged with breaking and entering into a Tewksbury home earlier this year, authorities said.
John "Johnny" Luna, age 44, was charged in connection stealing more than $40,000 in jewelry after breaking into a home on Whipple Road in Tewksbury on March 29, 2022, Tewksbury Police report.
After a months-long investigation, Luna was arrested at his home on Tuesday morning, Oct. 18, police said. Luna has also been a suspect in multiple other incidents throughout the area.
For starters, Luna was convicted of raping and abusing a child in 2007, a…
Methuen Children’s Center Abused Young Boys, Withheld Food, Locked Them In Closet, Suit Says
Two moms whose children went to a Methuen daycare have filed a lawsuit claiming emotional mistreatment and physical abuse from the faculty, Boston.com reports.
Dyanarah Fermin, of Lawrence, and Karina Rodriguez, of Lowell filed a complaint against The Children’s Center of the Faith United Methodist Church earlier this month in Essex Superior Court.
The moms claim their sons suffered emotional abuse that left them with PTSD, insomnia, night terrors, and other issues from the Lowell Street daycare, the complaint reads.
The suit alleges that employees of The Children's Center lock…
Lowell Repeat Child Offender, Former Church Worker Gets 10 Years In Prison
A Lowell man with a track record of possessing and distributing child pornography was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his latest offense, the US Attorney's Office for New Hampshire said on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Russell Graham, age 42, met an undercover law enforcement officer in an online chatroom on or around May 1, 2020, the office said in a separate release.
Between May 4, 2020 and May 11, 2020, Graham sent multiple images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to the officer. Graham also told the officer that he had an ankle bracelet.
This was beca…
IDs Released For Man, Woman Found Dead At Wollaston Station In Quincy: DA
Authorities have identified the two people found dead at Wollaston Station in Quincy as Klyer Granada, age 20, of South Boston and Tanairy Rodriguez, age 20, of Lowell, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney's office.
A train operator reported seeing the pair on the northbound side of the tracks just north of Wollaston around 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, the an MBTA Transit Police spokesperson said.
EMS crews responded and pronounced the duo dead at the scene. Initial investigation suggested they were hit by a train, but that was not be the case.
Instead, it was determined th…
