The Boston Police Department is investigating a shooting Tuesday in Roxbury.
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Dorchester man accused of taking upskirt photo of 11-year-old girl
A Boston man has been arrested after allegedly taking an upskirt photo of an 11-year-old girl last month.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that 28-year-old Agustin Jaramillo of Dorchester had been arraigned Monday on a charge of indecent assault and battery on a person under 14.
Prosecutors say police responded on June 6 to Dorchester’s Conservatory Lab Charter School after the girl reported the incident.
Jaramillo is accused of approaching the girl while she walked to the bus stop, handing her a cord and asking her to help him tie a knot.
“He then bent down and told the girl he was going to pull up her sock,” the district attorney’s office said in a press release. “Jaramillo then used his cellphone to take a photo up the victim’s skirt and rubbed his hand against her leg.”
Police identified Jaramillo after sharing photos of the suspect last week, prosecutors said. An arrest warrant was issued Saturday.
“This young girl deserves great credit for relaying to school officials what happened to her that morning,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement. “That information, along with valuable assistance from a community member, helped police make an identification and arrest. This is yet another example of the community working with law enforcement to increase safety for all.”
Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673, and Massachusetts provides this list of statewide and resources for sexual assault survivors.
Brockton shooting leaves man injured, police say
A man was hurt in a shooting Tuesday evening in Brockton, Massachusetts.
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The shooting left…
Driver sought after hit-and-run crash shuts down Watertown restaurant
It took a split second for a truck to slam into a restaurant in Watertown, Massachusetts, forcing it to shut down.
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Proctor’s state car, gun and gear taken away amid investigation
The lead detective in the Karen Read murder case has been relieved of his duties and faces a department hearing after his behavior was exposed during the trial.
While Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor is not actively working, he’s still a member of the department and getting paid. But that could very well change.
Proctor will have what’s known as a “duty status” hearing to determine his work status during the internal affairs investigation. His car, gun and gear have been taken away, which is standard practice.
The move by the state police comes while the internal investigation into Proctor’s conduct continues.
Interim Col. Jack Mawn of the Massachusetts State Police took a strong stance against the trooper’s actions during his investigation of Read, who’s accused of hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her car, killing him in January of 2022.
Proctor sent vulgar and demeaning texts about Read to his family, friends and fellow troopers, during the investigation.
“She’s a whack job … c***,” Proctor said while reading the texts while on the stand.
“Misconduct in any way, shape or form in the Massachusetts State Police will not be tolerated,” Mawn said. “I condemn those comments in the strongest terms possible.”
Testimony revealed the detective was also familiar with several of the witnesses.
The case ended in a mistrial, and, for the trooper, a fall from grace.
Proctor graduated from the academy in 2014 and moved on to work as a detective in the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. Last year, he was paid $146,053 — including almost $37,000 in overtime.
State police confirmed Monday he had been transferred away from the district attorney’s office. The NBC10 Boston Investigators learned Tuesday that Proctor had been sent to Troop H, but will not be working while he is relieved of duty.
The trooper’s fate with the department will be determined by an internal investigation and the state’s POST Commission, which handles allegations of police misconduct.
Sources tell the NBC10 Boston Investigators Proctor is also part of a federal probe looking into the handling of the case.
Gov. Maura Healey was asked if Proctor should fired.
“This is the right move to remove him,” she said. “There is a process, so we’re going to have to go through that process.”
Proctor’s behavior the latest of a long trail of scandals eroding public trust in the Massachusetts State Police. Some troopers have been accused of taking bribes for commercial drivers’ licenses. Others have been convicted of stealing overtime for shifts they never worked and many more.
NBC10 Boston asked Mawn how the department can earn back trust when there have been so many scandals in recent years.
“We need to work very hard to engage the public in a more meaningful way so that we can understand what it is that we need to do and where we want to go in order to maintain trust, build trust, and, in some cases, regain it,” Mawn said.
NBC10 Boston reached out to Proctor’s lawyer for comment, but has not heard back.
‘It was devastating’: Friend of John O’Keefe reacts to mistrial in Karen Read case
With a mistrial declared in the case against Karen Read, the people who knew and loved John O’Keefe are left without answers and with a daunting prospect of another high-profile trial ahead.
John Jackson, a longtime friend of O’Keefe, spoke with NBC10 Boston about the outcome of this first trial. He’s upset, but he’s especially concerned about the impact on the O’Keefe family.
“It’s tough to put into a short interview like this, but he was a tremendous man,” Jackson said of O’Keefe. “I met him in college. Best friend college, you know. We did everything together.”
Jackson says he does not look forward to the prospects of a second trial for Karen Read.
”The worst part about this is for the O’Keefes, really. You just feel so bad. You don’t want to see them go through this again. It was devastating.”
Jackson says he’s known the O’Keefe family for years and that they are being treated unfairly, especially online.
“Stop talking about the O’Keeffe in a negative way. Pray for them, support them, do what you can for the O’Keefe family. They just don’t deserve this,” he said.
Jackson says O’Keefe was godfather to his now 16-year-old daughter. The former Boston police officer also raised his own niece and nephew after his sister and brother-in-law passed away.
”It didn’t surprise us at all, but it certainly changed his life in a lot of great ways. Those kids are amazing.”
Jackson owns a ball cap with his friend’s badge number. He says he watched the entire trial and can’t understand how people can ignore the evidence.
”The story was made up by Karen and the defense team. The defense attorneys made up a story and people listening to these defense attorneys like, like whatever they say is gospel. They’re defense attorneys. They’re selling a story and these people bought it.”
Jackson knows Karen Read, but declined to comment on his opinion of her when we asked.
The state has said it intends to retry the case. Meanwhile, the former lead investigator, Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, has been relieved of his duty and reassigned.
