Mass. woman charged as accessory to assault of 7-year-old who died after Father’s Day beating

September 22nd, 2009 Murder charge dropped against 1 in Harvard killingWOBURN, Mass. — Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against one of three New York men held in a fatal shooting at Harvard University.

September 16th, 2009 Boys charged in beating can't return to schoolLYNN, Mass. — A ruling says four boys accused of severely beating a Guatemalan immigrant will remain indefinitely suspended from school, but they'll receive tutoring.

September 1st, 2009 Connecticut woman arrested 3 times in a dayBRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 29-year-old woman has a court date next week to face charges stemming from her arrest Saturday, her other arrest Saturday, and her third arrest on Saturday.

August 24th, 2009 9 men in tuxedos charged in Boston beating deathBOSTON — Prosecutors say a group of men who were wearing tuxedos when they beat a man to death outside a Boston nightclub have been charged with assault and battery. Police say 22-year-old Jose Alicea was beaten Friday and died of his injuries Monday.

August 21st, 2009 Police: Teen hires 3 to beat man over stolen potMONROE, Conn. — An 18-year-old Connecticut woman was accused of retaliating against a man she said robbed her of marijuana by hiring three people to beat him up.

August 19th, 2009 US agent charged with assault in Virgin IslandsCHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — A federal border patrol officer has been arrested in the U.S.

August 7th, 2009 Court: Mass. dad beat, shoved, sat on son who diedWORCESTER, Mass.

July 31st, 2009 Mass. mother charged with locking son in hot atticLOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman is due in court after being accused of locking her 3-year-old son inside a sweltering attic, where police say temperatures were above 100 degrees.

July 31st, 2009 Kids to cops: Mom used attic as lockup when angryLOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts prosecutor says police responding to a report of a 3-year-old being locked in a sweltering attic were told by other children, "Mommy does this when she gets angry." Kristen Paquette was charged with reckless endangerment to a child and assault and battery on a child.

July 8th, 2009 Ohio woman, 75, accused of beating fawn to deathEUCLID, Ohio — An Ohio woman who found a fawn in her flower garden has been accused of beating it to death with a shovel. Dorothy Richardson, 75, was charged in a warrant with animal cruelty at her Euclid home near the Cleveland Metroparks Euclid Creek Reservation, a wooded park where deer, foxes and other wildlife roam.

June 30th, 2009 Mass. man arraigned in Father's Day beating deathWORCESTER, Mass. — Bail has been revoked for a Massachusetts man now charged with murder in the fatal beating of his 7-year-old son on Father's Day.

June 28th, 2009 Boy dies after alleged Father's Day beatingWORCESTER, Mass. — A 7-year-old boy who authorities say was severely beaten by his dad on Father's Day has died in Massachusetts.

June 19th, 2009 Bar brawler charged with high-heeled shoe assaultHAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — This woman really knows how to get to the point — but not in a good way.

June 5th, 2009 Pa. mom charged with beating infant with crib partUNIONTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania woman is in jail on charges she fatally beat her 3-month-old son with a piece of a crib she was assembling last August.

April 28th, 2009 Pa. teen says he yelled slurs at Mexican immigrantPOTTSVILLE, Pa. — An eastern Pennsylvania teenager has admitted to instigating a brawl with an illegal Mexican immigrant who died in the fight with the teen's friends.