North Shore Today Extra – Red Sox & MLB Baseball news notes with Andy Carbone
Sports: MIAA weekend basketball & hockey playoff schedule is posted below. Our website will have game reports on Sunday from the TD Garden on our three north shore hockey teams.
Weather – Sun and clouds today with temps climbing to around 50 degrees.
Breaking News – Afternoon update from the Mass State Police: Troopers and other responders on-scene, Route 1 north in Peabody, for a serious single-vehicle crash. Partial lane closures in place. We will update when more info is appropriate for release.
UPDATE-Male victim suffered life-threatening injuries after his vehicle struck a utility pole. It is possible that the victim suffered a medical incident prior to the crash that caused him lose control of his car.
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MASS State Police – Detectives today arrested a Revere man after an investigation uncovered hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse material on his mobile phone. Troopers charged KENNETH HIGGINS, 45, with possession of child pornography and possession of child pornography, third offense.
HIGGINS, who is classified as a Level 2 Sex Offender, has multiple prior convictions for possession of child sexual abuse materials; he is currently on probation imposed following a prison sentence he served for a 2008 child pornography conviction. Today’s charges stemmed from an investigation by the State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County and the State Police Cyber Crime Unit that began recently as a result of a cyber tip provided by Yahoo to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The tip included several picture files depicting child pornography and data related to the IP address that accessed the picture files. NCMEC referred the tip to MSP.
Early this morning Troopers from the State Police Detective Unit and the State Police Cyber Crime Unit, with assistance from a Revere Police detective, executed a search warrant at HIGGINS’ Revere Beach Parkway apartment, where they located his phone. HIGGINS refused to provide a passcode to access the phone, but a Trooper was able to retrieve its memory card per the court authorized search. The hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse material were extracted from the card. HIGGINS was placed under arrest and transported to the State Police-Revere Barracks for processing. After he was booked he was brought to Chelsea District Court for arraignment, and was ordered held without bail for violating his probation from the previous case by re-offending.
As part of the same investigation Troopers this morning executed a separate search warrant on an apartment at 165 Hawthorne St., Chelsea, the residence of a friend of HIGGINS. Troopers seized several electronic devices from that apartment, which will be analyzed by the Cyber Crime Unit.
Charges may be filed against the resident of that apartment depending on the results of the Cyber Crime Unit’s examination of the devices. HIGGINS’ booking photo from today’s arrest is included with this release.
Danvers DPW – SMART SAVINGS PROGRAM-Danvers Electric offers a demand management program to residential and small business customers that helps lower the electricity peak, which benefits everyone in Danvers and New England. For more information please visit: danversma.gov/271/Smart-Savi
Lynn Police – Thank you to The KenneK Foundation and the GE Good Neighbor Fund for their donation of “Trouble the Dog” stuffed animals. Officers and Firefighters are able to hand out “Trouble the Dog” to comfort children who experience traumatic incidents.
Rep. Manny Cruz – This week the Salem School Committee will begin bargaining with our partners in the Salem Teachers Union. The personnel subcommittee put together this helpful FAQ to answer questions from our community about the process. Thank you to SC Member Beth Anne Cornell for taking the lead on this, This will be my 5th round of negotiations as the Chair of the Personnel Subcommitte. I couldn’t be more proud of the work we have done with our unions to create model contracts across all of our units. I am eager to work with my colleagues negotiate this important contract in service of our Salem Public School educators, families, and students.
Peabody Institute Library – This week the Peabody Institute Library has 312 new books and nine new movies. New items include Wonka, If Only I Had Told Her, This Could Be Us, Listen for the Lie, The Walking Dead, Still See You Everywhere, White Rural Rage, and One Piece 105. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=4542
Cape Ann Museum – It’s closing week for “Above the Fold: The Photographers of the ‘Gloucester Daily Times,’ 1973-2005,” on view through March 17, 2024! Join us for a final “Mug Up” with the GDT photographers and celebrate their work on Saturday, March 16 from 3-5 pm. tinyurl.com/mugupgdt.
Salem Public Schools – Negotiations between the Salem School Committee and the Salem Teachers Union begin Thursday, Mar. 14. The School Committee has provided several frequently asked questions for our families
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Manchester-Essex Athletics – Congratulations once again to our Winter Senior Athletes on a fantastic winter season! Huge thank you to the student-athletes and their families for everything you’ve done for each of your respective programs over the past 4 (or more) years!
MIAA Championship Weekend – Hockey & Basketball
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