Dec 16, 2020
NEWBURYPORT â A Lawrence man was ordered to write an apology letter to a 14-year-old Black teen after admitting a judge or jury could find him guilty of hurling a racial slur at him while walking on State Street this summer.Â
Joseph M. McManus Jr., 66, of Colonial Road was arraigned on disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace charges in mid-November in Newburyport District Court. His arraignment came roughly a month after a court clerk magistrate found there was enough probable cause to charge him with the offenses.Â
On Monday, both charges were continued without a finding for six months. In addition to writing an apology letter, McManus must stay away from the victim and all witnesses and pay $250 in fees and fines. If McManus adheres to all conditions and stay out of trouble with the law, the charges against him would be dropped after six months.Â
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Dec 13, 2020
NEWBURY â A Hampton, New Hampshire, man, who had an illegal 9mm handgun strapped to his ankle when he crashed his pickup on Interstate 95 south in March, avoided jail time Friday after pleading guilty to multiple charges in Newburyport District Court.Â
As he was being freed from the crumpled truck on the morning of March 23, Josue Ordonez, 35, told police he had a loaded handgun holstered to his ankle. Troopers ran a check of the firearm and Ordonez, and learned he did not have a license to carry the gun, according to an Essex County prosecutor.Â
Ordonez was taken to Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport with injuries. He was charged with seven offenses, including operating a motor vehicle to endanger, speeding, a marked lanes violation and carrying a loaded firearm without a license.Â
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