Brockton Man Accused of Hate Crime Deemed Dangerous
A 34-year-old Brockton man who allegedly entered onto a Taunton couple s property and violently assaulted one of them in what is alleged to be a hate crime was deemed dangerous and ordered held without bail after a Superior Court Dangerousness Hearing was held earlier this month, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Michael Cates was indicted in November 2020 by the grand jury on charges of civil rights violation, assault and battery to intimidate with injury and aggravated assault and battery. He was also indicted for an assault and battery on a fellow inmate at the Bristol County House of Corrections. The jail assault occurred in August 2020, while the defendant was being held in relation to the alleged Taunton hate crime.
Fall River Repeat Car Thief Sentenced to Prison
FALL RIVER A 26-year-old Fall River man who was involved in the theft of eight motor vehicles and the attempted theft of three others was convicted of a litany of crimes recently and sentenced to serve five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Alexander Amaral pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court earlier this month to indictments charging him with eight counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, four counts of breaking and entering into a vehicle during the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony, two counts of larceny over $1,200, and one count each of breaking and entering into a building with intentions to commit a felony and larceny from a building.
Man who hid in Maine for years now sentenced for 4 rapes in Massachusetts
Ivan Keith already had been sentenced in 2 rapes, and his sentencing in 2 others means he will spend 44 to 50 years in prison.
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FALL RIVER, Mass. A man already in prison for two rapes in Massachusetts in the 1990s has pleaded guilty to raping two more women, prosecutors say.
Ivan Keith
Photo courtesy of the Hancock County Jail
Ivan Keith, 63, who fled to Maine where he lived under an alias for years, was sentenced Tuesday to up to 30 years in prison. He pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to multiple charges including five counts of aggravated rape in connection with sexual assaults in Taunton and Easton in the late 1990s.
FALL RIVER A Maine man will spend what amounts to life in prison due to his age after recently being sentenced to an additional two to three decades in prison for rapes that occurred in Easton and Taunton in the 1990s.
Ivan Keith, 63, formerly of Bridgewater, was convicted in Fall River Superior Court Tuesday of indictments charging him with five counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of threats and one count each of breaking and entering, failure to register as a sex offender, failure to provide DNA and perjury.
‘Nothing short of pure evil;’ Ivan Keith pleads guilty to rapes in Massachusetts dating back to the 1990s, will spend decades in prison
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Ivan Keith, a 63-year-old who man fled Massachusetts 18 years ago in an alleged attempt to avoid being connected to at least four rapes dating back to the 1990s, has pleaded guilty to a series of charges, officials said, and is now expected to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Victims of the rapes recounted during a sentencing hearing Tuesday how the crimes changed their lives forever.
The survivor of a 1998 sexual assault in Easton told the court that Keith “took away my joy, my laughter and my peace of mind,” according to the office of Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III. The woman lived in a constant state of fear, she said, not doing ordinary things she enjoyed like taking walks and socializing, and also neglected her health because she did not want to be touched by a doctor.