WRENTHAM — A Rhode Island dog trainer who was caring for the beloved pet of former New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo when the animal died has pleaded guilty to related charges.
The Sun Chronicle reports that 42-year-old Amelia Ferreira, of Cranston, was sentenced Tuesday in Massachusetts to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to obstructing justice.
Ferreira was caring for Knox, Mayo’s 5-year-old English bulldog, at her home in June 2018 when the dog died. Instead of telling Mayo of the death, she hid his remains and reported Knox missing.
Cranston police found the dog’s remains on Aug. 5 in a trash bag in Ferreira’s closet.
She was not charged with causing the dog’s death, which was undetermined.
She called herself a “coward” for not being honest about the death.
BROOKLINE — Authorities say a young man stabbed at a popular suburban Boston park has died of his injuries.
A spokesman for the Norfolk district attorney’s office says 20-year-old Nicolas Kern was stabbed multiple times at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at Amory Park in Brookline and died at the hospital later in the day.
The victim lived in Brookline.
There have been no arrests, but investigators say they do not think the stabbing was a random act and there is no threat to the public.
According to the town’s website, the park is a little more than eight acres, and includes ballfields, walking trails, tennis courts and a dog park. Neighbors describe it as a safe area.
LEWISTON, Maine — A former Republican congressman who lost the country’s first federal ranked-choice voting race is advocating against the expansion of its use.
Former Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine lost to current Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat, last year. The ranked-choice voting method allows voters to pick a second choice if their favorite loses. The reapportionment of votes allowed Golden to defeat Poliquin in a close race.
The Sun Journal reports Poliquin has called on a Massachusetts legislative committee to reject the adoption of ranked-choice voting in that state. He said the system leads to “broken promises, confusion and voter fraud.”
At least a dozen states are looking to switch to the ranked-choice system, which Maine adopted in a public 2016 vote. Only Maine uses it in state and federal elections.
From Associated Press