COURTHOUSE RECORDS.
COLUMN: COURTHOUSE RECORDS Worcester Superior Court Judge John S. McCann Jorge Perez, 20, of 1 Coolidge Place, Clinton, was placed on two concurrent terms of two years probation after pleading guilty to distribution of cocaine and conspiracy to violate a drug law. As...

A journey of recovery: a raw tale of an abused child.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Conspiracy of Love: Living Through and Beyond Childhood Sexual Abuse By Wendy Read Northstone Publishing Wendy Read was sexually abused by her father. The damage done by daddy dearest caught up to her, as it does with all victims. "The demands of...

Toray to pay US$15 million in US carbon fibre price fixing settlement.
The US Justice Department has announced that Japan's Toray Industries Inc and its US subsidiary have agreed to pay US$15.24 million to settle a lawsuit alleging conspiracy to fix carbon fibre prices for US aircraft, ammunition and satellites. The Justice Department also said that Toray and other...

The last word.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Why Washington exposed the details of Israel's raid deep inside Syria last September, which both nations had kept secret, remains a mystery, giving Middle East specialists plenty to speculate on, while opening up a gold-mine for the region's conspiracy theorists. There seemed to...

Judge will keep Mathur in jail until he's sentenced.
Byline: Jay Whearley WORCESTER - Convicted swindler Amit Mathur will remain in federal custody for the next three months, a federal judge ruled yesterday. In denying Mr. Mathur's bid to be released on bail until his sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 5, U.S. District Court Judge...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Open beers lead to gun charges WORCESTER - Two city men were arrested early Saturday for allegedly strolling down a street in Plumley Village with open bottles of beer and stolen, loaded handguns tucked into their waistbands, police said. Angel...

Judge weighs Muslim fate; Case's impact may be global.
Byline: Lee Hammel The U.S. attorney's office predicted that the eyes of the world will be upon the courtroom of U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV and urged him not to go below the sentencing guidelines in the case of three convicted officers of a defunct...

Pooch sniffs out coke in express mail; Women face charges of drug trafficking.
Byline: Matthew Bruun FITCHBURG - Two women were charged with cocaine trafficking Monday after postal inspectors intercepted an express package containing two kilograms of what appeared to be cocaine. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted the express package being sent to 42 Clinton St. and...

Release sought until sentencing; Mathur asks judge to let him spend next few months at home.
Byline: Thomas Caywood WORCESTER - Saying his elderly parents may die before he serves what is expected to be a long prison stretch, the Shrewsbury investment adviser convicted two weeks ago of stealing $13 million from clients has asked a federal judge to release him from custody...

Vice squad targets drug, sex trade; Complaints prompt police presence.
Byline: Edward J. Canty WORCESTER - Vice squad officers were on the prowl yesterday, making repeated arrests in the Main South area in response to mounting complaints by business owners and residents of increased drug dealing and prostitution, officials said. Police have been stepping up patrols to...