Another convicted sex offender arrested at MGH

Francis Pelosi, 56, of Boston, was arrested around 7 p.m. yesterday after he locked himself in an emergency-department men's room at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

While arguing with hospital staff and police trying to get him out, Pelosi allegedly threatened to kill the Chelsea police chief, the DA's office says, adding a former Chelsea chief now works in security for the hospital.

Pelosi was ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail at his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court today on charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct, threats to commit a crime, possession of a Class E substance, and larceny under $250. Judge Edward Redd denied a request from prosecutors that he revoke Pelosi's earlier bail on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender.

The state considers Pelosi a "Level 3" offender, or a potential risk to the public, because of his 1997 conviction for indecent assault and batter on a child under 14 and rape of a child, according to his profile at the state Sexual Offender Registry Board.

The DA's office gave this account of his arrest:

Next to his suitcase outside the restroom were a pair of hospital scrubs and a pair of hospital signs for the social work, psychiatry, and behavioral health departments.

After an additional seven or eight minutes, the officers forced their way into the restroom and ordered Pelosi to wash his hands and leave. Instead, Pelosi allegedly began to pack and unpack his suitcase while verbally abusing the officers.

After being escorted from the building with multiple warnings to leave or be arrested, Pelosi allegedly called the officers a group of “losers” and tried once more to enter the hospital. About 45 minutes of unsuccessful negotiations, police arrested him.

During a search of his property, authorities recovered a bottle of MGH hydrogen peroxide, a small baggie of marijuana, and approximately 250 pills of various types.

On Oct. 22, another convicted sex offender was arrested on charges he attacked and tried to rape a woman in a Mass. General restroom.

Last week, an MGH psychiatric patient attacked his doctor with a knife and was shot dead by an off-duty security guard.

Innocent, etc.