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Another Boston firefighter gone bad (allegedly, of course)
By adamg on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 1:58pm
On the same day the bodybuilding firefighter tries to get his job back comes this news:
A Boston deputy fire chief is accused of posing as a state trooper and raping a woman at gunpoint last month, Boston Fire Department officials said.
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So is he on paid leave, or
So is he on paid leave, or not on paid leave?
only an accusation - This can happen to you, guys!
This looks like a shaky case, you should have held off before posting:
The Globe has reported more details:
boston.com.../deputy_fire_chi.html
Money quote:
Years ago, I was appointed as a public defender for a man arrested and hauled into court on a charge of rape.
He worked at John Hancock and was walking out of the Au Bon Pain at Boylston and Berkeley when a woman accompanied by a police officer pointed at him and "That's him, that's the man who raped me." The man was arrested on the street, booked and brought to court that afternoon, where I met him.
The police report for the rape was from about 6 months before that. The woman reported that a man had broken into her apartment and raped her a day before. There were significant differences between the description of the rapist in the police report and the man who was arrested that day. There was no DNA.
The man had no record. He was released on recognizance because of the different descriptions. If the descriptions were closer, he might have been held without bail. The case was eventually dismissed.
Fortunately, he was not a firefighter and it was before the internet, so his arrest was not reported and his name not associated with rape.
Welcome New Commentator
I don't suppose the subject matter had much to do with your recent arrival, did it?
Welcome ad hominem
How new a user they are is irrelevant to the strength of their argument.
Try googling some of the phrases here ...
It doesn't take much.
Does the phrase "urban legend" mean anything to you?
So he's making it all up?
Swirly girl just called you a liar, man. Are you?
used to be able to post anonymously
No, I used to be able to post anonymously, so I had to register.
I just don't like people being smeared with shaky allegations.
Hmmm, I didn't mention the Duke case, remember that?
I also don't like the snarky glee that goes with allegations against firefighters, who are 99% good.
Do you have anything substantive to say on the subject?
The new guy (hey, I use to
The new guy (hey, I use to post here before login) is right. Her story is, ahhh, interesting. Maybe she's just trying to convince the boyfr---um, fiance, that she isn't a hooker. Poor judgmen on Pearson's part, but last I looked, we simply don't have 'highway patrol'. Show me a gun or uniform. Anything beside her word.
I'm calling shenanigans. He's a john, probably, but that's it, in my opinion.
Oh, I'm outta state, on dialup. Gawd...
Explain
How does her being accused of prostitution in the past mean that she was not raped? (that's as a question for deselby, above, as much as anybody else).
It is also possible that if a rape occurred, he told her that he was a "highway patrolman" ... I don't think it matters much who she thought he was ... if there was force, guns, badges involved then she may not have been in any position to question.
a matter of diversion
Prostitutes can and do get raped, but it is significant that she did not report the rape until she was arrested, two weeks after the alleged rape.
This is sometimes a way of changing the subject, as it converts the arrested woman into a victim who is now entitled to treatment, etc.
Also, in response to other commenters above, there is no indication that the firefighter was a "john."
The alleged victim, along with her "boyfriend," is having a conversation with a police officer on the street. What was the conversation about? Was it a friendly conversation?
Then the alleged victim point's out the firefighter's car (while he is driving by), and says "That's the man who raped me."
It could have been away of deflecting police inquiries and changing the subject.
Just saying.