DA: Suspect Initially Blamed Black Person In Shooting | Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Monday, June 28. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• The suspect in the June 12 Woburn shooting falsely accused a Black person of carrying out the shooting.
• The former owner of a Cape Cod seafood company was arrested Friday after Sandwich police said he killed $10,000 worth of lobsters.
• Condolences from around sports are pouring in after Bruins star David Pastrnak revealed he and his wife lost their infant son.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

The suspect in the June 12, accidental shooting in Woburn falsely accused a Black person of carrying out the shooting, officials said Friday.

Alec Braz, 24 of Woburn, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday with intimidation of a witness in connection with misleading police. Baz already faced multiple charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. But he was not initially charged in relation to the false story, because police quickly determined it was false.

The victim in the accidental shooting remains paralyzed.

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Monday's Other Top Stories

Rink renamed for injured player: A Bishop Feehan High School hockey player who suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left him partially paralyzed five months ago was welcomed with a surprise during a hockey tournament that was held in his honor over the weekend. The first annual Quetta Cup Tournament was hosted Saturday as a fundraiser for AJ Quetta and his family at the New England Sports Village in Attleboro. During the tournament, it was announced that the ice rink will change its name to the "AJ Quetta Rink."

Man accused of killing $10K worth of lobster: The former owner of a Cape Cod seafood company was arrested Friday after Sandwich police said he killed $10,000 worth of lobsters. Joseph Vaudo, of Sandwich, was charged with felony vandalism of property and illegal dumping. Police said Vaudo was caught on video at Superior Lobster and Seafood destroying the live seafood at 9:19 p.m., Thursday.

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Massachusetts is in its second heat wave of 2021, and weather forecasters are now saying this month, with an average temperature of 72.9 degrees, is on pace to be the hottest June on record in Boston (the previous record holder was June 1976, when the average temperature was 73.2 degrees). The highest temperatures of the current heat wave are likely to be recorded today and tomorrow.

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Pastrnak's infant son dies: Condolences from around sports are pouring in after Bruins star David Pastrnak revealed he and his wife lost their infant son. Viggo Rohl Pastrnak was just six days old when he died June 23. "We have an Angel watching over us and we call him SON," Pastrnak wrote in a brief Instagram post Monday morning. "You will be loved FOREVER. Please respect our privacy as we are going through these heartbreaking times."

By The Numbers

80,000: The approximate number of New Hampshire who paid Massachusetts income taxes, even as they worked from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow New Hampshire to sue neighboring Massachusetts over the income tax dispute. New Hampshire wanted the justices to declare Massachusetts' collections unconstitutional and order a refund to people who are paying taxes of just over 5%.