Melrose Sex Offender Arrested Again: Patch PM

Today is Monday, June 22.

Massachusetts has entered the second part of phase two, and all eyes will be on the return of indoor dining. Phase three won't start until at least two weeks of data on indoor dining is examined, Gov. Charlie Baker said late last week. The earliest phase three can start is July 6.

While the state's health data appears be moving in the right direction — even as many states outside the Northeast see unprecedented spikes of COVID-19 — Baker is resolute in procuring personal protective equipment and exponentially increasing testing capacity and procuring ahead of a potential fall return of the virus.

"We're not going to be surprised in the fall," the governor said.

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A Level 3 sex offender from Melrose has been arrested on charges that he was watching young girls with his penis out at Lynnfield MarketStreet last weekend, according to the Salem News.

Tyler Jacquard, 34, who lives at 11 Beacon Place in Melrose, is being held on $50,000 bail for his latest arrest on charges of open and gross lewdness and indecent exposure. He was spotted last Saturday in his car watching girls estimated by the woman who found him to be about 13.

Jacquard has been arrested several times, including last year in Melrose and in 2018 when he allegedly was standing above a sleeping girl in her Endicott dorm.

Also across Melrose:

• The weekend notebook notes that while new crises have popped up, the city still has some cleaning up to do on Brazil Street.
• There is a popular Mexican restaurant coming to Main Street, replacing a pizza joint that just a day earlier closed its doors.
• Residents could be getting a break on some late fees when it comes to excise and property taxes.
• The city's COVID-19 spending is at nearly $500,000, money that a city official said will be reimbursed by the federal government.

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A Dominican news outlet is reporting David Ortiz has been issued a restraining order after his former partner said he "intimidated and threatened her."

The woman filed a complaint in May, claiming Ortiz violated a domestic violence law, according to to Liston Diario.

Ortiz, a three-time World Series champion and one of the most revered figures in Boston sports history, was shot in the back last summer in his home country.

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins has opened a criminal investigation into a former MBTA officer who is accused of using excessive force.

During an April 28 encounter with a homeless man at Forest hills, then-MBTA Officer Nicholas Morrissey dragged the 63-year-old man on the busway and held him there, face down, with a knee on his back and head pushed into the pavement for 20 seconds before dragging him out of the bus lane, according to Rollins' office.

Framingham police officers have used force — from pointing guns to deploying pepper spray — hundreds of times over the last several years and the number of incidents has increased recently, according to annual reports kept by the department.

Framingham police Chief Steven Trask said officers use force at a very low rate compared to the number of people they arrest — up to 1,800 each year. The rise in use-of-force incidents can be attributed to better reporting standards that Trask put in place in 2018, he said.

Trask released annual reports on use-of-force from 2016 through the first quarter of 2020 after a public records request.

The Massachusetts Teachers Association called on state officials to address racism and implement several coronavirus safety measures before schools reopen in the fall.

The association's demands, released Thursday, include ending the presence of police officers in schools and having the state provide personal protective equipment and coronavirus testing.
Union officials argued reopening school can't be possible unless they are fully funded and adequate staff are hired for schools to combat racism and the coronavirus pandemic.

The MBTA is increasing bus, subway and commuter rail service this week, even though the transit agency said ridership remains scant.

The service boost comes as Massachusetts enters the second part of phase two of reopening, which will, among other things, see office capacity increase to 50 percent.

See all the increases in service here.