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Everett Middle School Employee Charged with Child Rape and Indecent Assault and Battery in Massachusetts Pleads Not Guilty

By Altman & Altman

In Massachusetts, Robert J. Shea, a basketball coach and custodian at Everett Middle School has been charged with two counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault and battery involving a 12-year-old boy. He has pled not guilty to the charges. Shea?s arrest on April 6 and the subsequent charges announced on April 7 came a few days after the boy?s mother reported him to police. Prosecutors claim that Shea sexually abused the boy for six months and the abuse incidents occurred in the 57-year-old?s house and at Everett High School. Shea, an Everett School Department employee for 25 years and a junior varsity basketball coach for 14 years, has expressed shock at the charges. His Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer says that Shea only acted as the boy?s friend and older brother and that this is the first allegation against him after working around children for years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).