U.S. Navy recruit from Webster killed in crash in Florida

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Recruit Francois Longdayeyambete, a 2026 Bartlett High School graduate from Webster, died early Saturday, Oct. 24, along with two fellow sailors in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Pensacola, Florida.

The U.S. Navy released the names of the three sailors Tuesday, Oct. 27, Navy Times reported. Longdayeyambete enlisted July 9 and served with the Naval Air Technical Training Center at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

His full name was Francois Prince Emmanuel Longdaye Yambete. In Webster, people knew him as Francis Longdaye, according to NBC10 Boston.

The crash also killed Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Drekwon Bagley of Michigan and Airman Apprentice David Deanda of California. Bagley trained alongside Longdayeyambete at the technical training center and enlisted May 14. Deanda belonged to Naval Aviation Schools Command, also at the Pensacola base, and enlisted June 4.

Car hit barrier, caught fire

The Pensacola Police Department received a call about the crash around 1:35 a.m. at M Street and Cervantes Street, WEAR News 3 reported. Officers arrived to find the car in flames. After firefighters put out the fire, first responders found the three sailors inside.

Police told WKRG the car was heading east when the driver lost control and struck a barrier. The car then flipped over and caught fire. Police have not said publicly who was driving or what caused the driver to lose control.

Pensacola police are leading the investigation. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is also investigating, which the Navy described as standard practice when a sailor dies outside combat without medical oversight.

Cmdr. David Gardner, a spokesman for Naval Education and Training Command, said in a statement to Stars and Stripes that “the Navy mourns the loss of our shipmates.” He said local Navy chaplains are offering grief counseling to the sailors’ colleagues.

Webster mourns former class president

Webster Superintendent Monique Pierangeli confirmed Longdayeyambete’s death Tuesday.

“Francois was a bright light in our school community,” Pierangeli said in a statement to Boston.com. She described him as a caring young man who lifted the spirits of the people around him and encouraged his classmates.

Bartlett football coach Dane Laboissonniere learned of the death over the weekend after the family reached out to former classmates, who then told school officials.

“Sadly it is true, a very sad day for us all here,” Laboissonniere said in an email to NBC10 Boston.

Family fled civil war

Longdayeyambete’s family fled the Central African Republic during its civil war when he was in third grade, NBC10 Boston reported in a November 2025 profile that named him a “Hometown MVP.” The family moved to Togo, then Philadelphia, before settling in Webster.

At Bartlett, he served as senior class president and played tight end and defensive tackle for the football team. He spoke four languages and was studying two more. He joined the school’s future teachers program and mentored younger students through Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Laboissonniere called him “top tier” in the 2025 profile and praised his commitment to giving back to Webster’s young people.

Longdayeyambete told NBC10 Boston that he saw himself as someone younger children could look up to. He had already enlisted in the Navy during his senior year and said he hoped to become a Navy SEAL.

The Navy has not released additional details about the crash.

Foreground image courtesy of U.S. Navy

Drug maker to lay off 105 workers at Northbridge, Watertown sites

EyePoint, an eye-drug developer with a manufacturing plant in Northbridge, plans to lay off 105 workers at its Northbridge and Watertown sites, according to a notice the company filed with the state.

The state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development received the notice, filed under the name EyePoint US Inc., Tuesday, Oct. 20, and posted it in its weekly WARN layoff report for the week ending Friday, Oct. 23. The layoffs will take place between Dec. 31 and Jan. 31, 2027.

The filing lists the two locations together and gives one combined count for both sites.

Under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, employers must notify the state at least 60 days before a qualifying mass layoff or plant closing.

EyePoint’s board approved the job cuts Saturday, Oct. 17, after reviewing results from the second of two late-stage trials testing the company’s drug Duravyu as a treatment for age-related macular degeneration, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The trial missed its main goal.

The plan eliminates about 53% of the company’s jobs. EyePoint expects most of the layoffs to happen before the end of the year and the rest to wrap up in the first half of 2027, according to the filing. The company estimates it will spend about $9 million on severance and related costs.

“Decisions involving a reduction in our workforce are exceptionally difficult,” said Jay S. Duker, EyePoint’s president and CEO, in a company announcement Monday, Oct. 19.

The company now plans to focus on Duravyu as a potential treatment for diabetic macular edema, a diabetes-related cause of vision loss. Results from two late-stage trials of the drug for that condition should arrive in the fourth quarter of 2027, the company said. EyePoint projects the restructuring will save about $30 million a year and reported about $118 million in cash and short-term investments as of Sept. 30.

The company unveiled plans for the 40,000-square-foot Northbridge plant in January 2023 to manufacture its drugs. In its 2023 announcement, EyePoint said it would receive about $1.9 million in state and local incentives tied to the facility and the local jobs it would create.

The state’s MassHire Rapid Response program works with employers and workers affected by layoffs.

Image credit: @whatlayoff/ Twitter

Contractors seek $5.5M from SMC as Table Talk Square construction stalls

Contractors have filed five lawsuits seeking about $5.5 million over work on three Worcester apartment buildings tied to Watertown-based SMC Management, including the unfinished Residences at Table Talk Square beside Polar Park.

Three of the suits involve the 185-unit Table Talk project, which saw no construction activity at the site during visits over the past two weeks, most recently Monday, Oct. 26, according to the Worcester Business Journal, which first reported the lawsuits.

Kevin McRoy, a Fall River attorney representing SMC, told the business journal the parties had resolved the litigation involving SMC’s Residences on Madison and are working in good faith to settle the remaining disputes. He did not say when construction at Table Talk Square would resume.

All five cases remained open in court records as of Monday.

Three claims at Table Talk Square

Contractors say they are owed about $1.35 million for work at Table Talk Square:

• Feeney Brothers Services of Dorchester says the SMC project owner still owes it $608,031 under its contract.
• McCarthy Concrete of Connecticut seeks $628,876 for concrete work it performed as a subcontractor to general contractor Bozzuto Contracting Co.
• Middlesex Glass Co. of Tewksbury says Bozzuto owes it $112,463 for storefront and mirror work.

All three seek to enforce mechanics liens on the property. Massachusetts’ mechanics lien law lets unpaid contractors record a lien against property they improved and ask a court to order a sale to cover the debt.

In its September suit, Middlesex Glass said Maryland-based Bozzuto suspended work at the site over payment problems with SMC, and SMC then terminated Bozzuto’s contract.

Disputes at Madison Street and Poet Hill

Bozzuto filed the largest claim in August, alleging SMC owes it about $3.1 million for building the 102-unit Residences on Madison at 5 Madison St. The suit names SMC founder Stephen Chapman and related companies and accuses them of diverting more than $3 million in construction-loan money meant for Bozzuto and its subcontractors to investors or other uses.

Bozzuto also alleged that SMC’s three Worcester projects carried more than $10 million in unpaid obligations when it filed the complaint, including at least $5 million at Table Talk Square.

SMC denied the misconduct claims in a September court filing. The developer described the case as a nonpayment dispute that belongs in mediation and arbitration and argued that the Madison property provides enough security to cover Bozzuto’s lien.

Callahan Inc., a Bridgewater-based construction manager, sued SMC’s Poet Hill project owner Thursday, Oct. 22, seeking about $1.06 million for work on the 210-unit Poet Hill Residences on Hemans Street. Callahan first claimed about $2.15 million but acknowledged receiving nearly $1.1 million in additional payments around October.

Callahan announced in June that it had completed the building. Callahan seeks payment, interest and enforcement of a lien against the Poet Hill property.

Ballpark district stakes

Table Talk Square sits inside the Polar Park district improvement financing area, where property taxes and other revenue from new development help the city pay debt on the publicly financed ballpark.

The district already runs behind projections. In a memo to the City Council in October 2025, Chief Financial Officer Timothy McGourthy reported the fund collected $929,000 less than expected in fiscal 2025, bringing the amount owed to the city’s general fund to $1.7 million. He blamed delayed private development, high construction costs and interest rates that slowed financing.

City Auditor Robert Stearns projected an additional $390,000 shortfall for fiscal 2026. The city covers each year’s gap from its general fund, with the expectation that the district will repay it later.

In a March update, City Manager Eric Batista listed SMC’s building among the Table Talk redevelopment projects holding Planning Board approval, part of 349 approved units from SMC and Rossi Development on the former pie factory property.

SMC announced plans for a five-story, wood-frame apartment building over a two-level podium with 233 parking spaces after buying the parcel at Ash and Washington streets for $5.25 million in June 2025. The site had earlier been slated for a 375-unit project that stalled when that developer’s partner withdrew.

Image render courtesy of Bozzuto

5 Worcester County districts land state grants for phone-free schools

Five Worcester County school districts are among 17 statewide that will split more than $625,000 in grants from Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to keep student cellphones away for the full school day.

Douglas, Fitchburg, Harvard, Leominster and North Brookfield public schools appear on the list of recipients the attorney general’s office released Tuesday, Oct. 27. The office did not publish individual award amounts. Grants scale with student enrollment and top out at $50,000 per district.

“Young people are facing a mental health crisis driven in large part by the constant use of their cellphones and social media,” Campbell said. “During the school day, kids deserve to be able to set those distractions aside and focus on learning and building relationships with their peers.”

She said schools across the state have told her office that phone-free policies improved student focus and connection.

How districts can spend the money

Campbell launched the Phone-Free Schools Support Grant in May with $500,000 available. Public school districts, charter schools and educational collaboratives had until June 5 to apply. Grant periods began Sept. 1 and can last up to two years.

The office judged applications on each district’s proposed bell-to-bell policy and how closely it followed the recommendations in the office’s cellphone and social media toolkit for schools, among other criteria.

Districts can use the money for:

• Lockable phone storage and technology that limits device access during the school day
• Training for teachers, staff and administrators
• Outreach to students, families and the wider school community
• Data collection to measure effects on school climate, student engagement and device use
• Translation and accessibility services

The attorney general’s Grants Unit runs the program with Liza Hirsch, director of the office’s Children’s Justice Unit.

“With phones away, we’re seeing scholars look up, lean in, and connect,” said Northampton Public Schools Superintendent Anna Azarloza, whose district also received a grant.

All 17 grant recipients

• Amesbury Public Schools
• Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
• Dartmouth Public Schools
• Douglas Public Schools
• East Longmeadow Public Schools
• Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School District
• Fitchburg Public Schools
• Harvard Public Schools
• Lenox Public Schools
• Leominster Public Schools
• New Bedford Public Schools
• North Brookfield Public Schools
• Northampton Public Schools
• Pentucket Regional School District
• Quincy Public Schools
• Sharon Public Schools
• Whitman-Hanson Regional School District

Statewide ban sits in conference committee

The grants arrive while lawmakers have yet to settle on a statewide ban. The Senate voted 38-2 on July 31, 2025, to pass a bill requiring every public school district to adopt a bell-to-bell cellphone policy.

The House approved its own version 129-25 on April 8. The House bill keeps the school cellphone ban and adds limits on youth social media, barring children under 14 from the platforms and requiring parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds.

The Senate rejected the House changes May 7 and named negotiators to a conference committee. The House named its negotiators May 20. The bill’s legislative record shows no action since then.

Campbell introduced the STUDY Act, her own proposal for a statewide bell-to-bell ban, in January 2025. In August, she joined other attorneys general in a $17.1 billion multi-state settlement with Meta that requires design changes to protect young users and provides Massachusetts with up to $516 million. Her office also continues a lawsuit against TikTok alleging the company designed its platform to be addictive to young users.

Harte’s Home in Auburn closing, auctioning showroom furniture Thursday

Harte’s Home Furniture and Mattress Store, the Auburn shop that former Rotmans employees opened in 2023, is closing, and its showroom inventory goes up for auction online Thursday, Oct. 29.

The store at 771 Washington St. on Route 20 announced the closing in a statement on its website.

“Our building has been sold and we will be closing very quickly,” the statement said. The store described the new owner as a company that runs its own furniture store.

Harte’s Home said it will fill all existing orders and make deliveries on their scheduled dates. A store employee told TheStreet that Tuesday, Oct. 27, would be the last day of operation.

How the auction works

Holbrook-based Paul E. Saperstein Co. will run the online-only sale, which starts at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, according to the auctioneer’s listing. Bidders can view the catalog and register on BidSpotter.

The listing includes living room sets, sofas, recliners, dining and bedroom furniture, chandeliers, lamps, rugs, decor and store fixtures. Everything sells as is, and the auctioneer describes the items as showroom displays.

Shoppers can inspect items at the store Wednesday, Oct. 28, from noon to 6 p.m.

Buyers must remove their own purchases during these pickup hours:

• Friday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The auctioneer may resell items that buyers do not collect or arrange to collect within 24 hours of those windows. BidSpotter lists independent movers for hire.

Purchases carry an 18% buyer’s premium, which drops 3 percentage points for cash or bank check payments. The 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax applies to the total, premium included. Buyers who pay by credit card do so at the store and must show ID.

A Rotmans successor

Heidi Richardson, the store’s president, led a group of former Rotmans staff that opened Harte’s Home in late 2023, Furniture Today reported at the time. Rotmans, which Murray and Ida Rotman founded in Worcester in 1956, had closed before Harte’s Home opened.

In its closing statement, Harte’s Home thanked customers, “whether old friends from Rotmans or the new friends we made here in Auburn.”

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Wrong-way detection flags 215+ drivers on Mass. highways since June

Wrong-way detection systems that MassDOT began installing in June have spotted more than 215 drivers entering highways the wrong way, and about 140 of them corrected course, state officials said Monday, Oct. 26.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has installed 86 detection systems and deployed 12 portable detection and warning trailers under the state’s $75 million wrong-way driving prevention initiative. Crews have also upgraded signs and pavement markings at 85% of highway ramps statewide.

The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Legislature funded the program, which now targets more than 800 high-risk locations. Officials cited more than 500 locations when Gov. Maura Healey launched the effort June 17.

“Wrong-way driving crashes can have devastating consequences for families, and we’re doing everything we can to take action to prevent these tragedies before they happen,” Healey said.

How the systems work

MassDOT crews retrofitted existing signalized intersections and highway camera systems with the new technology. When a vehicle moves the wrong way on an off-ramp, the system sends real-time alerts to transportation officials and police. Illuminated signs with flashing lights warn the driver at the same time.

A MassDOT deployment map dated Monday, Oct. 19, shows a cluster of fully operational systems in and around Worcester. The map also marks candidate sites across Worcester County.

“This system will position Massachusetts as a nationwide leader in wrong way prevention and detection and will help keep our roads safe for everyone,” said Phillip Eng, interim transportation secretary and MBTA general manager.

More systems on the way

MassDOT expects to bring about 40 more detection systems online by the end of 2026 and aims to have 300 running by the end of 2027. The agency also plans to test new detection tools at ramps without traffic signals and use the data it collects to plan ramp redesigns where drivers often get confused.

State Police Col. Geoffrey Noble pointed to the death of Trooper Kevin Trainor, who died this year while trying to stop a wrong-way driver.

“Our Troopers frequently respond to these dangerous situations, putting their lives at risk to ensure public safety,” Noble said.

A persistent danger

Wrong-way crashes have killed 51 people in 37 fatal crashes on Massachusetts roads since 2021, according to MassDOT’s wrong-way driving program data. The state recorded at least 40 wrong-way crashes in each of the last five years, with a peak of 52 in 2024.

Most of those crashes happen between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m., and MassDOT estimates roughly 80% of wrong-way drivers were impaired. The agency also warns drivers against relying on GPS alone, citing several incidents tied to drivers misreading GPS directions or to a lag between a GPS prompt and the correct turn.

MassDOT advises drivers who realize they are headed the wrong way to pull over immediately and turn around only when it is safe. Drivers can call 911 if they need police help turning around. Anyone who spots a wrong-way driver should also pull over and call 911.

State halts admissions at RegalCare at Worcester after resident wanders off

State inspectors have barred RegalCare at Worcester from admitting new residents after a resident with dementia walked out of a locked unit and turned up hours later at a restaurant miles away.

The state Department of Public Health issued an “immediate jeopardy” finding against the Oriol Drive nursing home Oct. 14, The Boston Globe reported. The designation means inspectors found conditions that put residents at risk of serious injury or death. The facility cannot take new admissions until conditions improve.

Staff did not realize the resident had left the unit, according to the Globe. Worcester police found the resident at a restaurant and took the person to a hospital.

The Worcester finding came one day after DPH moved to revoke every Massachusetts nursing home license held by RegalCare owner Eliyahu “Eli” Mirlis. In an Oct. 13 notice of intended agency action, the department found Mirlis “not suitable or responsible” to run a long-term care facility in the state.

DPH cited New Jersey’s revocation of Mirlis’ nursing home administrator license, which the department said he misrepresented, along with substandard care at RegalCare’s Massachusetts homes. The department also pointed to a $1 million settlement with federal and state prosecutors in which Mirlis admitted to billing Medicare and MassHealth for medically unreasonable and unnecessary services.

RegalCare runs 12 nursing homes in Massachusetts, including RegalCare at Blackstone Valley in Whitinsville. About 1,300 people live in those facilities, according to DPH. The homes remain open, and the state has not asked residents to move.

DPH has placed monitors in every RegalCare facility and said they visit more often where quality concerns run highest. State inspectors conducted about 90 inspections at the chain’s Massachusetts homes over the past three years, producing four immediate jeopardy findings, the department said.

Mirlis has 30 days from the notice to request a hearing before the state Division of Administrative Law Appeals, and RegalCare has said it plans to appeal. If the state prevails, Mirlis would be barred from operating nursing homes in Massachusetts for 10 years. He did not respond to the Globe’s latest requests for comment.

The state also plans to let the license for RegalCare at Lowell expire Oct. 31, the Globe reported. Officials have not said who will run that facility, which houses about 60 residents, after that date.

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, DPH blocked Sweetwater Care, a California chain, from permanently taking over 11 nursing homes formerly run by Next Step Healthcare. Those homes house about 1,000 residents. Regulators cited Sweetwater’s record of safety violations and poor care in other states, including a $15 million settlement with the California attorney general in July over allegations of understaffing.

Before this month, DPH had not denied a nursing home license application or pulled an operator’s license in at least seven years, according to the Globe. Both actions followed a Globe Spotlight Team investigation published Sept. 28 that detailed declining care at RegalCare homes and state approval of out-of-state buyers.

New state regulations give DPH broader authority to review an operator’s quality record in other states, civil litigation history and the records of owners and management companies, according to the department.

Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein said in a statement to the Globe that the department is strengthening its oversight of the long-term care industry and holding operators accountable for the care residents receive.

Paul Lanzikos, a co-founder of Dignity Alliance Massachusetts and a former state secretary of elder affairs, called the state’s recent moves encouraging but said the work must continue past the current crisis.

“It needs to be sustained,” Lanzikos said.

Families with questions can call the DPH Nursing Home Action Call Center at 617-468-2189 or toll-free at 833-305-2070, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. DPH has also posted guidance for RegalCare residents and families online.

Auburn police seek public’s help finding missing 15-year-old James Tucci

The Auburn Police Department is asking the public for help finding James Tucci, a 15-year-old who went missing Sunday, Oct. 25.

According to a police flyer, Tucci’s last confirmed sighting came around 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in Auburn. His last contact with anyone came around 2 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26.

Family members reported him missing, according to a Newport Dispatch report citing Auburn police.

Police describe Tucci as about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He wore all black, including a hoodie and pants, and carried a light orange backpack, the Dispatch reported.

He may be riding a black Xathaquia e-bike. Tucci frequents Worcester and Northbridge, police said, according to the Dispatch.

Anyone with information should call Auburn detectives at 508-832-7777. Tipsters can also send a text or email to textatip@auburnmasspolice.org and may remain anonymous.

Free community college drives 43% enrollment jump in Massachusetts

Enrollment at Massachusetts’ 15 community colleges has grown 43.5% since fall 2022, adding about 27,000 students, according to preliminary figures from the state Department of Higher Education.

Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and Senate President Karen Spilka visited MassBay Community College in Framingham on Monday, Oct. 26, to credit the state’s free community college program for the growth. The three toured nursing classrooms and health sciences labs before meeting with students and college leaders.

The department’s fall 2026 enrollment estimates, presented to the Board of Higher Education on Tuesday, Oct. 20, put community college enrollment at 89,464 students, up 3.9% from last fall. That increase follows an 11.4% jump in fall 2025, when headcount reached 86,321.

“We made community college free because everyone in Massachusetts deserves the opportunity to get a great education and a good-paying job without taking on crushing debt. And it’s working,” Healey said.

MassBay has grown 59% since free community college began and enrolled a record 5,555 students this fall, according to the governor’s office. About half of the college’s students, use the program.

The state first eliminated tuition and fees for residents 25 and older in 2023. Healey and the Legislature extended free community college to residents of all ages the following year.

The program covers the full cost of tuition and fees. Eligible students can also receive help paying for books and supplies.

Growth at Quinsigamond

The state’s announcements did not include fall 2026 figures for individual colleges other than MassBay. Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester reported nearly 9,000 students in fall 2025, its highest enrollment since 2012. QCC President Luis Pedraja said enrollment hovered around 6,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under QCC’s eligibility rules, Massachusetts residents who have not earned a bachelor’s degree or more than one associate degree can attend without paying tuition or fees. Students must enroll in at least six credits per semester in an approved program and complete the FAFSA or MASFA.

More students staying enrolled

The department’s data also shows more students returning and earning credits on schedule. The share of community college students who come back for a second fall semester rose to 62.2%, and 40.3% now complete credits on time.

The number of community college students receiving federal Pell Grants grew from about 22,000 in 2023 to 38,000 in 2025, according to the governor’s office.

The department’s report also flagged graduation rates as an area needing improvement. The six-year completion rate at community colleges stands at 34.4%, with lower rates among Black and Hispanic or Latino students.

“These enrollment gains are exactly what we hoped to achieve when we removed the burden of paying for community college,” said Spilka, D-Ashland.

Undergraduate enrollment across Massachusetts public colleges and universities rose 2.2% this fall to nearly 176,000 students, the fourth consecutive year of growth. The nine state universities posted their first increase since 2013, while University of Massachusetts undergraduate enrollment dipped 0.6%.

Juan-Carlos Giraldo, a MassBay student who returned to college after age 25, said tuition-free classes will allow him to earn an associate degree in international business. He plans to graduate in December and has been accepted to UMass Boston, where he will pursue a bachelor’s degree in international relations.

Worcester man, 63, charged with raping child in Milford church basement

Milford police have charged a 63-year-old Worcester man with raping a child under 14 in the basement of the victim’s family church in Milford, according to a Milford Police Department statement released Monday, Oct. 26.

Raul Feliciano faces charges of rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. He posted $15,000 bail Friday, Oct. 23, and will face arraignment this week, police said.

The department’s Family Services Unit opened the investigation Wednesday, Sept. 9. The child, who was under 14 at the time, told detectives that the suspect lured the child into the basement of the family’s church, where the assault took place, according to police. The department did not name the church.

Family Services detectives obtained a warrant for Feliciano’s arrest at about 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23. Worcester police took him into custody at about 1:15 p.m. that day and turned him over to Milford police for booking.

“To violate a child is among the most heinous of crimes. Doing so in place of worship only further cements the depravity of this assault,” Milford Police Chief Robert Tusino said in the statement.

The statement also credited detectives and officers from the Milford and Worcester police departments, along with the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, for bringing Feliciano into custody.

Under state law, rape and abuse of a child under 16 carries a maximum sentence of life in state prison. A conviction for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 carries up to 10 years in state prison or up to 2½ years in a house of correction.

The police statement notes that all suspects remain innocent until proven guilty in court.

Survivors of sexual assault can find help through the state’s list of statewide resources or the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673.