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Wakefield Day Care Sex Abuse

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Burbine Pleads Not Guilty To 100 Child Sex Counts

John Burbine was arraigned Wednesday morning and pled not guilty to numerous charges. He is due back in court Jan. 15.

John Burbine pled not guilty to 100 child sex abuse charges at his arraignment Wednesday morning in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn. The Wakefield man was arrested earlier this year and charged with numerous abuse violations involving children primarily under the age of 3, including at least one Woburn victim. Burbine spent much of the hearing looking straight ahead behind glass in a separate room, answering questions primarily with one-word responses. Unlike in the booking photo released by the District Attorney's office earlier in the month, his hair was almost completely white, with black eyebrows. He was accompanied by his attorney, Bill Barabino of Wakefield. The defense waived a dangerousness hearing in this case, which means that…

Earnhardt

10:45 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Distressed? LOLOLOLOL gee, that's a shame. Distressed isn't all he is going to be.   more ›

Friday, December 7, 2012

TELL US: Should Level 1 Sex Offender Information be Public?

A Wakefield tutor who faces numerous child sex charges was a Level 1 sex offender.

News spread quickly through the region yesterday about the indictment of a Wakefield couple for numerous charges stemming from an illegal day care operation where graphic child sexual abuse occurred. The Middlesex County District Attorney's office alleges that at least 13 children were abused while under the care of John Burbine, 49, at the Waterfall Education Center, which offered tutoring and day care. Burbine was a level 1 sex offender, which means he had been convicted of a sex-related crime but was deemed among those least likely to re-offend. Sex offenders are classified according to the degree of dangerousness they pose to the public and their likelihood to re-offend. A Level 1 offender has been classified as a “low risk.” A Level 2…

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Robert Curtis

11:00 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

There are nearly a million sex offenders out their if one gets out of line it's on national news. This is an isolated incident. Take a million random citizens and see how they measure up against those on the registry. I bet those on the registry would have far less offenses. The Department of Justice 2011 report states that 95% of new offenses are by those without a recorded history of sexual …   more ›

Wakefield Mom: I Tried To Check Sex Offender's Background, Found Nothing

John Burbine of Wakefield, facing numerous child sex charges, was a Level 1 sex offender. The mom of one child tutored by the Burbines reports she checked out Waterfall Education Center two years ago and found nothing.

A Wakefield mom whose son was tutored by an illegal day care business where more than a dozen children may have been sexually abused says she checked out the proprietors' background — and found no red flags. On Thursday afternoon, news spread quickly through the region about the indictment of a Wakefield couple for numerous charges stemming from an illegal day care operation where graphic child sexual abuse occurred and was even recorded. At least one Woburn child was among the victims, according to the district attorney's office. Woman's Son Was Tutored There for Two Years John and Marian Burbine were the proprietors of Waterfall Education Center, which offered tutoring and day care to children in numerous area towns. The Middlesex County…

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