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Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Lotto Winner Pleads Guilty in Home Heating Scam

A Chelmsford resident and former $1 million lottery winner, Michael Santaniello has plead guilty to bilking area residents out of thousands of dollars.

  The owner of a Chelmsford business and former state lottery winner has been convicted in a home heating scam that took thousands from customers from several area communities, including Lexington, many of whom were elderly. According to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Michael Santaniello, 60, of Chelmsford, pleaded guilty in Lowell District Court to charges of larceny over $250 from a person over 60 years of age (4 counts), larceny over $250 (6 counts), larceny by check over $250, larceny over $250 by false pretenses, and failure to return leased personalty. The victims in this case are from Bedford, Billerica, Burlington Chelmsford, Lexington, Somerville, Westford and Wilmington, and police departments from all of those towns …

Monday, June 20, 2011

LHS Students Told Texting Can Wait [VIDEO]

On Monday, June 20, representatives from the Middlesex DA's Office and AT&T spoke to LHS students about dangers of texting and driving through their “It Can Wait” campaign.

Picking up on the message was as easy as thumbing TXT, g2g, BRB or even LOL. When it comes to texting while driving, even three-letter acronyms like those can mean difference between life and death. That communication across was a big part of Monday as representatives from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and AT&T spoke to Lexington High School students about the dangers of texting and driving through the “It Can Wait” campaign. “Our message is very, very simple for you today,” said David Mancuso, regional vice president for AT&T. “And that’s, when it comes to texting while driving, it can wait. … The reality is that texting while driving is an incredibly reckless activity.” After brief remarks from Mancuso and Marian Ryan of the …

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