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Judge denies dismissal, DUI driver faces manslaughter charges.

5/12/2026

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Higgins Faces Charges

Defense lawyers claim the prosecution’s serum test inflated Sean M. Higgins’s blood-alcohol reading, misleading the grand jury.
Judge Michael Silvanio denied dismissal, so Higgins now faces six charges, including two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter.
Prosecutors say Higgins’s blood-alcohol was 0.087 %, above the legal limit, and cite reckless-driving witnesses.
An Interstate 5 DUI crash by a 24-year-old Texas driver injured four, three seriously, underscoring risks.

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Campbell Trial

Alvin Campbell Jr., brother of Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell, began jury selection for alleged rideshare-driver rapes in Suffolk Superior Court.
The trial proceeds in Suffolk Superior Court, with a jury empaneled Tuesday and opening arguments slated for later this week.
Prosecutors allege Campbell posed as a rideshare driver, assaulting nine women 2017-2019 and recording attacks.
Campbell faces assault charges for attacks on a correctional officer and two inmates at jails.

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Police Tackle Abuse

A wave of child sexual abuse investigations sparked arrests and actions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Adults were arrested and charged with minor sexual abuse in six U.S. states and the United Kingdom, remaining in custody.
In Minnesota, Ryan Vaughan was acquitted of conduct charges after a jury deadlocked on counts.
David Leigh Hadfield faces counts for possessing sexual abuse images of girls four to eleven.

Blindspot

Left coverage gave less weight to the nationwide wave of child-sexual-abuse investigations and arrests that the Center summary details.
Right coverage did not include the Center’s reporting on multiple child-abuse cases, such as the New Prague bus driver and the Connecticut suspect.

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Higgins Faces Charges

Defense lawyers claim the prosecution’s serum test inflated Sean M. Higgins’s blood-alcohol reading, misleading the grand jury.
Judge Michael Silvanio denied dismissal, so Higgins now faces six charges, including two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter.
Prosecutors say Higgins’s blood-alcohol was 0.087 %, above the legal limit, and cite reckless-driving witnesses.
An Interstate 5 DUI crash by a 24-year-old Texas driver injured four, three seriously, underscoring risks.

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