The Boston Globe - 17.10.2019

B4 Metro The Boston Globe THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019

By John R. Ellement,
Emily Sweeney,
and Travis Andersen
GLOBE STAFF
Shots were fired at a Plym-
outh apartment complex
Wednesday morning, prompt-
ing a massive law enforcement
response that included SWAT
team members. Several local
schools sheltered in place while
investigators scoured the area
for suspects.
At 1 p.m., Plymouth Police
Chief Michael E. Botieri said
one person was in custody and
one firearm had been recov-
ered. He said during a news
conference that the person was
released once investigators de-

termined the individual was

not involved in the shooting.

No one was reported hit by

the gunfire.

“We definitely as a police de-

partment feel lucky” that no

one was hit, Botieri said. “These

situations are difficult.”

The incident unfolded

around 10 a.m., Botieri said,

when officers were called to the

Algonquin Terrace apartment

complex for a report of shots

fired. Responding officers saw

one suspect flee and at least two

others enter a building,

prompting police to evacuate

apartments.

He said police believe an al-

tercation between two groups

of people preceded the shooting

and said investigators have sol-

id leads on at least three sus-

pects, who remain at large. He

urged anyone with information

about their whereabouts to con-

tact police. The suspects

weren’t named.

Botieri said in an earlier

statement posted to the Plym-

outh Public Schools website

that the shelter-in-place order

was issued in response to the

shots fired at the complex be-

fore 10 a.m.

Botieri said around 11:45

a.m. that officers were also

searching a condominium com-

plex near the Algonquin

Heights neighborhood to elimi-

nate the possibility that the sus-

pects had taken shelter there.

He said the METROLEC SWAT

team was engaged.

State Police said they had

troopers on the scene, and the

federal Bureau of Alcohol, To-

bacco, Firearms, and Explo-

sives had agents on site.

“They’ve got the area kind of

locked down now,’’ the chief

said of the law enforcement re-

sponse to the neighborhood.

Botieri said when the gun-

fire was first reported in the

apartment complex, police re-

ceived reports of people run-

ning in multiple directions.

Several schools sheltered in

place during the incident.

Gary E. Maestas, superin-

tendent of the Plymouth Public

Schools, said in a letter to par-

ents that throughout “the entire

situation there was no direct

threat to any of our schools,”

adding that the sheltering in

place was “necessary to ensure

student and staff safety.”

John R. Ellement can be

reached at

[email protected].

Gunfire at apartment complex draws massive response

Plymouth schools

shelter in place;

no injury reported

ming off Truro was bitten in the

leg. He survived after punching

the shark but needed nearly 12

pints of blood and six surgeries.

Surfers and beachgoers had

already been warned for years

that sharks were likely to attack

off the Cape, as the predators

have been drawn in increasing

numbers to feast on the explod-

ing population of gray seals.

Cape officials, facing intense

pressure to respond, took some

immediate steps this summer

— stocking beaches with medi-

cal kits, installing emergency

call boxes in beach parking lots,

upgrading wireless communi-

cations systems, and conduct-

ing “Stop the Bleed” trainings

for local employees and resi-

dents.

The Woods Hole group said

those steps are improving pub-

lic awareness of sharks and “ac-

tively contributing to a safer

visitor experience for all user

groups.” The report said that si-

rens or loudspeakers could also

be installed without extensive

permits and might be useful to

alert beachgoers to a shark or

guide first responders.

The report, however, found

problems associated with the

more elaborate and sometimes

controversial measures used to

repel sharks in other countries.

Sonarbuoysthatclaimto

detect sharks swimming freely

in the water have been hotly

discussed on the Cape but

“have not yet lived up to their

potential” in Australia and

Newport Beach, Calif., the re-

port said.

“Even if the system does pro-

vide an accurate real-time alert,

the shark is already in close

proximity to the swimmers,”

the report said.

The report also warned that

spotter planes, balloons,

drones, and lookout towers on-

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ly work in good weather and

may alert beachgoers only after

a shark nears the shore.

“The important point to un-

derstand is that it is unrealistic

to think that any form of visual

observation will detect all

sharks or eliminate attacks,” the

report said. “The assumption

that visual observation alone

makes beaches safe may itself

be dangerous, because it allows

people to more easily rational-

ize unsafe behavior.”

Electromagnetic anklets

marketed to surfers and swim-

mers have not been shown to

repel agressive sharks in attack

mode, the report said, but may

deter those with a “casual inter-

est” in humans. However, the

report cautioned that sharks

may acclimate to the electro-

magnetic field over time, less-

ening the devices’ effectiveness.

Nets used to cordon off

beaches in Australia have “been

effective at excluding sharks,

but would likely have long per-

mitting timelines and high

costs if proposed locally,” the re-

port said. Such physical barri-

ers would also block waves, de-

tracting from the Cape’s appeal

as a surf mecca, and could

harm marine life, and require

frequent cleaning, inspection,

and repair, the report says.

The report pointed out that

controversial proposals to cull

sharks and gray seals would re-

quire changing the state and

federal laws that protect both

species.

Furthermore, the report

said, “There is no empirical evi-

dence to suggest that culling of

the local gray seal population

would lead to a subsequent de-

crease in the regional white

shark population.”

Tagging sharks, which has

been happening for years on

the Cape, also has limitations

because the tags only track a

portion of the shark popula-

tion, the report said. But ex-

panding the program “will im-

prove our understanding of the

shark population, which may

inform safer human behavior,”

the report said.

Ultimately, the report said,

there is only one surefire way to

prevent an attack: “If water ac-

tivities are avoided, the risk of

attack is effectively eliminated.”

Michael Levenson can be

reached at mlevenson@globe.

com. Follow him on Twitter

@mlevenson.

Shark study warns against tech

CHARLES KRUPA/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE

A sign alerted people of a shark sighting this spring at

Lecount Hollow Beach in Wellfleet.

JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF

State and local police were among the many law enforcement officers who responded to

gunfire reported at the Algonquin Terrace apartment complex in Plymouth Wednesday.

$400,000 of income, prosecu-

tors said.

He also helped Joyce in an il-

legal rollover of his single-em-

ployment pension fund account

to buy stock in a private compa-

ny without following the rules,

authorities said. Prosecutors

have said both Joyces withdrew

money from their retirement

accounts and should have been

subject to fees and taxes be-

cause they were under 59½

years old.

Additionally, Nardozzi, who

was a Joyce campaign donor,

attributed income from Joyce’s

law firm to Joyce’s wife even

though she never worked for

the firm, officials said.

Sentencing is scheduled for

Jan. 9. Nardozzi could face up

to five years behind bars for

conspiracy to defraud and up to

three years for aiding and as-

sisting in filing a false tax re-

turn, according to federal au-

thorities. He could also face six-

figure fines.

Attempts to reach Nardoz-

zi’s attorneys and lawyers who

had represented Joyce were not

immediately successful

Wednesday evening.

Joyce served as a lawmaker

for decades and climbed the

ranks of leadership in the Sen-

ate. A former state representa-

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tive, he was elected to the Sen-

ate in 1997. He announced in

early 2016 that he would not

seek reelection.

In December 2017, a sweep-

ing indictment accused Joyce of

taking bribes and kickbacks

that he laundered through his

law firm and of turning his Sen-

ate office into a criminal enter-

prise. The accusations followed

stories published in the Globe

that examined his mingling of

public and personal business.

Joyce had pleaded not guilty

to the 113-count indictment

charging him with mail fraud,

corruption, money laundering,

and embezzlement. Federal au-

thorities accused him of collect-

ing about $1 million in bribes

and kickbacks since 2010

through various schemes.

Prosecutors said, among

other things, that Joyce had ex-

torted a Jeep from a Milton de-

veloper and collected more

than $100,000 in phony legal

fees from the owner of a

Dunkin’ Donuts shop, in ex-

change for using his influence

to help them.

Joyce was found dead in his

Westport home in late Septem-

ber of last year. He was 56. The

state’s chief medical examiner’s

office said he died from an

overdose of a powerful medica-

tion that’s typically used to

treat insomnia.

He died of “acute pentobar-

bital intoxication,” but the med-

ical examiner was unable to de-

termine the manner of his

death, including whether it was

an accident or suicide.

The office of Bristol County

District Attorney Thomas M.

Quinn III has said that no foul

play was suspected.

Quinn’s office said that a

postmortem toxicology test

found elevated levels of pento-

barbital, a powerful sedative,

and a “slightly elevated level” of

citalopram, an antidepressant.

The US attorney in Massa-

chusetts, Andrew E. Lelling,

formally dismissed the charges

against Joyce in October, citing

his death, according to a court

filing.

Following Joyce’s death, his

family asked that donations be

made in his memory to the In-

nocence Project, to “help the

victims of wrongful prosecu-

tion.”

The Innocence Project, a

nonprofit organization based in

New York, seeks to exonerate

the wrongly convicted through

the use of DNA evidence.

Matt Stout of the Globe staff

contributed. Danny McDonald

can be reached at

[email protected].

Follow him on Twitter

@Danny__McDonald.

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