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Feb 21, 2008 10:24 am US/Eastern
Child Rape Case Judge Freed Stall Suspect In '06
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
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David Flavell was arrested at a nearby donut shop and charged with annoying and accosting a person sexually and disorderly conduct.
WBZ
The same judge who released a suspect in a New Bedford rape case freed a Level 3 sex offender who was recently arrested for peeping at a woman in a bathroom stall.
Superior Court Judge Richard Moses released David Flavell, 38, of Brockton, from a treatment center in 2006 after deeming him not sexually dangerous.
Moses reached a similar conclusion in the case of Corey Saunders, who is accused of raping a 6-year-old boy in a New Bedford library last month.
Police say Flavell peered into a stall in the woman's bathroom at the Borders bookstore last month. The woman in the stall reported the incident to police.
Upon his arrest, police say they found three pairs of gloves, a ski mask and duct tape in the backpack he was carrying. Officials believe it is the same bag Flavell had when he entered the women's room at Borders.
Flavell was ordered held on $10,000 bail during his arraignment on Wednesday.
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