FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 Trio nabbed after three-town chase By Gayla Cawley During the chase, the suspect vehicle ITEM STAFF crashed twice, including into a Malden Po- lice cruiser on Boston Street, Kmiec said. and Matt Demirs The suspects bailed out of the vehicle FOR THE ITEM by Franklin and Boston streets while the LYNN — Two men and a teenager were car was still in gear. An off-duty of cer arrested after a police pursuit Thursday was able to jump in the car to stop it as it morning through three communities that was rolling toward Stop & Shop. The three Lynn and State po- ended on Boston Street near Washington men were arrested after a couple of foot lice gather around Street. pursuits, Kmiec said. the suspect car, a The chase began after Malden Police Witness Rick Dempsey, of Lynn, said he Toyota minivan, spotted a minivan that was reported sto- saw the suspect car coming down North that was involved len in Boston. The driver ed from police, Franklin Street and around the corner. in a police chase on racing through Saugus and into Lynn, The car was shtailing and the driver Thursday. where Lynn Police assisted with the effort, Lynn Police Lt. Michael Kmiec said. CHASE, A7 ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK A holiday beacon on Marblehead Neck Swampscott ready to take the plunge for neighbors By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — More than 100 people are expected to brave freezing tempera- tures and take the polar plunge at Fisher- man’s Beach to kick off the new year. The Swampscott Yacht Club will host the 12th annual Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 1 at 11 a.m. Registration is at 10:30 a.m. at the Fish House, 425 Humphrey St. The town’s toughest residents are expect- ed to run into the ocean, with proceeds bene ting two local families. The polar plunge has raised more than $100,000 for local charities since its incep- tion and organizers aim to raise $10,000 this year. The rst 100 people who regis- ter and make the recommended minimum donation of $25 are guaranteed a T-shirt. Neil Donnenfeld, a member of the ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Swampscott Yacht Club board of gover- nors, said the event is “an extraordinary This tree glows at the intersection of Ocean and Harbor avenues at the end of the causeway on Marblehead showing of community spirit that brings Neck. It is, in the words of one Harbor Avenue resident, “a Christmas gift to us all on the Neck.” people out on New Year’s Day.” “To watch people racing into the Atlan- tic Ocean when the water temperature is probably around 40 degrees is very excit- Lynn students provide ing and it’s a great way to ring in the new year,” Donnenfeld said. The rst bene ciary is Susan Balleza, a blanket coverage for shelter mother of four, who has been a quiet and dependable volunteer for the town. She was the primary landscape designer of Howland Park, located at the top of Mon- ument Avenue, and has offered her profes- Santa sional expertise on other sites throughout the Olmstead District, according to her gofundme page. warming Balleza has been suffering from a se- rious case of Lyme Disease that mimics symptoms of ALS, and is paralyzed from hearts the neck down, unable to speak. Her med- ical expenses have her family in need of help, according to the Swampscott Yacht and hopes Club. “She is a beautiful person, who, without By Mike Alongi fanfare, has made our town a more beau- FOR THE ITEM tiful place,” the Swampscott Yacht Club wrote. The Christmas season is a stressful time for everyone, es- SWAMPSCOTT, A7 pecially those who are in the lower income brackets. One single mother, who is trying to provide for her two children, INSIDE is stuck between wanting to provide her kids with gifts and In Lynn needing to use her very little Syncing up downtown. A3 “I use (this project) as their income to just make ends meet. By Matt Demirs Lynn English • It’s a struggle for her. She can FOR THE ITEM Math,” said teacher Amanda High School Bank robber arrested. A3 take care of the needs for the Condon. “They do everything. junior Rober- The animals at the Northeast From measuring and marking ta Jean-Louis In Opinion most part, but she simply can’t Animal Shelter will be wrapped get them what they want. the materials when it comes waves to one Getting and spending in Saugus. A4 in eece blankets this winter in 10 yards, cutting, and then of the dogs at “After paying rent and the thanks to a group of talented lo- bills, I’m left with little to noth- they’re creating it. It is all done the Northeast In Sports cal high school students eager to Tech girls basketball ing in terms of money,” said the by them.” Animal give back. holds off Chelsea. B1 mother. “With very little income, A total of 16 students were Shelter. Since Thanksgiving, Life Skills I have trouble getting them the able to make about 20 eece Program participants at Lynn things that they want.” blankets which were hand-de- ITEM PHOTO | English High School have been A NOTE TO OUR READERS This mother simply wants to livered to the animals, followed SPENSER HASAK hard at work making blankets make her children’s Christmas by a chance to walk through the an enjoyable one, and she is for the dogs and cats waiting to kennels. The Item will not publish on Christmas asking for your help in any way be adopted at the Highland Ave- Day and New Year’s Day. We appreciate BLANKETS, A3 your patronage and loyalty. that you can. nue location. “I would be very appreciative of any help that I get, and I istrator. Selectmen is to strengthen just want to thank anyone who By Adam Swift does help in advance,” she said. ITEM STAFF Dolan, Melrose’s mayor the nancial standing of the since 2002, and Robert Cur- town to get to a triple-A bond “Thank you for helping make Lynn eld’s LYNNFIELD — Melrose my kids’ Christmas a happy tin, the town’s assistant to rating,” said selectmen Chair- Mayor Robert Dolan’s exten- one.” the administrator, were the man Christopher Barrett. She ends her letter in a very gain is a loss sive budget and collective two nalists to replace James “Mayor Dolan has a strong simple way, simply saying, “God bargaining experience were Boudreau. Boudreau accepted track record taking Melrose bless.” the deciding factors in select- the Scituate administrator’s from a single-A rating with a for Melrose men’s decision to name him post last month. ITEM SANTA, A7 the town’s next town admin- “The goal for the Board of LYNNFIELD, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 HOME .......................................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HIGH 34° VOL. 140, ISSUE 13 LYNN .........................................A3 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 LOW 33° OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 OBITUARIES Carmet Cruthird, 70 MIT janitor facing deportation 1947-2017 is released from jail in Boston LYNN — Long time Service for him is Lynn resident Car- being held on Dec. met Cruthird, who 26, 2017, from 2-4 BOSTON (AP) — A was also know to his p.m. at the GO- Massachusetts Institute friends as “CC” has ODRICH Funeral of Technology janitor passed away. Home located at whose deportation case Service informa- 128 Washington St., became a rallying cry for tion: A Memorial Lynn MA 01902. opponents of President Donald Trump’s immi- gration crackdown has been granted a holiday reprieve: He was released Dr. John E. Mangini, 87 from a Boston jail Thurs- day. Francisco Rodri- SAUGUS — Dr. John E. football, narrating the play by guez-Guardado had been Mangini, age 87, died on Fri- play, at Stackpole Field. He jailed since July, when day, Dec. 15 at the Seasons of was also very active at the the U.S. Immigration and Danvers. Blessed Sacrament Parish. Customs Enforcement Born in Boston and raised He is survived by his five declined to renew the in Orient Heights, he was the children; Diane Murphy and temporary authorizations son of the late Edmund and her husband Timothy of Box- that have allowed him Madeline (DiOrio) Mangini. A ford, Carol Nicolo and her hus- to remain in the country graduate of Boston College band John of Saugus, Patricia since 2006. That sparked High, Class of 1947, and Bos- Brunelle and her husband Bri- protests and an outpour- ton College, Class of 1951. He an of Peabody, John E. Mang- ing of support from local serviced in the United States ini, Jr. and his wife Deborah politicians this summer. Navy 1951-1953. He married of CT, Robert Mangini and his Rodriguez-Guardado’s Florence Cavaliere and started wife Tara of Norfolk, 12 grand- deportation to El Sal- a family. Dr. Mangini worked at children and 10 great-grand- vador has been on hold FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS the Roberts Jr. High School in children. He was the brother pending a request to re- MIT janitor Francisco Rodriguez listens to speakers during a “Here to Medford for several years be- of Edmund Mangini Jr. of New open his asylum case, a fore becoming a principal for Hampshire. Stay” rally at the Irish Famine Memorial in Boston. process that’s playing out the Saugus School system. In lieu of flowers donations in a federal appeals court During the summers he could in his memory may be made Rodriguez-Guardado than to confirm he was mother, Jesus “Yessi” Ro- in Denver, according to his be found working on Constitu- to the Alzheimers Assoc.