FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2018 Police looking for connection in robberies Shots By Gayla Cawley M.O., and there have been vic- store when three masked men On Wednesday night, a ITEM STAFF tims at playgrounds and on city wearing hooded sweatshirts 20-year-old man was leaving red; streets. came in and robbed him at a house on Commercial Street LYNN — Lynn Police are in- Shortly before 11 p.m. on Tues- gunpoint. One of the men bran- when he was approached by vestigating whether there’s a three masked men and robbed Saugus connection between a recent day, Lynn Police responded to dished a gun and ordered the of some jewelry and expensive string of robberies committed by Lincoln Market at 200 Essex St. clerk to open the register, Lynn sneakers. At least two guns a group of masked men wielding following a report of an armed Police Lt. Michael Kmiec said. Police were shown during the robbery, guns. robbery. The men took an unspeci ed Kmiec said. Convenience stores have been Police learned the 41-year-old amount of cash and ed the robbed by groups with the same male clerk was about to close the store, Kmiec said. LYNN, A3 on a manhunt By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF Saugus police are search- ing for a man in connection with a domestic disturbance call on Hamilton Street Thursday, during which shots were red. Of cers responded to a report of a disturbance be- tween a man and a woman at an apartment complex at 30 Hamilton St. at about 11:30 a.m. While en route to the location, they received a second report that shots had been red, according to a statement from Chief Ronald Giorgetti. The man involved in the disturbance allegedly ed the scene in a Ford Taurus before police arrived at the scene. The car was later recov- ered a few blocks away on Riverbank Road. “We want the residents to rest assured that there is no danger or threat to the res- idents at 30 Hamilton St. or the community at large,” said Giorgetti in the state- ment. Police continue to search for the suspect and are working with the woman to gather additional informa- tion. The investigation re- mains active, said Giorgetti, who declined to identify the ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK suspect. Daily Item photographers Spenser Hasak, Owen O’Rourke and Jim Wilson spent 2018 capturing Bridget Turcotte can be the images that made the year what it was on the North Shore. Some of the best photos taken this reached at bturcotte@item- year can be found on LOOK!, Pages A4-5. You can see more of their work in an extended gallery on live.com. Follow her on Twit- Itemlive.com. Above: Lynn Fire Chief Stephen Archer makes his way around the scene of a two- ter @BridgetTurcotte. alarm re in Lynn on Tucker Street in October. Big jackpot, bigger dreams Christmas ITEM STAFF REPORT may be over, Feeling lucky? The grand prize in Fri- the need isn’t day night’s Mega Millions drawing is the largest By Bella diGrazia since a record-setting ITEM STAFF jackpot in October. The jackpot is an esti- Christmas may be over but that does mated $348 million. If you not mean those struggling nancially take the cash option, the are in the clear. prize is an estimated $210 Item Santa letters are still trickling million. in with families asking for help now Friday night’s prize will that it’s the end of the month and bills be the 19th since the jack- are due. pot was last hit October One mother wrote that the revenue 23, when a $1.5 billion coming in from her social security is jackpot, the highest in the not enough to pay $1,850 a month in game's history, was won rent, the car insurance, and the elec- on a ticket sold in South tricity bill, all while making sure there Carolina. is enough food on the table for her fam- “As this jackpot contin- ily. 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B1 ITEM SANTA, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 NATION .....................................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 52° VOL. 141, ISSUE 17 LOOK! ................................... A4-5 POLICE/FIRE .............................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 47° OPINION ...................................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 ENTERTAINMENT .......................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2018 OBITUARIES Joseph E. Alessi, 83 Marie “Norma” Courtney, 88 William J. Madden, 88 1935 - 2018 1930 -2018 1930 - 2018 Mr. Joseph E. “Joe” Alessi and his wife LYNN – Marie movie theatres, and William J. “Bill” a proud man and will Alessi, age 83, of Susan of Nahant, “Norma” (Camp- enjoying train trips Madden, a life-long be remembered for Nahant, died on Eileen Peterson and bell) Courtney, 88, a to Maine for the hol- resident of Lynn, being an excellent Thursday morning, her husband Edwin longtime resident of idays. passed away peace- provider and always December 27, 2018, of Nahant, Thomas Bowler Street, Lynn To her children, she fully on Wednesday, around when he was at Massachusetts Alessi and his wife up until 3 months was a combination December 26, 2018 needed. General Hospital, Carolyn of Burlington, ago, passed away of “Wonder Woman”, in the Grosvenor Bill leaves his chil- following a brief ill- and Michael Alessi of peacefully, Wednes- “Mother Theresa” Park Nursing Home dren: Dolores Mad- ness. Born in Boston Saugus; his seven day, December 26, and “Wait ‘til your in Salem at the age den and her hus- in 1935, Joe was the grandchildren, Antho- 2018 at the truly father gets home.” of 88. Born in Lynn band, William McCart son of the late Antonio and ny, Clinton, Victoria, Alexander, magical, Gafney Home in She took the roll of Girl Scout on January 12, 1930, he was of Oakland, Calif., William J. Mary (Sciaba) Alessi. He was Isabella and Holly Alessi, and Rochester, N.H. She joins and Camp re Leader. She the son of the late John F. and Madden, Jr. and his wife, Su- raised in South Boston and Edwin Peterson; his sister, her beloved husband, the late was a talented seamstress Charlotte (Whalen) Madden. san Bloom of Swampscott, graduated from South Boston Lillian Scapicchio and her former Lynn Police Chief, Rich- and bookkeeper as a young Bill was raised and educated Corinne Madden of Gilford, High School in 1953, where husband Peter and his many ard F. Courtney, Sr. with whom lady and after staying home to in Lynn and was a graduate of N.H., Roxanne Madden of he excelled at football. He nieces and nephews. He was she shared 67 years of mar- raise her young children, she Lynn English High School with Swampscott, and Pame- was awarded a scholarship for the grandfather of the late riage and a humble life. enjoyed a career for the City the Class of 1947. He went on la Ferrari and her husband, football to Boston College but Nicole Amber Alessi; brother Born in Lille, Maine on De- of Lynn School Department as to have a long career with the Richard of North Reading, his chose to begin working to help of the late Anthony and John cember 19, 1930, she was the a “Chief” Lunch and Teacher’s former A & P Markets in Lynn. grandchildren: Craig Madden support his family. He lived Alessi and Frances Caprio and daughter of the late Rouel R. aide for over 18 years. She Upon its closing in the early of Lynn, Carleen Madden of in South Boston, Dorchester, former husband of the late and Irene (Picard) Campbell.