SHNS: Marzilli Arrested In Lowell
New item just received from State House News Service, about the progressive Arlington state senator:
Democratic state Sen. James Marzilli was arrested in downtown Lowell today on
charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, police said.
Marzilli was also
charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, attempt to commit a crime,
and obstruction of justice, according to police.
Marzilli was accused of
sexual assault earlier this year, but Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone
did not pursue the case, saying there was insufficient
evidence.
Marzilli, an Arlington progressive in his first term in the
Senate, tried to resist arrest by fleeing through the city’s downtown, police
said.
Kevin Lombard of the Lowell Police Department said Marzilli was
arrested on Middle Street in Lowell.