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Darwyn Joseph, 24, of Lawrence and Ramon Joseph Cruz, Jr., 24, of Methuen were both indicted on multiple fraud charges. (Shutterstock)
ANDOVER, MA It s Wednesday, Jan. 20. Here s what Patch has been covering in the Merrimack Valley and across Massachusetts today.
A Lawrence man and a Methuen man were indicted Tuesday on multiple fraud charges. Prosecutors said the two men used stolen identities to defraud the Small Business Administration s Economic Injury Disaster Loans program of over $452,000.
Darwyn Joseph, 24, of Lawrence and Ramon Joseph Cruz, Jr., 24, of Methuen were both indicted on four counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
Neil Zolot / Correspondant
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2020 was a year unlike any other in living memory. The COVID-19 pandemic affected daily life across the country and around the world.
Hamilton and Wenham were not immune. Politics and education, among other things, were affected by the coronavirus directly or indirectly.
Meetings of all kinds became virtual Internet video conferences accessed through Zoom after some early attempts at socially distanced meetings. Selectmen and School Committee members, among others, tuned in from their home offices, bedrooms or kitchens.