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Irish Firefighter Terence Crosbie Sentenced to 7–9 Years for Boston Hotel Rape

The judge cited "extraordinary violence," underscoring the victim's lasting trauma.

Overview

  • Suffolk Superior Court imposed a state prison term with credit for 593 days already served, and Crosbie was committed to Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.
  • Prosecutors sought nine to 12 years while the defense argued for a lower term and says it will appeal the conviction and sentence.
  • Jurors reached a guilty verdict on Oct. 24 after about 15 hours of deliberations in a retrial that followed a deadlocked jury in June.
  • Key-card logs and surveillance video placed Crosbie at the hotel room, and police bodycam footage showed his arrest after he boarded an earlier flight at Logan Airport.
  • Forensic testing detected two male DNA contributors without identifying Crosbie, and a 2017 tweet prosecutors moved to admit was ruled inadmissible.