Our Esteemed State Senator

Has checked into a psychiatric facility after a series of "lewdness" claim against him...

My favorite part(s) of thestory...

"The state senator made the woman uneasy by asking her questions about her body, so the woman went into a nearby building and informed the staff what had happened, the prosecutor said. Police arrived and spoke to Marzilli, who allegedly gave them the name of Martin Walsh, which happens to be the name of another state legislator, and said he lived in Medford.

As police dispatch checked out the false name for warrants and an officer went to speak to the victim, Marzilli bolted, running the wrong way up a one-way street, while locals, including a bank teller using a loudspeaker, alerted police to his whereabouts, Mucci said. Two men outside a city parking garage flagged down police, where the officers found the state senator, Mucci said.

While speaking to police, Marzilli began to cry and told the officers they were destroying his life and that his life was over, according to the police report.

As police attempted to handcuff him, Marzilli allegedly tensed up until officers convinced him to relax his arms by threatening to use pepper spray on him, Mucci said.

Once cuffed, Marzilli admitted he had given the officers the wrong name and lamented that he was a state senator and his life was over, the police report said.

In the backseat of a cruiser, Marzilli said, “I can’t believe this is happening … She was flirting with me … I was flirting with her … I can’t believe this is happening,” before an officer told him to stop and informed him of his right to remain silent, the report said.

“I really screwed up,” Marzilli said after that, according to the report."

On the other hand, I have to say I am impressed with the Lowell locals who apparently take their crime seriously!

Also - the comments on the story are fascinating - apparently Arlington has some bizarre (and new to me) dynamics. I didn't know that there was vast "socialist" group trying to ruin Arlington.