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January 2014
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July 2014
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Philip Chism, a 15-year-old Massachusetts boy accused of raping and killing his math teacher in a high school bathroom, was arraigned Wednesday on attempted murder charges stemming from a separate attack on a female youth services clinician.
Prosecutors laid out a narrative of what they said was “the defendant’s intent to murder” a female employee last month at the Dorchester Department of Youth Services facility where Chism is being held pending trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said.
Zanini said Chism had refused to attend classes while in custody. Instead, Chism was instructed to sit and study at a table in the open room. Despite a rule that he sit at the table closest to his room, Chism allegedly sat at a table that provided him a view of the hallway behind the staffer, the statement said.
At some point, the 29-year-old female victim, whom Chism had known for several months, walked down the hallway and entered a bathroom inside a staff locker room, according to the statement.
Chism was “confident the other staffer was distracted” and kicked off his sandals, which would have made noise on the floor, before moving toward the hallway in a crouch that kept him out of the staffer’s view, Zanini said at the arraignment.
Chism had a pencil in his hand and opened the door to the locker room, according to the statement.
When the female clinician came out of the bathroom, Chism stared at her from about a foot away. He placed both his hands around her neck and began to choke her while pushing her back against the cinder block wall in the bathroom, according to the statement.
The victim was unable to scream because Chism’s hands tightly gripped her throat, Zanini said.
When she managed to get his right hand away from her neck, Chism punched her in the face, head and jaw, prosecutors said. She screamed as other staffers rushed to help her and restrain him, Zanini told the court.
The victim suffered bruises to her face, jaw and head, along with a scratch on her back consistent with a tear in her shirt that appeared to be from the pencil Chism carried, according to the statement.
Chism was charged with attempted murder by strangulation, assault with intent to murder, kidnapping and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: a pencil and the cinder block wall.
Chism’s attorney, Denise Regan, declined to comment.
Jan 16, 2015
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February 26, 2016
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September 2021
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Case file
Affidavit: Mass. teen may have videotaped teacher's murder
A search warrant obtained by Crimesider shows authorities believe Philip Chism, 15, may have videotaped the alleged rape and murder of teacher Colleen Ritzer on his cellphone
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July 2014
Philip Chism, charged with killing teacher, faces separate attempted murder charge | CNN
Philip Chism, accused of killing his teacher, was arraigned on attempted murder charges stemming from a separate attack on a female youth services worker.
www.cnn.com
Prosecutors laid out a narrative of what they said was “the defendant’s intent to murder” a female employee last month at the Dorchester Department of Youth Services facility where Chism is being held pending trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said.
Zanini said Chism had refused to attend classes while in custody. Instead, Chism was instructed to sit and study at a table in the open room. Despite a rule that he sit at the table closest to his room, Chism allegedly sat at a table that provided him a view of the hallway behind the staffer, the statement said.
At some point, the 29-year-old female victim, whom Chism had known for several months, walked down the hallway and entered a bathroom inside a staff locker room, according to the statement.
Chism was “confident the other staffer was distracted” and kicked off his sandals, which would have made noise on the floor, before moving toward the hallway in a crouch that kept him out of the staffer’s view, Zanini said at the arraignment.
Chism had a pencil in his hand and opened the door to the locker room, according to the statement.
When the female clinician came out of the bathroom, Chism stared at her from about a foot away. He placed both his hands around her neck and began to choke her while pushing her back against the cinder block wall in the bathroom, according to the statement.
The victim was unable to scream because Chism’s hands tightly gripped her throat, Zanini said.
When she managed to get his right hand away from her neck, Chism punched her in the face, head and jaw, prosecutors said. She screamed as other staffers rushed to help her and restrain him, Zanini told the court.
The victim suffered bruises to her face, jaw and head, along with a scratch on her back consistent with a tear in her shirt that appeared to be from the pencil Chism carried, according to the statement.
Chism was charged with attempted murder by strangulation, assault with intent to murder, kidnapping and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: a pencil and the cinder block wall.
Chism’s attorney, Denise Regan, declined to comment.
Jan 16, 2015
Philip Chism told police 'trigger word' made him angry at Colleen Ritzer
DANVERS — New details of what Philip Chism allegedly told investigators about the death of his teacher, Colleen Ritzer, emerged Friday during the second day of a hearing into whether
February 26, 2016
Philip Chism Gets Life in Prison, Will Be Eligible for Parole After 40 Years
Chism's sentences for murder and rape will run concurrently
September 2021
Chism appeal moves forward, as 2014 case remains open
SALEM — Nearly six years after his conviction for first-degree murder, rape and robbery in the 2013 killing of Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer, Philip Chism’s appeal is moving
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