Woman Indicted In Connection With Trying To Kill Her Father: DA

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Four people were handed down Grand Jury Indictments, including one man accused of rape and a woman who is accused of trying to smother her dad. All the crimes they're charged of happened in Cambridge. The indictments came down between November 29, 2018 and January 10, 2019.

Tania Boghossian, 54, of Belmont, was charged with armed assault with intent to murder a person over the age of 60, suffocation, assault and battery on a person over the age of 60, and caretaker neglect. On Fri., Oct. 12, a sitter watching Boghossian's 86-year-old father tell him behind a curtain to "take your last breath." When the sitter drew the curtain, Boghossian was holding the pillow over her father's face, the Middlesex DA's office said. The Assistant District Attorney is Heidi Gosule.

• READ MORE: 'Take Your Last Breath:' Woman Tried To Kill Dementia Patient (Patch)

Shawndell Johnson, 23, of Cambridge, was charged with attempting to commit assault and battery with a firearm (2 counts), assault with intent to commit a felony (2 counts), possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. Cambridge Police report said Johnson fired multiple rounds at somebody at Clement Morgan Park on Columbia Street in June 2018. The Assistant District Attorney is Caitlin Gemmill.

• READ MORE: Man Accused Of Trying To Shoot Someone To Death (Universal Hub)

Gregory McNeil, 55, of Cambridge, was charged with rape. The Assistant District Attorney is Maren Schrader.

Mark Mohr, 60, was charged with open and gross lewdness and accosting and annoying a person of the opposite sex. He's made the police logs before. The Assistant District Attorney is Wendi Safran.

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