Jury Finds Dominatrix Guilty In 2018 Murder: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Tuesday, Nov. 30. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• Framingham's first mayor is planning a farewell speech for mid-December.
• A Boston man was arrested Monday and accused of threatening another Red Line passenger with a knife for wearing a mask.
• A California woman is the victim in a fatal two-car collision along I-190 this week.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

Former dominatrix Julia Enright was convicted on a second-degree murder charge on Monday in the 2018 slaying of Brandon Chicklis.

Enright, 24, stabbed Chicklis to death inside an Ashburnham treehouse in June 2018, according to prosecutors. His body was found several weeks later along Route 119 in Rindge, NH.

Enright's trial lasted several weeks, and much of the focus was what transpired inside that Ashburnham treehouse. Worcester County prosecutors said Enright killed Chicklis, who was 20 at the time, as a gift to her boyfriend.

Enright's attorneys said she acted in self-defense when Chicklis tried to rape her.

Read the full story.

Like this article? Sign up for our newsletter and get it delivered every weekday. It's free!

Tuesday's Other Top Stories

Framingham mayor's farewell: A Framingham's first mayor will give the city's first farewell speech in December. Mayor Yvonne Spicer lost a Nov. 2 reelection bid to Charlie Sisitsky, a former City Councilor.

Mask-wearing T passenger threatened: A Boston man was arrested Monday and accused of threatening another Red Line passenger with a knife near the Downtown Crossing station. Rafael Perez-Medina, 33, allegedly began taunting another passenger on an inbound Red Line train just before 9 a.m. Monday, according to a news release from the MBTA Transit Police. The 28-year-old unnamed victim told police that Perez-Medina told him he "looked like a duck" with his mask on.

Fatal I-190 collision: State police say a California woman died after she crashed this week along I-190 north of Worcester. Police did not immediately release the woman's identity, and they did not say what may have led to the incident.

Do you have the best Christmas lights in America? Enter our contest and find out.

Picture This: Cape Cod Turtle Rescue

There's been a growing number of cold-stunned sea turtles getting stranded on Cape Cod beaches over the last few weeks. This comes after a slow start to the annual sea turtle stranding season, according to officials with the New England aquarium. So far this season, the New England Aquarium has rescued 119 sea turtles, many of which are endangered species.

They Said It

"Over the years, we have been approached multiple times by various groups interested in purchasing the team but never found the right fit. In [Fenway Sports Group], however, we met an experienced group of leaders with a passion to win championships and a vision that aligns with ours."

• Mario Lemieux, who is credited with keeping the NHL's Penguins in Pittsburgh when he and Ron Burkle bought the team out of bankruptcy more than 20 years ago. Lemieux and Burkle finalized a deal to sell the Penguins to Boston Red Sox owner Fenway Sports Group.

In Case You Missed It

MA adopting digital vaccine passports: A digital vaccine passport isn't far off for the residents of Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said in a Monday radio interview. Baker said on GBH News' Boston Public Radio Massachusetts and more than a dozen other states have been working on a scannable QR code that would act as proof of someone's vaccination status. No start date for the program was given.

By The Numbers

$24,000: The amount Natick will pay to lease a parking lot from a town church for MBTA commuter rail users in 2022. That's more than half of what the town has paid in the past due after renegotiating the lease to account for a slowdown in transit use during the pandemic.