Thursday, February 14, 2013
Marian and John Burbine are accused of running an illegal day care where alleged sex crimes were committed.
The court latest court date for the wife of a Wakefield man accused of more than 100 counts of child sex abuse, has been delayed. Marian Burbine, who is accused of running an illegal day care with her husband John Burbine, will appear in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn on Thursday, March 21 for a pre-trial conference. At least one of John Burbine's alleged victims is from Waltham. Her latest court date had initially been set for Wednesday, Feb. 13. Marian Burbine is charged with six counts of reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of running an illegal day care business at the former Waterfall Education Center in Wakefield. She has been under house arrest in Wakefield since late last year. Her husband, John, has pleaded not …
Friday, December 7, 2012
A Wakefield tutor who faces numerous child sex charges was a Level 1 sex offender.
On Thursday afternoon, news spread quickly through the region about the indictment of a Wakefield couple for numerous charges stemming from an illegal day care operation where graphic child sexual abuse occurred. The Middlesex County District Attorney's office alleges that at least 13 children were abused while under the care of John Burbine, 49, at the Waterfall Education Center, which offered tutoring and day care. Burbine was a level 1 sex offender, which means he had been convicted of a sex-related crime but was deemed least likely to re-offend. Sex offenders are classified according to the degree of dangerousness they pose to the public and their likelihood to re-offend. A Level 1 offender has been classified as a “low risk.” A Level …
John Burbine of Wakefield, facing numerous child sex charges, was a Level 1 sex offender. The mom of one child tutored by the Burbines reports she checked out Waterfall Education Center two years ago and found nothing.
A Wakefield mom whose son was tutored by an illegal day care business where more than a dozen children may have been sexually abused says she checked out the proprietors' background — and found no red flags. On Thursday afternoon, news spread quickly through the region about the indictment of a Wakefield couple for numerous charges stemming from an illegal day care operation where graphic child sexual abuse occurred and was even recorded. At least one Waltham child was among the victims, according to the district attorney's office. Woman's Son Was Tutored There for Two Years John and Marian Burbine were the proprietors of Waterfall Education Center, which offered tutoring and day care to children in numerous area towns. The Middlesex …
