Level 3 sex offender was flagger
Pervert puts Boxford on edge
Photo by Nancy Lane: Sex offender David Giacalone works a detail in Boxford.
By Hillary Chabot | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage
A Level 3 sex offender who was working as a state-certified flagger on a busy Boxford street gave horrified residents a Halloween fright this weekend as police officers went door to door to tell them the perv was working nearby.
David Giacalone, 45, was convicted of aggravated rape in 1985 and received his state certification as a flagger at New England Laborers Trust Fund in Hopkinton in June, state officials confirmed.
Giacalone informed town officials last night he would not be returning to the Topsfield Road work site following Herald inquiries.
“You get kids walking up and down that road, and a lot of women walk their dogs around there,” said Renee Deal, 37, a Boxford resident whose family lives a few roads away from construction site. “For my safety and my family’s safety, I’d prefer they use someone else.”
But there’s no way to prevent violent convicted criminals from getting certified to flag at other construction posts in the future, according to state officials.
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