Local Psychiatrist Charged With Rape
A local man was arraigned on charges of rape and domestic assault and battery in Lynn District Court this afternoon.
A local man was arraigned in Lynn District Court this afternoon on charges of domestic assault and battery and rape.
Christopher Palacios, 39, of 9 Dartmouth Road, Marblehead, was arrested by local officers at 4:05 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
Police said the victim came to the station to request a restraining order against Palaicos and told officers that he attacked her and sexually assaulted her around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Palaicos, who is a psychiatrist at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, was ordered held without bail until a follow-up hearing could be held Thursday afternoon.
Marblehead Patch will be posting additional information as it becomes available.