BOSTON – A man who targeted women outside college dorms and downtown bars by impersonating an Uber driver was ordered held without bail today pending a dangerousness hearing on rape and indecent assault and battery charges stemming from 2017 assaults, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.

William Mancortes, 43, of Hyde Park was charged in Boston Municipal Court Central with two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault and battery. Judge Richard Sinnott ordered Mancortes held without bail pending a September 29 dangerousness hearing.

Assistant District Attorney Daniel Nucci said that on three occasions in January. April and May of 2017, Mancortes, pretending to be an Uber driver, picked up intoxicated women outside of college dorms and downtown Boston bars. Mancortes raped two of the women and indecently assaulted the third.

Each of the victims in the three charged cases completed a Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit (SAECK). While the perpetrator’s DNA samples from the kits matched, the samples could not be connected to Polanco until this year, when his profile was added to the DNA database.

“These were calculated assaults targeting vulnerable young women who had every reason to believe they were entering a safe vehicle that would deliver them home. Instead they were victimized by a person who preyed on their trust and vulnerability,” Hayden said.

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Behrmann Meat and Processing Inc., an Albers, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 87,382 pounds of various ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. FSIS expects there to be additional product labels added in the near future and urges consumers to check back frequently to view updated labels.

The various RTE meat items were produced from July 7, 2022, to Sept. 9, 2022.

• Smokehouse Hams
• Pulled Pork
• Pulled Pork With Sauce
• Cured Hocks
• Cured Callie Hocks
• Cured Bone-In Ham Whole
• Cured Bone-In Ham Steaks
• Bacon Strips
• Beef Wieners
• Wieners Natural Casing
• Wieners
• Jumbo Wieners
• Smoked Butterfly Chops
• Smoked Pork Steaks
• Smoked Pork Steaks with BBQ Sauce
• Cheese Snack Sticks
• BBQ Smoked Snack Sticks
• Cured Loins
• Cured Loin Chops
• Boneless Cured Ham
• Whole Boneless Cured Ham
• Shaved Boneless Cured Ham
• Sliced Boneless Cured Ham
• Jalapeno & Cheese Jumbo Wieners
• Jalapeno Cheese Bologna
• Smoked Ribs
• Smoked Ribs with Sauce
• Large Summer Sausage
• Summer Sausage
• Sweet Teriyaki Beef Sticks
• Snack Sticks
• Jalapeno and Cheese Snack Sticks
• Cooked Beef Roast
• Deli Beef Roast
• Beef Sticks
• Large Bologna
• Braunschweiger
• Polish Sausage
• Hot Beef Sticks
• Jalapeno Cheese Summer Sausage
• Jalapeno Snack Sticks
• Tex-Mex Snack S
• Puggy Wings
• Canadian Style Bacon
• Pre-Cooked Bratwurst
• Hot Polish Sausage
• Baked Pork Roast
• Honey Beef Sticks
• Smoked Beef Brisket
• Pre-Cooked Pepper Jack Cheese Bratwurst
• Small Bologna
• Cheese Wieners
• Cooked Salami
• German Brand Bratwurst
• Ring Bologna
• Smoked Pork Sausage With Garlic
• Andouille Sausage
• Pork Liver Sausage
• Pork Ring Liver Sausage
• Hot Head Cheese
• Head Cheese
• Blood Sausage

The list of products and product codes for the RTE meat products that are subject to recall can be found here and includes all package sizes for all products with the affected lot codes. Available labels for the RTE meat products can be found here.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST 20917” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations and wholesale distributors in Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri.

The problem was discovered through product and environmental testing performed by FSIS and the establishment, which identified Listeria monocytogenes in the processing environment and in products produced by the establishment.

There have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems can occur. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ pantries, refrigerators, or freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

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