For immediate release: August 15, 2018
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8/17/18 LOWELL – The identity of the man who died on Wednesday, August 15 in a crash in Lowell had been confirmed as Eric Schwabe, 34, of Billerica. On August 15, 2018, at approximately 6:50 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash at Woburn Street and 495 in Lowell.
The preliminary investigation suggests that the decedent was operating a Volkswagen Jetta in the area of Billerica Avenue in Billerica when a Billerica Police Officer who was parked in the area attempted to stop the vehicle for a registration violation. The operator of the motor vehicle subsequently fled at a high rate of speed in the direction of Lowell and the officer lost sight of the vehicle. Upon arrival to the area of Woburn Street and 495, the Billerica officer observed that the decedent’s motor vehicle had struck a second motor vehicle before crashing into the concrete barrier. Schwabe was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second motor vehicle remained on scene and was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This incident is being investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Lowell Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. This is an open and ongoing investigation and no charges have been filed.
8/16/18 LOWELL — Tonight at approximately 6:50 p.m. emergency personnel responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash at Woburn Street and 495 in Lowell that resulted in the death of a Billerica man in his 30s.
The preliminary investigation suggests that the decedent was operating a Volkswagen Jetta in the area of Billerica Avenue in Billerica when a Billerica police officer who was parked in the area attempted to stop the vehicle for a registration violation. The operator of the vehicle subsequently fled at a high rate of speed in the direction of Lowell and the officer lost sight of the vehicle. Upon arrival to the area of Woburn Street and 495 the Billerica officer observed that the decedent’s motor vehicle had struck a second motor vehicle, before crashing into a concrete barrier. The operator of the Volkswagen was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second motor vehicle remained on scene and was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This incident is being investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Lowell Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. This is an open and ongoing investigation. No further information will be released regarding the identity of the decedent pending notification of next of kin.
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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan
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Billerica –On Wednesday. October 3, 2018, at approximately 2:30AM, Billerica Police arrested Torrey Smith, 39, of Wilmington, MA on felony arrest warrants related to an August 22nd incident that occurred in Billerica. On that date, he was alleged to have forced entry into a former girlfriend’s residence where he assaulted her and an acquaintance. During the incident, Smith is alleged to have assaulted an individual with a wooden crucifix resulting in significant tissue damage to their nose. Smith fled the scene prior to police arrival and has been sought by authorities since that time. Billerica Officer Rafael Mendez had been involved in the investigation of the August incident. While conducting an investigation into a civil motor vehicle infraction on Boston Road in Billerica, he became suspicious that a passenger in the vehicle may be Torrey Smith. After initially providing Officer Mendez with a fictitious identity, he was able to positively identify the individual to be Torrey Smith. Mr. Smith was arrested on the warrants and booked at the Billerica Police Department. He will be arraigned on Thursday, October 3, 2018 in Lowell District Court.
