I hear that! They need a visable Police presence there .All that place has been is Bad News

Kristen, You are correct, my bad for assuming, that being said, the only difference is the age of the building, same miscreants "living" at the Motel 6. Level them both! There a couple up on Andover st that are not far behind these....maybe if people who commit crimes and are convicted lose their housing vouchers the crime rate and calls for service at these "residential" motel/hotels would drop significantly. Ill be fair to point out Tewksbury is not alone in this problem, its only that i am trying to raise a family in the midst of this problem. NIMBY!!!!!

Mary, so you're saying a Motel should charge HIGHER prices to dictate what type of class stays in one of their rooms? So families who have less money than some should be discriminated against to rent a room? I think you should open your eyes and take a look at the bigger picture. The price of the room has absolutely nothing to do with how the people will conduct themselves once in the room. People who live "comfortably" break laws, and commit violent crimes not just people who struggle.
Let's just make a common sense assumption. Motel 6 racks up their prices to fit your opinion... If you have 2 people who want to rent a room for the night, and they don't have enough money. Based off your comment you're thinking they will just leave and find an alternative for the night, right? WRONG, they will get 2-3 more people to join them for the night that will chip in money to cover the rise in price. Now you have not 2 people in the room, you have 4-5 people in the room. Two people in the room for the night, everything would probably go just fine. Four to five people hanging out for the night, well you know what they say more than 2's a crowd. All your doing is adding more possibilities for an altercation. Price has absolutely NOTHING to do with the crimes that go on in hotel rooms.

Why doesn't the state build their own welfare hotel in someplace like Housatonic or Williamstown and put a police officer at the front desk and just put every homeless person there. It's not like they have a local job they have to go to. They could have people collecting unemployment or other state or federal monthly free check building it (you know, working for the free money they get) and also staffing it. The state would save so much money and we wouldn't have local motels with daily police calls.

Excuse me Mrs.Tory Johnson this is his daughter,you need to stop talking bout things you don't know about.And if you do know something on this matter then you must have been there when the incident occurred, and if so then I need to have the authorities contact you to get more information on the case. In addition, please do not speak on prior maters in his life, or you will be sued for slander and defamation of character.

Kenzola,
Definition of slander : The action or crime of making a FALSE spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
In your post you mentioned "prior matters in his life". Question is are they FALSE as per definition above.
BTW, "defamation of character??".. Oh yes innocent until proven guilty.. OK .
--B

By your own logic. Were you there when things happened if so you should be talking to authorities then. BTW, was the settlement in cash that he was carrying around??

you dont have to defend your dad people are gone to say what they want to say but wrong is wrong and right is right R.A.S.

sarcatism not needed SAM..... and your right do not mess with him and he will not mess you...i'm sure of that....

He has the right to stay anywhere he wants to stay....He had the money to rent the hotel, so therefore that is none of your business..He was probably laid up with your MOTHER or your WIFE..did you ever think to question why the "alleged victim'' was in Lowell him self or for the matter in Kendricks' hotel room in the first place!

"he was probably laid up with your mother"
Well Kenzola, you sound like a real class act, i am thinking that the apple did not fall very far from the tree. Is this how you would normally respond to a legit but maybe difficult question? I have another one for you, where did he get this "settlement" that you speak of?? Let me guess it was workmans comp or some sort of hurt on the job payment .What does the "settlement have to do with being at the Six? Maybe he took his new found cash and went looking for a party?? and then some other looser tried to take it from him.....shocking. You bring up a good point, how did this strange man end up in Kendricks room?. Only thing I can think of is that this guy had a crystal ball and he knew that Kendrick had a wad of cash

Where did the knife come from? Does he cary a knife regularly?

bill, everyone can see your a redneck..lmao and why you asking his daughter where he got his settlement from? who are you. nobody important get a life looser!!!

Finally! Thank you for bringing up the fact that homeless people living at the Motel 6 has NOTHING to do with this incident. If you hadn't I would have! I was homeless with my 2 kids, and husband for over a year. And ya know what, my husband went to work everyday to ensure we would have a better start getting out of there. Now we have our own place again, and are back on our feet doing good for ourselves and children. Having lived at a Motel 6, and a Days Inn I will be the first to admit not all of the parents are healthy, self sufficient, law abiding citizens, but not all are crime ridden either, myself included. It makes me sick that people talk about the "homeless" in a way that is so hurtful and cruel. When the funny part is, most of them never had to live that way. Some people that were placed there had a fire in their home, flooding from hurricane Irene, etc. Didn't your mother ever tell you not to read a book by it's cover?

ha, you have a right to carry a knife as long as the blade is no more than YOUR PALM.. and who knows maybe if more people carried protection more often, less crimes would occur. I would hate to be the person to break it down and say if some one runs up on me I will have my self prepared...and you wouldn't get called for jury duty SAM your too bias of the situation. One minded is not the way to be.

We're always happy to contribute to the educational process. :) --- bg

thank you r.a.s your the only one with common sense..