Crime & Safety

Man Arraigned in Dismemberment Case

A man accused in taking part in the dismemberment of another man last year was arraigned Monday in Salem Superior Court.

A man accused of leaving body parts from a dismembered body at multiple locations in Massachusetts last November pleaded not guilty in a Salem courtroom on Monday, reports the Associated Press.

Reginald Cummings, 27, of Salisbury was arraigned in Salem Superior Court on charges of disinterring a body and being an accessory after the fact. A judge ordered he be held on $500,000 bail.

The body parts of the victim, Dennis Ray Jackson, were found in Bridgewater and Boston. Cummings has not been charged in connection with Jackson’s death.

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