BOSTON (CBS) — The Essex District Attorney’s Office confirmed an arrest has been made in connection with the death of a 13-year-old Amesbury girl. Savannah Perez was dropped at Lawrence General Hospital Monday and pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
Carlos Rivera, 47, of Lawrence, was arrested Saturday morning. He has been charged with two counts of distribution of Class B drugs to a minor, two counts of indecent assault & battery on a child under 14 and one count of indecent assault & battery on a person over 14.
“Investigators determined that Rivera allegedly brought a 13-year old Amesbury girl to Lawrence General Hospital on Monday, May 20 at approximately 4:47 pm. He was accompanied by a female under the age of 16.” said a statement from the D.A.
Savannah and the other girl had been at Rivera’s Bellevue Street apartment Sunday night and Monday, according to the D.A.