Crime & Safety

Next Marian Burbine Court Date is March 21

Marian Burbine is slated for a March 21 pre-trial conference in a Woburn court. She is accused of running an illegal day care in Wakefield.

A pre-trial conference for Marian Burbine, wife of accused sexual abuser John Burbine, is slated for March 21 at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.

Marian Burbine, whose husband allegedly sexually abused children from the Melrose area, was initially scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. She has been under house arrest in Wakefield since late last year, charged with six counts of reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of running an illegal day care business - the former Waterfall Education Center in Wakefield.

Marian Burbine's husband, John, has pleaded not guilty to about 100 counts involving the sexual abuse of children who were pupils at the former day care and tutoring business.

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The next step in John Burbine's legal case is expected to be an April 13th motion to dismiss, with a tentative trial date set for early December.


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