Melrose Mom Remembers Meeting Alleged Molester At Play Groups

Wakefield's John Burbine, who faces dozens of child sex abuse charges, didn't come off as the average caregiver, said local mom in a conversation with Wakefield Patch.

A Melrose mother who remembers meeting John Burbine on several occasions when she and her friends brought their children to area play groups. The woman, who asked to speak anonymously, said that she met Burbine, who is facing almost 100 charges involving child sex abuse, this spring at one of the drop-in play groups that are popular with area parents. She estimated that the play groups will typically have as few as three or as many as ten people present. She recalled that Burbine was there with a young toddler/late infant, "and they were just playing normally, like we were." She said that Burbine told them, very casually, that he took care of children for several families in the area and may have even used the term "nanny" to describe his …

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