Massachusetts psychiatrist Christopher Palacios arrested for rape

February 23, 2012

A local man was arraigned in Lynn District Court this afternoon on charges of domestic assault and battery and rape.

Christopher Palacios, 39, of 9 Dartmouth Road, Marblehead, was arrested by local officers at 4:05 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

Police said the victim came to the station to request a restraining order against Palacios and told officers that he attacked her and sexually assaulted her around 5 a.m. Wednesday.

Palacios, who is a psychiatrist at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, was ordered held without bail until a follow-up hearing could be held Thursday afternoon.

Source: Owen Boss, "Local Psychiatrist Charged With Rape," Marblehead Patch, February 22, 2012.