NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Ex-bouncer convicted in kidnapping
NEW YORK
The man charged in the 2006 rape and killing of a 24-year-old Mission Hill woman was convicted yesterday of kidnapping a New York City college student. Darryl Littlejohn, 44, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Littlejohn, a former Manhattan nightclub bouncer, also faces a murder trial in the killing of Imette St. Guillen, a graduate student from Boston who was studying in New York City. In the kidnapping case, authorities said Littlejohn posed as a police officer and handcuffed York College student Shanai Woodward as she walked home from classes in Queens in October 2005. Prosecutors said he forced her into his van's backseat, and she jumped from the moving van to escape. Defense lawyer Jason Russo said Littlejohn maintains his innocence and plans to appeal. (AP)