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Officials Say Two People Killed in Construction Accident in Boston
In a news conference about a construction incident, officials say two people were killed in Boston Wednesday morning.
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Lawyer Indicted in Boston on Rape, Burglary Charges
A Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer has been indicted on charges of rape and aggravated burglary, Boston’s top prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins Cleared in South Bay Center Confrontation With Driver
A review of Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ conduct during a confrontation at the South Bay Center on Christmas Eve found no violations of others’ rights or the law, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. A woman from Dorchester, Katie Lawson, had complained that Rollins threatened her with a ticket and inappropriately flashed her emergency lights Lawson...
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Lawyer Arrested on New Rape Charge in Boston
Boston police have arrested a former Suffolk County prosecutor on a rape charge. Gary Zerola turned himself in Friday and appeared in court.
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AG Healey Reviewing Road Rage Complaint Against DA Rachael Rollins
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is reviewing an alleged road rage incident involving Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Healey’s office confirmed. Katie Lawson, of Dorchester, filed a citizen’s complaint with Boston police alleging that Rollins threatened her and inappropriately flashed her blue lights during a confrontation at the South Bay Shopping Center on Christmas Eve, according to the...
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30 Years After One of Boston's ‘Bloodiest Massacres,' FBI Still Hunting for Suspected Killer
The FBI’s Boston Division put out a call on Tuesday for information that can help arrest and bring to justice a man suspected of killing six people in 1991, including five in one massacre in Boston exactly 30 years ago. The FBI is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Hung Tien Pham, who would be…
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Search Renewed for Gunman in 1991 Chinatown Massacre
Thirty years after five people were killed in Boston’s Chinatown, the FBI is offering a new reward.
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FBI Seeking Information on Gruesome 30-Year-Old Murder Case
The FBI is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Hung Tien Pham, who is suspected of killing six people in 1991.
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Boston School Official Charged With Statutory Rape of Former Middle School Student
A Boston Public Schools official has been charged with raping a 15-year-old former student at the Joseph P. Timilty Middle School earlier this year. Manuel Mendes, 38, of Boston, the school’s dean of students, was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with four counts of statutory rape. He was arraigned Monday in West Roxbury Municipal Court. Bail was set…
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BPS Dean Charged With Raping Former Student
Manuel Mendes, 38, of Boston, dean of students at the Joseph P. Timilty Middle School, was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with four counts of statutory rape.
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Man Charged With Manslaughter in Beating Death of His Chelsea Roommate
A man has been charged with beating his roommate to death this weekend in Chelsea, Massachusetts, prosecutors said Wednesday. Bartolo Cruz Cosigua Gonzalez, a 44-year-old from Chelsea, was arrested Monday on a manslaughter charge in the killing that prosecutors say took place Saturday. Chelsea police officers found Gonzalez’ roommate, 25-year-old Alexis Antonio Yanes-Majano, lying on the street outside an apartment…
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Rollins Vacates Over 100 Drug Convictions Linked to 2012 Lab Scandal
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins has filed a motion to vacate over 100 convictions linked to a 2012 state drug lab scandal. The motion filed late Monday moves to vacate 108 so-called “List Three” convictions in Suffolk County Rollins says are “tainted” by misconduct by former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan. Authorities discovered Dookhan tampered with evidence and…
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Baker Spars With Pressley, Rollins Over Coronavirus in Correctional Facilities
Gov. Charlie Baker insisted that Massachusetts’ Department of Correction is doing a “terrific job” keeping coronavirus under control Tuesday, despite arguments from Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins that prisons act as “petri dishes” for spreading it. “They’ve done a terrific job of keeping prisoners and inmates separated, providing them with PPE, sanitization, all that sort of...
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Suffolk County DA Releases List of 136 Officers with Questionable Credibility
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Friday released a list of 136 law enforcement officers whose prior conduct could impact their credibility as witnesses in court. The database, called the Law Enforcement Automatic Discovery (LEAD), contains the names of officers whose actions were harmful, or potentially harmful, to the community and legal system, according to Rollins. “In these uncertain…
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RBG Had Big Impact on Brandeis Students
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the university in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 2016 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Louis Brandeis’ nomination to the Supreme Court.
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‘Enough is Enough': Rally Calls for Justice For Black People Killed by Police
Protesters held a rally Tuesday in front of District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ office to demand the reopening of cases involving Black people killed by police. Ahead of a 5 p.m. Boston2Minneapolis rally, the group Mass Action Against Police Brutality held a press conference to demand the reopening of the cases of Tamir Rice and Michael Brown, as well as...
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Rally Calls on Suffolk DA to Reopen Cases
Protesters are asking Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins to reopen several cases involving use of force by law enforcement.
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Protesters Demand Justice for All
Demonstrators gathered outside the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office to demand action on police brutality.
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BPD Stops Black People Most Often, Report Finds
Black people accounted for nearly 70% of the Boston Police Department’s stops over the last three years, a new internal report shows.
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Sunday's Violence Sparks Spat Between Boston's Top Prosecutor, Police Union
The violence that broke out Sunday night in Boston between the remnants of a largely peaceful protest and law enforcement has caused a spat between the city’s progressive local prosecutor, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, and its police union. Rollins did not sugarcoat her outrage Monday as she called attempts by police to tamp down violence ironic. Ironic,...