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Taffer's Tavern at Arsenal Yards in Watertown has closed
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A franchise-owned restaurant just west of Boston that was created by the host of a reality show has shut down. According to a post from @adam_lozo, Taffer’s Tavern at Arsenal Yards in Watertown is no longer in business, with a phone call placed to the dining spot confirming that it has...
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Dunkin' employee attacked inside Watertown store
Watertown police said Vartan Krikorian, 65, has been arrested in connection to the incident at Dunkin’ located at 48 Mount Auburn Street.
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Dunkin' employee attacked inside Watertown store
A Dunkin’ employee was taken to the hospital on Friday after being attacked at one of the coffee and doughnut chain’s stores in Watertown, Massachusetts. Watertown police say the employee was assaulted around 6 a.m. Friday inside the Dunkin’ located at 48 Mount Auburn Street. According to police, the suspect became involved in an argument before attacking the employee. Police…
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Boston-area brothel bust hearings to be public, Mass. high court justice rules
Initial hearings for 28 people accused of paying for sex at high-end brothels operating in the Boston area will be open to the public, a justice on Massachusetts’ highest court wrote Friday. But documents in the case will be sealed before the hearings to protect private information for anyone for whom probably cause is not established at the hearings, Supreme…
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Alleged clients in Mass. brothel bust case push to keep initial hearings private
At least half of the 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network are pushing back on efforts to make initial hearings in the case public, citing their privacy rights. The arrests of three people in connection with the brothel organization alleged to have been operating in Massachusetts and Virginia drew public attention, and acting U.S….
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Public hearings suspended for alleged clients in Mass. brothel bust case
A Massachusetts Supreme Court judge has suspended hearings set in the cases against 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network while the courts address questions of what information will be made publicly available in the case. The arrests of three people in connection with the brothel organization alleged to have been operating in Massachusetts and…
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Probable cause hearings announced for alleged clients in Mass. brothel bust case
Dates have been set for probable cause hearings in the cases against 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network alleged to have been operating in Massachusetts and Virginia. The names of the accused have yet to be released, but the hearings will be open to the public after requests from NBC10 Boston and other news…
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Hearings to be open to public as feds look to charge alleged clients of high-end brothel
The names of 28 people accused of paying for sex at a brothel network have not been released, but that could change after a clerk-magistrate’s ruling Thursday.
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Court hearings to be open as feds seek charges against clients in Mass. brothel bust case
Federal authorities announced plans this week to bring charges against 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network. The names of the accused have yet to be released, but the first court appearances will be open to the public, a court ruled Thursday in response to requests from NBC10 Boston and other news outlets. “Show cause…
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Book that was 90 years overdue returned to Watertown library
We have heard “it’s never too late” as a phrase for years but this person might have taken it literally. The Watertown Free Library received a book that was 90 years overdue. According to their Facebook post, a patron found it in Washington D.C. and returned it when they were on a trip to Boston. The book is titled...
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New developments in ‘high-end' brothel uncovered in Mass.
Federal prosecutors are now laying out new state charges connected to a case involving an illegal brothel ring uncovered in Massachusetts.
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When will prosecutors say who patronized ‘high-end' brothel in Mass.?
Federal prosecutors are looking to bring state charges to more than two dozen people out of hundreds believed to have paid money for sex in a “high-end” brothel. A Homeland Security Investigations task force officer, with Cambridge police, turned in applications on Monday for complaints against 28 people believed to have paid for sex, according to the U.S. Attorney’s...
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Feds seek charges against accused brothel clients
Federal agents are now seeking new charges connected to an investigation involving an illegal brothel ring in Massachusetts.
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Feds investigating Mass., Va. brothel network seek charges against 28 alleged clients
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced Monday that it is seeking complaints against 28 alleged “sex buyers” weeks after announcing the bust of a “high-end brothel network” operating in the state. Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said on Nov. 8 that three people were being charged in an alleged prostitution ring out of Massachusetts and Virginia. Monday, Levy’s...
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2 charged with operating sex ring that catered to wealthy clients will remain behind bars for now
In court Wednesday, prosecutors said Han Lee and her employee Junmyung Lee are flight risks and asked the judge for both defendants to remain in custody as the case evolves. The judge agreed.
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New details revealed in Boston brothel network bust
Investigators said they found money orders in a Louis Vuitton shoebox, condoms and lubricants in bulk, an ill-gotten Corvette and “appointment books” at the Massachusetts apartments of two people believed to have run a high-end brothel in the Boston and D.C. areas.
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Court doc reveals ‘astounding amount of money' made thru Boston-area brothel
The sophisticated brothel network allegedly operating in the Boston and Washington, D.C., areas until it was busted this month likely generated upwards of $1 million in just a few years for the woman accused of running it and a co-defendant, according to a new federal court filing.
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Brothel bust has sex trafficking survivors calling for justice
People living near the buildings allegedly used in the scheme said they had no idea what was happening, and sex trafficking survivors say that’s the problem.
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3 arrested in Mass., Va. brothel bust, but who were the clients?
The sex trafficking arrests in Massachusetts over an alleged high-end brothel operating out of luxury apartments leave a major question unanswered — who were the elected officials, military members, doctors and other people that federal prosecutors said were using the illegal service?