West Nile mosquitoes are detected again
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:06:09 -0700
BOSTON Boston public health officials say mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus have been found in north Dorchester and in Hyde Park. Infected mosquitoes had been found earlier this year in north Dorchester and West Roxbury. The number of positive mosquito tests suggests that West Nile is “likely to be present throughout the city,’’ the Boston Public Health Commission ... West Nile virus ...
Key figure in Kenya-based scam gets 20 months
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:14:40 -0700
(AP:CHARLESTON, W.Va.) Calling her as essential to the crime as to helping prosecutors unravel it, a federal judge sentenced a Kenyan woman Tuesday to another 20 months behind bars for aiding a scheme to steal millions from West Virginia and other state governments.
Questions remain as feds wrap up Kenya fraud case
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:43:44 -0700
(AP:CHARLESTON, W.Va.) Six Kenyan nationals quickly pleaded guilty to charges they helped an international crime ring scam government agencies in four states, but several loose ends remain.
Cops in Taser fracas to return to court
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:25:59 -0700
HAVERHILL -- The two off-duty police officers who were arrested July 13 after a late-night fracas in which one...
Lawyers Take Swings at Each Other in Dodgers Divorce Trial
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:01:20 -0700
The contentious divorce trial of Frank and Jamie McCourt opened Monday with lawyers for each side accusing the other of engaging in bad faith. Control of the Los Angeles Dodgers could rest on the outcome.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:20:07 -0700
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3d official announces exit from City Hall
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:36:19 -0700
Boston’s social services director announced his departure yesterday from City Hall, making him the third senior official this month to resign from Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s administration. Mayor - City Hall Boston - Thomas Menino - Social work - United States
Police pursuit ends in I-93 crash, arrest
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:00:07 -0700
A Lawrence, Mass., man was arrested last night on I-93 after leading police on a chase that ended in a crash in Massachusetts.
This baloney is full of it: cocaine
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:11:12 -0700
HOLYOKE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man has been arrested after a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed out chunk of bologna was delivered to his home.
Video Shows Chase And Scramble For Cash
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:20:05 -0700
Led Troopers On High-Speed Chase To Hartford At his sentencing Thursday in Superior Court in Rockville, Kendall O. "Mad Max" Smith stood convicted of his fifth robbery, and State's Attorney Matthew C. Gedansky said it was time to put Smith away for a very long time.
"Mad Max" Smith Gets 55 Years For Stafford Credit Union Robbery
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:51:44 -0700
Led Troopers On High-Speed Chase To Hartford At his sentencing Thursday in Superior Court in Rockville, Kendall O. "Mad Mix" Smith stood convicted of his fifth robbery, and State's Attorney Matthew C. Gedansky said it was time to put Smith away for a very long time.
Northern Berkshire District Court
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:37:59 -0700
Thursday August 26, 2010 NORTH ADAMS -- Judge Michael J. Ripps heard the following cases in Northern Berkshire District Court on Tuesday: * Wesley C. Anderson, 22, of North State Road in Cheshire pleaded not guilty to charges of drunken driving and speeding in violation of a special regulation stemming from a motor vehicle stop on Aug.
Man stabs family members
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:34:31 -0700
BY CHELSEY POLLOCK A Massachusetts man is still being held on $100,000 cash bail, after police say he stabbed his brother and nephew after an argument. Police responded to 84 Bridge St. at about 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 19, where police say officers found Scott Sullivan Sr., 48, of Salem, in the driveway of the home with a stab wound on his arm. Inside the house, police say Sullivan’s son, Michael ...
Haverhill man sentenced at 9 a.m., charged again at 1:30 p.m.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:10:49 -0700
SALEM -- Oscar Grande couldn't stay out of Salem District Court yesterday. Grande pleaded guilty to shoplifting...
Crime and courts: Westchester
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:35:16 -0700
GREENBURGH: A Massachusetts man was found with 120 pounds of marijuana, worth $300,000, after he was stopped early Friday at a sobriety checkpoint in Greenburgh, police said.
Woman attacked while walking at beach
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:18:58 -0700
A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted while walking alone on Nahant Beach Thursday night, State Police said. State Police spokesman David Procopio said the assault occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m., when a man attacked the woman from behind and dragged her into nearby sand dunes. The woman fought back and was able to flee, he said. The suspect was ... Sexual assault - Police - Law ...
Tires flattened on parked car
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:06:24 -0700
Merrimack Valley police log
Mosque debate: Behind America's anxiety over Islam
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:10:00 -0700
As the maelstrom over the proposed Islamic center near ground zero rages a short distance away, Shahid Farooqi, a devout Pakistani immigrant, is handing out book bags and school supplies to hundreds of needy children and their parents for the start of the school year.
W.Va. auditor suing banks over Kenya-based scam
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:58:48 -0700
(AP:CHARLESTON, W.Va.) West Virginia's elected auditor hopes a criminal that case wrapped up this week targeting an international fraud scheme will aid his lawsuit seeking to recover the $1.5 million that the fraud conspiracy cost the state.
Two indicted on child rape charges
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:08:17 -0700
SALEM — Two men — 19-year-old Scott Deschenes of Salisbury and 30-year-old Tyrone Farrar of Lawrence — were indicted Friday by an Essex County Grand Jury after being charged this summer by Salisbury police in two separate incidents of statutory rape of a child.
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