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🌱 Patch AM: Boston Security Director Charged With Pandemic Relief Fraud

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Hello Boston! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Boston security chief admits role in alleged pandemic relief fraud scheme
  • Brighton man charged after triple stabbing injures three in Boston
  • How Boston's newest EMTs are preparing for your next 911 emergency

Also on today's calendar: Amazing Commonwealth Avenue Walking Tour! and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Sunday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 63, low: 54.
  • Monday: Some rain in the a.m.; cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Boston Security Director Charged With Pandemic Relief Fraud (patch.com) — Boston residents are learning that the city's Municipal Protective Services director has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud after allegedly securing and then forgiving a federal pandemic relief loan using false information. Federal prosecutors in Boston say he misrepresented himself as an auto mechanic to obtain over $20,000, with local FBI, IRS investigators, and Boston police all involved in the case.
   

2. Arrest Made In Connection With Triple Stabbing In Boston (patch.com) — Boston police have arrested a Brighton man they say is connected to a triple stabbing that injured three men near Cambridge Street and Harvard Avenue. Officers reportedly recovered a machete and folding knife before charging him with multiple counts, and he is expected to be arraigned in Brighton District Court.
   

3. New class of EMTs graduates, paramedics promoted into leadership positions (boston25news.com) — Boston EMS just welcomed 20 new EMTs and promoted veteran paramedics into leadership roles, strengthening the city's frontline emergency response. At a ceremony in Boston, medics described the emotional rewards, heavy responsibilities, and safety risks of the job, while leaders emphasized rigorous training and the importance of consequences for intentional assaults on EMS workers.
   

4. Franklin Cummings Tech Campus Earns Citation of Excellence (high-profile.com) — Franklin Cummings Tech's new Roxbury campus in Boston has earned a national Citation of Excellence for its hands-on, sustainable design that supports technical and STEM education. The 68,000-square-foot, all-electric building serves about 1,100 students annually, expanding access to career-focused programs and connecting more Greater Boston residents to in-demand technical jobs.
   

5. Premature Twins Separated at Boston Hospitals as Parents Plead to Reunite Them Before Nurses' Strike (pulptastic.com) — A Canton couple is anxiously traveling between two Boston hospitals where their extremely premature twin daughters remain in critical but stable condition, separated for different specialized treatments. With thousands of nurses at Brigham and Women's poised to strike next week, the parents fear losing the caregivers they trust and are pleading for the girls to be reunited in one facility to ease both medical care and family strain.
   

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Ok Boston! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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