A Roslindale man has become the first suspect to be re-arrested on drug charges after being freed because of the evidence-tainting scandal at the State Drug Lab in JP.
The Web site "Vice" interviewed Scott Allen, senior assistant metro editor for The Globe, about the impact of the State Drug Lab scandal. Its a nice overview of what's been happening and what's likely to happen.
Three prominent legal groups say Attorney General Martha Coakley must hand over her investigation of the JP State Drug Lab scandal to an independent body.
Anthony Thames, 28, who was charged with murdering a Boston man in the South End last August, will remain held without bail, despite a separate drugs case against him that was handled by disgraced chemist Annie Dookhan.
Police have filed several citations against a man who allegedly caused a spectacular wreck in Hyde Square Monday morning.
A wreck in Hyde Square early Monday morning left a light pole knocked down and probably would have smashed the storefront at Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo — except for a Ford Bronco that took the brunt of the impact.
Neighborhood residents took to JP Patch and social media to share photos about a wreck that knocked down a light pole, damaged a store front and flipped a truck.
Two men were found stabbed on Hyde Park Avenue Saturday night. One of them has been arrested.
More information as it develops.
A look back at developments in the evidence tainting scandal out of the shuttered State Drug Lab in JP. Thousands of drug dealer convictions could be overturned.
A roundup of developments in the shocking breakdown at the State Drug Lab in JP, in which a chemist was allowed to mishandle drug evidence for years.
Construction workers disrupted a gas pipe at 67 Day St., fire officials confirm.
Police say a man was wounded by gunfire at Bragdon and Miles streets on Tuesday night. The injury is not life-threatening.
The following police blotter and arrest information was supplied by the Boston Police Department. Arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Police have released details of a Thursday shooting that left a man wounded in the leg and had neighbors wondering about the shots they heard.
A Monday court session appeared to go smoothly as at least 10 drug dealers had their convictions put on hold as a result of the scandal at the State Drug Lab in Jamaica Plain.
Here's a quick run-down of developments in the State Drug Lab scandal. Evidence tainted by a so-called "rogue chemist" is putting thousands of drug convictions at risk.
A Charlestown man was arrested on Friday for possession of child pornography.
A man was wounded in the leg in a Thursday night shooting just outside JP in Roxbury. Police closed down a wide area while they investigated.
Shawn Drumgold, 47, who was falsely imprisoned for 14 years for the shocking murder of a preteen Boston girl, was found not guilty Friday on new drug charges.
A chemist who worked alongside the disgraced Annie Dookhan for eight years at the JP Drug Lab told a judge the "rogue chemist" had nearly unfettered access to the lab.
The city's top brass has put in a "crisis re-entry plan" for inmates released from prison as a result of the JP State Drug Lab scandal.
The following police blotter and arrest information for Saturday and Sunday was supplied by the Boston Police Department. Arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Chemist Annie Dookhan refused to testify Wednesday in a case involving Shawn Drumgold, who spent 14 years in prison for an infamous Boston murder.
On Tuesday, a man who had pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine took it back because the drug sample had been tested by "rogue chemist" Annie Dookhan of the JP State Drug Lab.
The case of "rogue chemist" Annie Dookhan, accused of tainting drug evidence in thousands of cases, should be seen in context of increasing pressure on forensic labs, professionals say.
Workers have cleared the tracks after a Monday afternoon derailment.
Two trains collided near Brigham Circle. Buses have replaced Green Line trains from Northeastern to Heath Street.
One Green Line train failed to make a track switch and ran into another train on Monday. Service is disrupted. Minor injuries have been reported.
Police responding found "blood all over the third-floor hallway" at 125 Amory St.
Police are searching for the suspect
A search warrant led the Youth Violence Strike Force to seize boxes of ammo for different guns for a 357-magnum, Wolf 223, and more, on Thursday.
Marcus Pixley, who became a wanted fugitive after he was released on lowered bail because of the scandal at the Jamaica Plain state drug lab, was arrested on Friday morning.
On Friday, two alleged criminals went free and another had a prosecution against him dropped because evidence against them had been handled by a chemist accused of tainting thousands of samples at at Jamaica Plain lab.
In a hastily-called court session Friday morning to address cases potentially tainted by the State Drug Lab scandal, six of the first seven cases turned out to have nothing to do with chemist Annie Dookhan.
Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley says low-level pushers don't stand to benefit most from the JP drug lab "disaster." He says that honor goes to hardened criminals moving lots of drugs or those with violent histories.
A convicted rapist with outstanding drug charges is now a fugitive from the law, after he was released on lowered bail because of the scandal at the Jamaica Plain state drug lab.
It was announced Monday that Suffolk Superior Court, which handles cases in Boston, will have special court sessions in October to deal with cases in which a so-called "rogue chemist" may have tainted evidence.
A man said to have been involved in an incident in which a man was briefly kidnapped, threatened and cut on Lamartine Street is among the state's Most Wanted.
Jose Ortega has been held on bail since July 16. Ortega was a coach for the Boston Broncos, which play in Jamaica Plain.