Fifty-seven former patients of Boston Emergency Medical Services have been notified.
It still isn't clear what drove a JP State Drug Lab chemist allegedly to taint evidence in thousands of cases. But the attorney general says two common reasons don't appear to apply: a drug habit or money trouble.
Several news sources are reporting that Annie Dookhan, the State Drug Lab chemist suspected of tainting evidence and putting thousands of convictions in jeopardy, has been arrested.
The victim of a brief kidnapping, who suffered a superficial knife wound, was put in the situation because he trusted one of the perps — his former supervisor at the Dedham Whole Foods Market.
In a live chat on Patch Thursday, Gov. Deval Patrick said he approves of the extraordinary step of allowing release to defense attorneys of State Police interviews with alleged "rogue chemist" Annie Dookhan.
Authorities say the man turned out not to have a warrant against him for failure to register as a sex offender.
According to a State Police report obtained by the Globe, the chemist at the center of a scandal that may overturn thousands of drug convictions admitted to tainting evidence.
The chemist whom the state blames for tainting evidence in thousands of drug cases appears to have lied on the witness stand about having a master's degree in chemistry.
Transit Police say a resident complained about a man taking photos of children. The man turned out to be an unregistered sex offender out of Lowell.
A Suffolk County Grand Jury released the indictment against the defendants who allegedly kicked the man and attacked him with a traffic cone and belt.
A man was taken to Faulkner Hospital late Saturday night after a robber struck him on the back of the head and in the face. The robber didn't get anything from the victim.
According to police scanner traffic, all stop lights are out in Egleston Square.
The following police blotter and arrest information for Saturday and Sunday was supplied by the Boston Police Department. Arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A day after the head of the state's Department of Public Health resigned over a "rogue chemist" who may have tainted evidence in thousands of cases, a confessed drug dealer is going free.
Prosecutors say Marie Romelus, 48, struck an elderly person in her care at the Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica Plain.
A man told police a former coworker attacked him. He was stabbed in the abdomen and bitten on the right forearm. His injuries weren't life-threatening.
Police say a person suffered non life-threatening injuries. A suspect is in custody.
Police confirm that a 26-year-old Mattapan man was arrested and charged with stealing a scooter. The chase alarmed Sumner Hill residents on Sunday.
Revere Street residents report seeing a young man on a scooter ditching the vehicle with police in pursuit; he fled on foot and was apparently arrested.
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Luis Menedez-Diaz got a new trial because of a ruling that defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine forensic experts.
The suspect was identified by the victim, who had taken his picture on her cell phone.
Police are withholding the name of the 49-year-old victim pending notification of the family.
Heavy snow brought down another JP structure today.
Patrick Anthony Brown pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder and home invasion in the 1995 killing of Zandera Sullivan.
The female victim was believed to be in her mid-30s.
Patrick Anthony Brown pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder and home invasion in the 1995 killing of Zandera Sullivan.
No one was injured, as the house was under renovation. The next-door neighbors were evacuated.
There's not much to leave the house for on this weekend holiday.
This holiday season, stay safe and happy with these tips from local police.
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The city's top police official helped the victim of a hit-and-run at Saturday's tree lighting in JP Center.
Dog owners from New York and Mainers who wanted to adopt the dog met halfway, at the Hi-Lo Foods parking lot. And then someone got bitten.
UPDATED: According to scanner traffic, police evacuated a Homestead Street apartment building where a possible suspect in an earlier homicide was thought to be barricaded.
Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt when the rotten tree fell into traffic.
Two women were taken away by ambulance.
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