Former Revere police officer, Todd Randall, was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI during questioning about a public corruption investigation. Randall, 40, was sentenced to four months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, during which he must stay away from drugs, alcohol and weapons, [...]
Video shows UC Davis police force against Occupy protesters
Nov. 21, 2011 3 Comments
In a video released on Friday, a University of California, Davis police officer is shown spraying student protesters sitting peaceably with pepper spray at a close range. UC Davis police chief, Annette Spicuzza defended the action in a press conference on Saturday, saying “The students had encircled the officers. They needed to exit. They were [...]
Toxicology report reveals no conclusions in the death of a Boston College student
Sept. 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
A toxicology report yields no conclusions in the odd death of a Boston College student in March. The report found no narcotics in the body of Alexander Grant, who was found dead in Putnam Brook after visiting his friends at Skidmore College. “The Grant family has made a public statement in which it is indicated [...]
Lowell cop arrested for raping prostitutes
June 23, 2011 1 Comment
A Lowell police officer was charged with raping prostitutes and soliciting prostitution while on duty. Officer Aravanh Lakmany was indicted on Thursday, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Lakmany allegedly solicited several prostitutes beginning in 2009 during his night shifts for the Lowell Police Department. Prosecuters say he asked the women to get into [...]
Man arrested for threatening Arlington police officers, dispatcher
May 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Arlington Police arrested a Maine man on Tuesday after he allegedly threatened police officers and a dispatcher. Christopher Loder, 40, of Palermo, Maine allegedly phoned in a threat on Saturday, saying he was going to beat up two Arlington police officers, bring a group of military friends and “spray” the officers with an AK-47 and [...]
Lawrence mayor apologizes for most recent police remark
April 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua apologized yesterday for criticizing one of his police detectives on a Spanish radio station over the weekend for allegedly not aggressively investigating a case where Lantigua said he was almost hit by a car. In a statement, Lantigua apologized, calling his remarks “inappropriate” on WCCM 1110-AM. In his remarks, Lantigua said [...]
“The Chicago Code” Gillis, Chase & Babyface episode review
Feb. 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Packed with action
Trick or treat? Mass. sex offenders visited by police on Halloween
Nov. 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
Reminded to not hand out candy to trick-or-treaters
Braintree Police investigating alleged electronics scam
Oct. 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Victims scammed out of $3,600 for Sears electronics
San Diego police officer dies in shootout with suspect
Oct. 29, 2010 1 Comment
SAN DIEGO — A police officer died Thursday after a shootout that began Wednesday evening. A man and woman were also found dead in an apartment police were raiding with an arrest warrant. Officer Christopher A. Wilson, 50, served on the San Diego Police Department for 17 years. He died at Sripps Mercy Hospital in [...]
Framingham cop charged with threatening man with gun
Sept. 30, 2010 1 Comment
A Framingham Police Department detective face charges he pointed a gun at a man when the he complained that the on-duty cop was urinating on his property. Scott Brown, 38, of Mendon, was indicted by a Middlesex grand jury on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and making threats. According to Middlesex District Attorney [...]
Former Framingham police employee charged with faking firearm cards
Sept. 21, 2010 1 Comment
A former Framingham Police Department employee was arraigned Tuesday, charged with illegally issuing firearm licenses, said Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone. Kelly McKinstry, 46, of Framingham, was arraigned in Framingham District Court on charges of falsifying a firearm license/FID card, false statement on firearm ID card application, and false report by a public employee. [...]
Justin Bieber throws water balloons at Maryland State Troopers
Sept. 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
Maryland state troopers were not really smiling at the "U Smile" singer last Sunday. According to a state police spokesperson on WBAL-TV, 16-year-old pop sensation Justin Bieber was “horsing around with members of his staff” backstage at the Maryland State Fair on Sunday in Timonium, Md and he chucked water balloons at two troopers. One [...]
Report: Quincy police lieutenant injured when grill explodes
May 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
A Quincy police lieutenant suffered second-degree burns on Friday when his propane grill exploded, the Patriot Ledger reported. Kevin Tobin was burned on his right leg, right arm, and left hand. He was treated and released from Massachusetts General Hospital. His uncle, Quincy District Court chief magistrate Arthur Tobin told the Patriot Ledger that the [...]
Major police unions to protest Governor Patrick
Feb. 4, 2010 1 Comment
The police unions across the state have planned a major labor protest against state policies today at 2 p.m. in Plymouth during an AFL/CIO conference that Governor Deval Patrick is expected to attend. The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, the Boston Police Detective’s Benevolent Society, [...]
A slain cop’s daughter speaks
Jan. 2, 2010 1 Comment
Editor’s note: After several weeks of on-again, off-again debate, a controversial forum at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst was held in November focusing on sedition and a related trial in the 1980s. The key note speaker was going to be Ray Luc Levasseur, founder of the radical United Freedom Front. In 1981, a United [...]
Maurice Clemmons shot and killed by police
Dec. 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
SEATTLE — Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the brutal, execution-style slaying of four Parkland, Wash. police officers, was shot and killed Tuesday morning in the South Seattle area after confronting police. Police said they found one of the dead officer’s guns on Clemmons. Several other people in the Seattle and Tacoma areas have been arrested [...]
Police: Maurice Clemmons may be dead
Nov. 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
SEATTLE — Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the massacre of four police officers in the Tacoma suburb of Parkland, was, in fact, shot by one of the officers he allegedly killed, police said today. “He has been shot,” said Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff, who has been dealing with media inquiries [...]
Four police officers killed near Seattle
Nov. 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
This is a special report from Blast West with Bradley Ouellette on the ground in Washington. SEATTLE — The gunman burst in with murder on his mind early this morning. Four police officers sat in a coffee shop just outside Parkland, a Tacoma suburb 40 miles south of Seattle. They were working on their laptops, [...]