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Crew finds stun gun on JetBlue flight in Newark, after arriving from Boston

July 11, 2011

Federal authorities are investigating how a stun gun managed to get on a JetBlue flight Sunday. The flight originated in Boston. The crew found the stun gun tucked into the back of a seat after the plane lan...

CBS faked TV backdrops for Boston fireworks

Brittney McNamara

July 8, 2011

Although Boston's Fourth of July fireworks are a spectacle on their own, CBS decided to jazz them up with more exciting and historic settings. In other words, CBS fabricated the settings of the fireworks fo...

Police comb Wayland marsh for evidence in Lauren Astley murder

John M. Guilfoil

July 8, 2011

Investigators combed the marsh in Wayland where the body of 18-year-old Lauren Astley was found on the Fourth of July, Boston.com reported. A spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. d...

Worker killed in Norwood street sweeper accident

John M. Guilfoil

July 6, 2011

Boston.com reports a 58-year-old Norwood street sweeper driver was killed Monday after he became trapped in the machine. The man, Patrick J. MacDonald of Penacook, N.H., was trying to repair the hopper part ...

Wayland man, 18, charged with killing ex-girlfriend

Brittney McNamara

July 5, 2011

Prosecutors accused a Wayland teen today of cutting the throat of his former girlfriend, Lauren Astley, 18, after a search of his family's home yielded blood stained clothing and blood stains in the garage. ...

Four killed in holiday weekend violence in Boston

Brittney McNamara

July 5, 2011

After a spree of violence over the holiday weekend, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he would hold an emergency meeting with the city's police commanders this afternoon to decide whether police should act differentl...

Man indicted for 23-year-old West Roxbury murder

Brittney McNamara

June 29, 2011

After a 23 year search, a man was indicted in the murder of his girlfriend in the West Roxbury area known as the Grove, according to Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney ...

Billy Bulger speaks, requests privacy

John M. Guilfoil

June 25, 2011

Former Massachusetts State Senate president and University of Massachusetts president William M. Bulger gave a brief statement through a publicity firm: "I wish to express my sympathy to all the families hu...

FBI: Bulger tip taken seriously immediately

John M. Guilfoil

June 25, 2011

The FBI said Saturday that the tip that led to the arrest of James J. "Whitey" Bulger was taken seriously from the start, disputing news reports that the tip was given low priority when it came in. "Those re...

Bulger tipster is a woman

John M. Guilfoil

June 25, 2011

The FBI has released few details about the soon-to-be rich tipster who keyed federal agents in on the location of James J. "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig. Some reports Friday indicated t...

54 Boston firefighters suspended in wake of EMT training scam

Brittney McNamara

June 25, 2011

The Boston Fire Department suspended 54 firefighters on Thursday who were part of a state-wide scheme involving more than 200 Emergency Medical Technicians who faked medical training certifications last year, a...

Lowell cop arrested for raping prostitutes

Brittney McNamara

June 23, 2011

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...

Bulger’s apartment: Rent controlled and three blocks to the beach

Kathryn Ernst

June 23, 2011

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Former Boston crime boss and the FBI's new and former Number 1 Most Wanted man was arrested outside his Santa Monica apartment complex late Wednesday night after 16 years on the run....

Bulger ordered back to Massachusetts

John M. Guilfoil

June 23, 2011

LOS ANGELES -- Former Winter Hill Gang boss James J "Whitey" Bulger was remanded back to Massachusetts to face a litany of charges against him. Appearing in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday, Bulger h...

Captured. What legacy did he leave, and what awaits Whitey Bulger?

Brittney McNamara

June 23, 2011

Just the mere mention of the name "Whitey Bulger" sends chills down any South Boston resident's spine. The infamous Irish gangster left a torrent of bloodshed and crime in his path as he strolled down the alph...

FBI: Daytime commercial campaign worked in capturing Bulger

John M. Guilfoil

June 23, 2011

The FBI confirmed Thursday that its recent spike in publicity, including commercials during daytime television shows, helped lead to the successful capture of James J. "Whitey" Bulger. The arrest caps a 16-y...

Authorities round up 18 drug dealers in Boston

Brittney McNamara

June 23, 2011

Police arrested and indicted eighteen alleged drug dealers in a long-term investigation into cocaine and heroin distribution called "Operation Tanglewood," according to Daniel F. Conley, Suffolk County district...

Whitey Bulger arrested in California

John M. Guilfoil

June 23, 2011

James J. "Whitey" Bulger, the South Boston gangster charged with 19 murders, who was one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives, was arrested in Southern California Wednesday night. The 81-year-old was c...

DiMasi guilty

Brittney McNamara

June 16, 2011

A federal grand jury convicted former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Salvatore F. DiMasi and a Beacon Hill lobbyist today of a scheme to "deprive the Massachusetts citizens of his honest...

Three Braintree men arrested after extensive drug investigation

Brittney McNamara

June 14, 2011

After an extensive investigation, police arrested three Braintree men for illegal drug sales. Paul A. Gravelle, 38, and Andrew G. Alexopoulos, 25, both of Braintree, were named the main components in the de...

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