Boston Blotter: Suspect in Hate Crime Also 6 House Stabbing Victim

--Adam Rich, the man who was killed in the now-infamous 6 House bar brawl, was allegedly involved in a hate-crime beating before he was killed. Rich was one of the suspects in a crime in which four white men beat up a white woman – the sister of one of the men - and her black boyfriend. Laurel Sweet at the Herald writes,

“You (expletive) (expletive), what you doing in Southie?” are among the epithets soldiers Thomas Browne, Robert Stone and James “Jimmy” Caparego are alleged to have hurled at Mattapan cook Ralph Beach Jr. as they were “punching,” “kicking,” “stomping” and “choking” him outside the Columbia Yacht Club, according to documents filed in the South Boston Division of Boston Municipal Court.

The others involved in the crime will be arraigned later this month. While this case and the 6 House brawl are clearly separate, information from one case about Rich might somehow impact the trial of Bernard Piscopo, who was arrested for stabbing and killing Rich – within a few hours of the first attack on Ralph Beach Jr.

--Police may have found the "MetroWest Rapist." A man who allegedly sexually assaulted women in Westborough and Hopkinton in 2003 was arrested in New Jersey last Friday.

Marcelo Mota is accused of assaulting women in that state, and investigators matched his fingerprints to ones found at the Massachusetts crime scenes.

--The Arsenal Mall in Watertown might have its name for a reason. This week's Watertown police blotter describes an 18-year-old girl trying to pass off a fake receipt as real giving police officers a mighty hard time. According to the Watertown Tab, Latresa Jones offered police a "fighting stance" and hit back at them. All because she wanted to score some cash off some unwanted Victoria's Secret perfume. The Arsenal Mall was also the site of a coke bust.

All charges alleged until proven under law.