Boston Blotter: Ay, Papi!

--While this isn't crime, per se, the next story definitely has something to do with the law. Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has more to worry about beyond his friend impersonating other people. A company is suing Ortiz for $1 million because he hasn't held up his end of a contract.

WCVB says that Ortiz was supposed to autograph 13,000 items and make public appearances on behalf of Steiner Sports Marketing, Inc. But the company claims Ortiz hasn't been picking up the pen, and he skipped some appearances. So they've enlisted the services of a lawyer.

--Yet another homicide has happened in Boston. Early this morning, police were called to Dorchester and found a 21-year-old who had been shot and who later died at the hospital.

--Yesterday, a jury convicted an Elvis impersonator of taking a machete to a friend who had overstayed his welcome in Revere in 2003. 71-year-old Robert Daigle and 39-year-old James Surette were drinking together, and then something went horribly wrong. Surette passed out, and Daigle stabbed him in the heart and took a machete to him 27 times. (Now this sort of thing is why the BPD is so sensitive about machetes!)

--A huge, eight-alarm fire swept through Bernat Mill in Uxbridge this morning. No one was seriously hurt, but, according to WBZ, "The fire was so massive, that crews were forced to pump water from the Blackstone River to douse the flames. According to town officials, that will create a water shortage for the next several weeks, and residents in the area are being asked to conserve."

All charges alleged until proven under law. Screengrab from Big Papi's Vitamin Water commercial. His contract with them have went more smoothly.