Boston Blotter: Buddy Rolls Off the Blotter, Back Into Public Life

--Former Providence mayor Buddy Cianci, who teased Boston with the prospect of working in our fair city, is now officially off the blotter. He is out of the halfway home and back in the world. He's such a beloved local celeb that he's faced public speculation about whether or not he'll go back to a toupee, and an AP piece told the world that he dines on haddock with broccoli rabe.

So, anyone want to place a bet about how soon he'll be back in public office?

--The BPD picked up two guys who were carrying an AK-47 last night. The men originally attracted attention for a broken side mirror. When they were stopped, police smelled pot, the presence of which launched a search. During that search, they discovered an AK-47 hidden in the pants leg of a pair of jeans. An AK-47 and pot just doesn't sound like a good mix.

--Even scarier, the BPD took in a guy from South Yarmouth for stabbing another man in the head early this morning. Here's the BPD report:

Officers were informed that the suspect [Anthony Giangergario] called the witness on her phone and the victim answered the phone. A verbal exchanged occurred between the victim and the suspect. At that time the suspect smashed the bedroom window with a two by four and ran into the front door with a knife in his hand and stabbed the victim. The suspect fled the area in a grey vehicle.

Giangergario was later captured. The stabbing victim's injury was, in BPD parlance, "non-life-threatening."

--Brockton was the recent crime hotspot, but the heat has moved to Fitchburg. A pregnant woman was shot earlier in the week, and two more people were shot there last night. WBZ reported that Life Flight was called to the scene.

Elizabeth Crete, the pregnant woman who was shot, is still in critical condition. The Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise reported that the shooting may have started because her boyfriend was fighting with another guy about a dirt bike.

All charges alleged until proven under law.