Boston Blotter: Update on BPD Officer/Alleged Robber

082007_BostonPD.jpg--Michael T. Jones, the BPD officer arrested for holding up a Roslindale gas station, was arraigned today in the hospital. His lawyer offers an explanation for Jones' alleged behavior--alcohol. His lawyer also said Jones wasn't taking his medication. [WBZ, Boston Herald]

--The Herald has a profile of Reverend Shaun O. Harrison, who runs Operation Project Go (Gangs Out). He has asked teens with guns to turn their weapons into him, and he won't ask any questions. [Boston Herald]

--A man was hit and killed last night after he pulled into the breakdown lane on Route 128 and got out of his car. Robert Turcotte was standing "near the white fog line separating the breakdown lane and the right travel lane" when a tractor-trailer hit him. [WCVB]

--Police busted a transsexual prostitute in Framingham who unwisely announced to her clients that she was having a last go of it before leaving town. [MetroWest Daily News]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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