Boston Blotter: More on Amory Street Slaying

crime_scene_tape.jpg-- Charles Cherry, the 66-year-old Roxbury man who was arrested in connection with Friday's murder of a 56-year-old neighbor is a disabled man who suffers from a neurological disorder that keeps him from walking unaided. Police, who originally believed that he had stabbed Elvia McField to death, now say that he shot her with a high-powered rifle after a dispute in his apartment over money. Cherry pleaded not guilty to the charge. [Herald]

-- The BPD's blotter bard managed a three pun hat trick today. [BPDNews]

-- A man was arrested early Friday morning outside the Western Front nightclub in Cambridge for wielding a sawed-off shotgun. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- The Massachusetts Alcohol Beverages Control Commission welcomed students back to school by issuing scores of citations. [Globe]

-- Filling the sketchy vacuum left by the departure of Good Time Emporium, Kmart has returned infamy to Assembly Square by allegedly violating child labor laws. [Somerville Journal]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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And here I was worried about the sketch factor in Assembly Square. Is IKEA capable of sketch factor?

IKEA is mostly capable of meatballs.

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