Boston Blotter: Dot ACORN Offices Ransacked

-- The Dorchester offices of ACORN, the national political organization, were found ransacked this morning. The offices, which are located on Adams St. in Fields Corner, were looted of three desktop computers as well as other equipment. Employees of the group believe that the burglary might be the result of the national political ire that presidential candidate John McCain has whipped up around ACORN, whom he has accused of possibly "destroying the fabric of our democracy" with its voter registration drives. No arrests have been made. [Dorchester Reporter]

-- Kathy Booth, 44 of Dorchester, pleaded guilty today in the murder of her brother, Keith Payne, whom she stabbed to death in 2006. Booth suffers from bipolar disorder and depression. [Herald]

-- Police in Springfield have arrested a Chicopee man whom they say was running a "heroin factory." [Herald]

-- Vernon Lee Thompson, the 38-year-old Mattapan mental patient accused of raping a 14-year-old hospital volunteer, was held on $500,000 bail. [Herald]

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