Boston Blotter: Alleged JP Scam Artist Held on $100K Bail

102207-party-police.jpg-- Rodolfo Bonilla, who stands accused of a twisted scheme to defraud a 91-year-old man, was ordered held on a $100,000 cash bail today, according to the Suffolk County DA. The 48-year-old Jamaica Plain man and Tammy Lewis, his 39-year-old girlfriend, allegedly forged a document that gave the victim's power of attorney to Lewis, which they used to cash checks from the victim's accounts.

-- A pair of alleged thugs in Somerville may have been operating under a faulty understanding of Question 2 on November's ballot when they threatened to beat a man unless he bought marijuana from them. [Somerville Journal]

-- Central Square's Wendy's became the scene of another bizarre crime on Sunday night when a man was shot in the face with a BB gun outside of the popular Cambridge hang-out. Police arrested two. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- Dean Robinson, a 45-year-old Brighton man, pleaded guilty to bank robbery. [Allston-Brighton Tab]

-- A Falmouth man entrusted with the care of recovering drug addicts at three separate locations was arrested for selling OxyContin to his charges. [Herald]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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