Boston Blotter: A String of Heists on the North Shore, More Details in Dorchester Valentine's Slay

-- Police in the North Shore believe that the same man is behind a series of bank robberies that have happened miles apart in recent days. His alleged exploits have included a failed heist in Arlington, and robberies in Chelsea, Winchester, and Woburn. [WBZ]

-- The Herald has uncovered more details about the Valentine's Day murder of Luz Forty, a 38-year-old Dorchester woman whom police believe was murdered by her 29-year-old beau Mario Gonzalez. The Herald reports that Forty confided to her family that Gonzalez "sometimes treats me like he’s going to kill me." [Herald]

-- The attorneys for the Alleged Criminal Formerly Known as Clark Rockefeller will mount an insanity defense when his trial resumes in May. The ACFKCR's attorney Jeffrey Denner said, "We're trying to get context and find out what led to the different identities and what led to the offense conduct." [Globe]

-- An alleged prostitute who extorted her John pleaded guilty to a reduced federal sentence on one condition: that she not reveal his identity. The John, a wealthy Boston businessman and likely asshole, faced no punishment for his crime of paying for sex. [Globe]

-- A pair of con artists allegedly posed as Boston Housing Authority officials in order to sell fake Section 8 housing vouchers to the unsuspecting. [Globe]

All charges alleged until proven under law.