Boston Blotter: Stabbing in Dorchester, South End Hate Criminal Pleads Guilty

-- A man was stabbed in front of a house on Howland Street in Dorchester this morning shortly before 10 a.m. Toddlers in the building may have seen the violence. [Herald]

-- Fabio Brandao pleaded guilty today to the August hate crimes that left three gay men and their female friend battered in the South End. The 29-year-old Framingham man received a two-year suspended sentence and must pay the victims' medical bills. [Herald]

-- A 41-year-old man was arrested near Dudley Station this afternoon after allegedly groping the junk of a male plainclothes MBTA cop, shouting "I want that [expletive], papa!" The officer had been conducting a sting to catch cell phone thieves. [MBTA press release]

-- A New Jersey man allegedly "beat the shit out of his wife" at the Cambridgeside Galleria this weekend in front of "hundreds" of onlookers, who, naturally, did nothing. The wife, a Philadelphia resident, had to be restrained by police after they arrested the man. [Cambridge Chronicle

-- Bill Belichick's 17-year-old son was busted allegedly getting loaded at Gillette Stadium this weekend while watching the NCAA men's lacrosse championship. [Herald]

-- A Somerville cop says he was assaulted by beer and beerware while trying to break up a bar brawl at Samba Bar and Grill over the weekend. [Somerville Journal]

-- The Boston Anime Convention might be over, but tensions at Cambridge nerdspot Pandemonium Books were at an all time high when a man allegedly tried to steal another man's Yo-Gi-Oh cards. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- Porter Square's "bandana bandit" might have been busted. [Cambridge Chronicle]