Boston Blotter: Big Dig Swindlers Plead Guilty

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-- Two managers of Aggregate Industries NE, Inc. pleaded guilty to charges that they participated in a conspiracy to deliver substandard concrete to Big Dig construction sites. Gerard McNally and Keith Thomas were two of six men charged in the case. McNally and Thomas will testify against their co-defendents as a condition of their plea agreements. [Herald]

-- The manager of a Somerville moving company was stabbed repeatedly trying to fend off a robbery after two phony job applicants allegedly held him up at gunpoint. [Somerville Journal]

-- The Cheeseman is behind bars, and the Herald reports that the Boston Mafia has a new boss. What food group will he represent? Only time will tell. [Herald]

-- Boston cops arrested a man who was wanted for robbing a blind man at a West Roxbury ATM. [BPDNews]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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