Boston Blotter: Graffiti Artist Gets 6 Months; Shoot-out in Dorchester

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-- Danielle Bremner, who writes graffiti as "UTAH," was sentenced to six months in prison by Boston Municipal Court after she pleaded guilty to tagging buildings in the Back Bay and trains in an MBTA yard in East Boston. Bremner, who lives in New York, had been a fugitive from prosecution for more than a year when she was arrested in Chicago in August 2008. She has also been convicted of vandalism charges in New York. [Herald]

-- A high speed shootout caused a traffic accident on Columbia Road in Dorchester when one car slammed into another car that was stopped at a red light. [BPDNews]

-- A man may have been murdered in Hyannis. [Herald]

-- Cambridge saw three stabbings, one allegedly involving the Latin Kings gang, over a four-day period last week. Arrests were made in only one case, and none of the victims were killed. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- Somebody might have left a gun on the sidewalk in front of English High School. [Herald]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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