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-- Boston cops responding this morning to reports of trespassing teens at English High School in Jamaica Plain nabbed one trespasser, a 17-year-old from Dorchester, with a gun in his napsack, according to authorities. Four others were arrested on lesser charges. [BPDNews] -- A man held up a store in Brighton with a sawed-off shotgun in Brighton yesterday. [BPDNews] -- A man was stabbed outside of the Dorchester Courthouse Monday morning, receiving a slash to the face. The suspect, a 21-year-old Dorchester man, was charged with assault and......
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Call it the Boston Wine Party.A law banning the direct shipment of wine to consumers in Massachusetts has been defeated. According to a press release from FreeTheGrapes.com, “Since the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Granholm v. Heald, wine wholesalers have sought legislative barriers that sidestep the high court’s ruling in order to prevent legal, regulated wine direct shipping. Today’s ruling in Family Winemakers [of California] v. Jenkins strikes a blow to the wholesalers’ campaign by declaring that Massachusetts’ restrictions on winery-to-consumer shipments are unconstitutional.”Judge Rya Zobel declared Massachusetts......
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-- Boston police have a suspect in Sunday's fatal shooting on Elder Street that left one dead, four injured, and the Dorchester community in shock. The shooter who killed Alexandra "Xanda" Gomes, a 19-year-old mother, may have been one of the men injured in the shooting. No arrests have been made. [Globe] -- Three people were shot in Roxbury Sunday night. The victims, whose names and ages were not released, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Police suspect that the shooter fled in a car, possibly a gray car with a "C"......
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