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A pregnant Boston Police officer sought to extend a restraining order against a fellow cop who she alleges repeatedly raped her. On Thursday, both officers were placed on leave and had to surrender their weapons. Both officers are in the BPD Special Operations Unit. The female officer alleged the accused officer threatened her husband by saying "He could shoot my husband in the head from 500 yards away and no one would know.". The Boston Police Department has launced an internal investigation. The male officer denies the allegations. [WCVB] All charges alleged until proven under law.

According to the Boston Globe, the Boston Police Department traced a 60% drop in gun violence to the Hub's recent rash of rainy weather. Shooings dropped from 38 in June 2008 to 15 in June of 2009. Just one fatal shooting was reported last month when there were 22 rainy days, the Globe said. Commissioner Ed Davis said "When the weather turns bad, and people are inside, there’s less violence." Prior to June, violent gun crimes were up in 2009, which prompted cops to meet with gangs to try to prevent continued violence in the summer months.

We all remember the mooninites and Star Simpson. Now Boston can add another dummy debacle to its resume. Mannequins are the latest threat to our safety; specifically, mannequins who like the environment, and are chained (bike-locked, it appears—damn hippies) to banks in protest. As global warming might melt their plastic bodies, it is understandable that mannequins want climate justice. Still, we are skeptical that anyone, mannequin or otherwise, would be able to focus on the economy or the climate a week before Opening Day, and suspect that this mannequin a foreign import. At least it only caused a brief bank closure and was cleaned up in an hour and a half, unlike its animated cousins—who, thanks to Jezebel, now know how to dress for their shape (hint: invest in a good bag to carry your often-unwieldy quad laser).

--One person was shot at Ryan Playground in Mattapan yesterday afternoon. The injuries were non-life-threatening, but could the shooters at least keep their beef away from the playground? [Boston Globe]

--A man was arrested for allegedly beating another man to death early Saturday at a house party in Norwood. The fatal brawl broke out in the home of the alleged attacker's mother. The mother hosted the party and allegedly tried to kick out the son "over damage to the interior of her home." [Boston Globe, WBZ]

--The captain of a high-school basketball team was gunned down on the streets of Springfield early this morning. [AP/Boston Herald]

Bad, baaaad cop (yes, he was convicted) Robert Pulido was sentenced to 26 years in the pokey. Commissioner Ed Davis says in a statement, "Our department is comprised of officers who find Pulido’s actions despicable and the punishment fitting." Pulido's actions included getting caught by the FBI offering to protect a shipment of cocaine.

Boston panhandlers proudly uphold the city's reputation for being as direct as possible--sometimes too direct and so direct that it merits a trip to jail. The Globe did a story on how the police have been dispersing the panhandlers and "squeegee men" at Mass Ave and Melnea Cass.

--Two firefighters were stabbed last night at the Club Caravan in Revere. They were off duty at the time. [WBZ]

--Police put out a BOLO ("Be on the lookout") for a recent immigrant from Haiti who speaks no English and who has been missing since Wednesday. His name is Roc Sanon, he is 43 years old, and his photo is to the left. [BPD News]

--A Level 3 sex offender who didn't register as an offender and left Massachsuetts was tracked down and arrested in Las Vegas. [Boston Globe]

The BPD Blotter recorded a spat between two neighbors that turned ugly last night on East Concord street when one neighbor accused the other of hooking.

Today's Globe featured a story on the tremendous pull that police and fire unions have on city government. Roderick Fraser Jr. heads the fire department, but Local 718 Ed Kelly has his own ideas for the direction of the fire department.

--A man allegedly shot himself, his wife and their Great Dane in Lawrence several days ago. They hadn't been seen by neighbors, and their bodies were found when police checked on them. Police say there was no record of past incidents at their home. [Lawrence Eagle Tribune]

--A 25-year-old man was shot to death while sitting in his car early this morning in Allston. An image of the shot-out window and info on WBZ indicates that whoever killed him walked to the rear passenger window and fired. [WBZ]

Ex-Herald crime writer Michele McPhee hasn't completely abandoned print journalism for the joys of radio--which include sharing the booth with media maven Mayor Menino. She has a lengthy (4000+ words) and well-sourced piece in the newest issue of Boston Magazine that brings perspective and insight to the much-chronicled troubles of the Boston Police Department.

--A truck crashed into a house in Brockton early this morning. Five people were injured. Not to be jaded, but does either a truck or a car crash into a house every weekend? [WCVB]

--Police Commissioner Ed Davis is considering testing BPD officers for steroid use because of fears of potential 'roid rage. [Boston Globe]

A BPD officer has found himself on the wrong side of the law after a St. Patrick's Day trip to Savannah, Georgia. The crime of which he is accused is especially unsavory: "Joyce forced his way into the home of two women and held them against their will. He physically restrained the women and pulled them out of their home, but took nothing. Officers patrolling the festival apprehended Joyce after he fled the scene and charged him with false imprisonment, simple battery, obstruction and criminal trespass."

--The BPD has put out a missing person alert for 73-year-old Maureen Talbot of Roxbury. Talbot is showing "early signs of dementia." [BPD News]

--In Hopkinton, 17 teenagers were arrested for a booze-fueled party. Yes, a "keeper of a disorderly house" charge was involved. [MetroWest Daily News]

--Two people were stabbed, one fatally, at the intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington Street late yesterday afternoon. An unidentified man died, and an unidentified woman sustained life-threatening injuries. The two suspects then got on an MBTA bus. At rush hour. Traffic mayhem ensued. When a person allegedly commits a crime that leads to a traffic mess, they should not expect an easy escape. They were apprehended. [BPD News, Boston Globe]

--Five men were arrested for the stabbing death of Terrence Jacobs, 16, last May. Everyone arrested is from Dorchester, except one man from Brockton. [Boston Globe]

--Two people were killed in a brutal murder-suicide in New Bedford yesterday. A man stabbed a woman with a steak knife before stabbing himself to death. The man also went after the woman's roommates, stabbing one and biting another. [Boston Globe]

--Violent revelers turned a party for "Girls Gone Wild" at Aria on Tremont Street into a full-on fracas early this morning: "Two people were shot, a state trooper broke his arm and a Boston police officer was in a cruiser crash." A brawl involving 20 to 35 people swinging champagne bottles broke out, and then one armed man started firing into the crowd. [Boston Herald, BPD News]

--Some none-too-bright teens robbed a pizza delivery guy of his pie yesterday in Dorchester. After scoring their pizza, they took off, and the BPD had the easiest time ever finding them. For starters, they left footprints in the snow, and they dropped pizza crusts in their building. [BPD News]

--A brawler went crackers at 10 City Square in Charlestown--yes, that's Olives, owned by celebrity chef Todd English. This perp gave employees a hard time by "starting fights with several patrons and urinating in the bar area." People pee in public all the time, but at Olives? Did he not like the squab and chanterelle mushroom risotto with corn foam? Alleged disrespectful foodie urination wasn't enough for this guy, and he perp grew increasingly bold. He tried to bite employees (maybe they tasted better?) when they attempted to toss him, and he insulted police officers.

--Someone shot a Brockton cab driver in the head yesterday morning. The shot caused the driver's foot to hit the gas, sending the car crashing into three other ones. The driver, Edward Conley, had been sent to the street where he died to fulfill a cab request. However, the motive is hazy. Conley still had money on his person, according to sources. All that is known about the subject is that he wore a gray hooded sweatshirt. [Boston Herald]

--A 9-year-old was injured in a hit-and-run in Dorchester overnight. [WBZ]

--Four people, among them three juveniles, have been arrested for the fatal shooting of a man in Cambridge at Windsor and Howard Friday night. The victim was 18-year-old Lucien Christalin, of Mattapan. A spokesperson for the Middlesex DA said "the victim and shooter knew each other." [Boston Herald, Cambridge Chronicle]