Results tagged “ferguson”

A few rowdy students who interfaced with the BPD following the Red Sox ALCS victory have been asked to write an essay considering their behavior. This is not a joke. Roxbury District Court Judge Edward Redd asked seven college students to write "a five-page essay detailing what they have each learned from the experience of getting arrested and that they provide the court with written verification that their parents are aware that they have been... more ›

A woman from--wait for it--Framingham scratched her boyfriend to bits and tried to blame it on her cat on Saturday night. The MetroWest Daily News reports that 41-year-old Patricia McNulty was in a mighty bad mood: McNulty, who Ferguson said was heavily intoxicated, said they had just got a new kitten, which must have scratched the man. The officers pointed out that the scratch marks were too wide and too far apart to be from... more ›

The Charlie Weis gastric bypass trial is over. After less than half a day of deliberations, a jury decided that Weis did not prove that the doctors who performed his surgery were negligent. Testimony presented extremely different views of how the surgery went. The doctors said that Weis rushed into things before the surgery. According to the doctors' testimony, Weis hadn't even told his wife he planned to have gastric bypass when he had the... more ›

Update: Tom Brady fans can settle down. Instead of having him there in person, Brady's testimony was read to the jury. Monday saw the opening arguments in the Charlie Weis gastric bypass medical malpractice trial. Weis is suing two local doctors, Charles Ferguson and Richard Hodin, because he suffered internal bleeding and still has trouble getting around after his gastric bypass in 2002 at Mass General. If this seems familiar, it should. The case already... more ›

Now that the July 4 hub-bub has subsided (quick recap: boo to rain, yay to fireworks, poor network branding choice to have the Scottish Craig Ferguson serve as an honorary MC for a July 4 celebration), we can note that we had earlier this week our first expereince observing baseball speed-dating in progress. Bostonist was on hand for Monday night's Sox/Rangers game - sometime late in the game, we turned to the center field jumbo... more ›

Although Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis has moved on from the Pats, he is at the center of a high-profile malpractice case that will go to trial next month – and Pats QB Tom Brady will be a star witness. During his stint as the Pats' offensive coordinator, Weis decided to have gastric bypass surgery in 2002. Weis was a big fella and didn't like how he looked. There's even a blog out there... more ›