Two Fitchburg police officers shot and killed a man with a machete Saturday night at 15 Belmont Street in Fitchburg. The man's girlfriend called the police to his apartment around 10 p.m. and didn't find Eric D. Stafford, 21, there. They returned an hour later, confronted Stafford and tried to subdue him with Pepperball. He continued to "advanced agressively" toward the officers with his machete and was then shot.
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Either Salem's warlocks are squibs, or Charlie Sheen is really screwed. The Coven of the Raven Moon in Salem performed a ritual on Sunday to cure Sheen and prevent his warlock abuse from continuing. The spell failed because Sheen got fired on Monday for "moral turpitude." If that wasn't enough, he brandished a machete on the roof of a Beverly Hills building. Machetes are nothing new to Bostonist.
An Arlington man collided with a firefighter with his truck after a confrontation over snow removal. The suspect says he was upset by firefighters allegedly shoveling snow from hydrants onto the sidewalks he had already shoveled. He's charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop for police and negligent operation of a vehicle. [WHDH]
A man with a machete allegedly stole $54 from a 14-year old snow-shoveling entrepreneur in Lynn. The teen spent Thursday morning clearing snow from driveways in the Highlands and lost his hard-earned cash on Essex Street around 12:30 p.m. when the suspect, described as a "light-skinned black male in his early 20s" by the boy, took it after pointing a machete at his chest.
Unfortunately, crime is usually very serious and often tragic. Two of the bigger crime stories represented people at their worst, acting in ways that defy description or any capacity to understand what happened. Two crimes defied any rational thought.
- On September 28, four people were killed in Mattapan. Two men were found naked and dead on Woolson Street. A woman was shot in the head. Her 2-year old child was killed in her arms. Police described the crime as a drug-related incident.
- Richel Nova, 58, was killed in Hyde Park on September 3 while delivering a pizza. Three suspects were arrested, and pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, armed robbery, and breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony.
-- Two men allegedly attacked the driver of a street cleaning vehicle with a hammer and a football in Boston today. Craig S. Strasnick, 23, a bank manager from Nahant and Piero G. Procopio, 26, of Lynn pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon at Boston Municipal Court.
-- Former Big Dig boss Matthew Amorello, 52, pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges from an August 7 crash. He was released on personal recognizance and can't drive until his next court appearance on September 30. [WCVB]
-- Lynn Police are investigating vandalism over the weekend at Julia F. Callahan Elementary School. [Globe]
Criminals - alleged, of course - will use anything as a weapon. A gun, a machete, or even common tools can be used to break society's rules. Examples:
--For the third time in recent weeks, Quincy police have arrested people on drug charges who allegedly brought their children to apparent drug deals. On Thursday, a 21-year old Hyde Park woman brought her 4-week-old baby boy with her while making an alleged heroin delivery. Police allege the suspect admitted to having heroin hidden in her underwear when officers confronted her. The woman and a man who accompanied her were both charged with heroin trafficking. The baby was taken to Quincy Medical Center and police notified the state Department of Families and Children. Men allegedly selling cocaine, in March, and OxyContin, in April, brought young children with them. [Patriot Ledger]
Machetes have popped up on the Blotter often, and two questions always pop up: a) How does one get a machete? and b) How does one tote around these large knives without getting caught? One item on the BPD Blotter was about a man who was just walking around with his machete dangling from his belt.
--A man was attacked near City Hall by two suspects dressed in black and wielding a machete. Yes, a machete. At four in the afternoon. Police grabbed the two alleged perpetrators, and investigators at the scene reportedly said that this could have been the work of the infamous gang MS-13. [Boston Herald]
--In Suffolk Superior Court today, Masha Badinter testified against Eliezer Falcon, who allegedly set her on fire after she was bullied at a 2005 party in Allston. The case is baffling and gruesome. According to a release from the DA's Office, Badinter had "second- and third-degree burns from the base of her spine to the nape of her neck," and Falcon may have threatened her to keep her from talking to police.
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