Results tagged “malden”

Boston Blotter: Crack in a Malden Bra, Raynham Punks Unafraid to Cast the First Stone

-- Shades of Dianne Wilkerson: A Malden woman was arrested in Quincy for allegedly wearing a bra stuffed with 19 bags of crack. That must have made for an unsettling profile. [Herald]

Bite Size News, August 13: Plagiarism & Prostitution Edition

  • So Ben Mezrich doesn't make up everything in his books -- he's being accused of plagiarism for his Facebook quasi-novel. [Boston Herald]
  • Rhode Island is considering to change its lenience on "indoor prostitution." [Boston Globe]
  • Some people are freaking out, because a girl from Malden tossed a softball question to Obama at his town hall session. Next time wear a sidearm, little lady! [Boston Globe]
  • Boston Blotter: Malden Shoot-Out Ends in Death; Body Found in Fitchburg Home

    -- Malden police shot and killed a man after a traffic stop went sour last night. The man, 29-year-old Alexander Nesom, allegedly rammed a stolen car into a pair of police officers, who shot him. He died of his injuries today. Two other men were arrested during the incident and face charges of receiving a stolen vehicle and drug possession. [Globe]

    OddBlotter: Ain't That America

    With apologies to John Mellencamp, nothing is more American that batshit criminals. Bostonist found a couple of alleged criminals with a hint of patriotic flair.

    Bite Size News, April 27: Various Types of Rats Edition

  • Some blame Harvard's unfinished construction for the latest rat outbreak in Allston. [Boston Herald]
  • Former Boston official is collection $162k per year as a consultant to the BRA -- on top of his $97k pension. [Hartford Courant]
  • Ten people have been accused of embezzling $518k (or two years compensation of a BRA consultant) from the city of Malden. [Boston Channel]
  • Vegan Diner Food: No Longer an Oxymoron at Vej Naturals

    Diner food is delicious. It's generally oozing with butter and grease, cheese and saccharine imitation maple syrup. These things taste good. However, many eaters these days are no longer ignorant enough of what goes into this food (the artery-clogging trans fats, the environment-destroying factory farmed meats) to partake in true, unadulterated diner-induced bliss. It may be simpler in a karmic way to live without consuming animal products (denial takes a lot of energy to maintain) but in a purely sensual way, it kinda sucks to live without bacon.

    Boston Blotter: Stick Up in Central Square; Bank Robbers Make it Rain on Malden

    -- A 25-year-old Cambridge man was held at gunpoint in Central Square by a pair of thugs who had seen him withdraw money from his bank, which he had planned to use to pay his rent. [Cambridge Chronicle]

    -- Boston Police Superintendent Robert Dunford is the subject of a internal affairs investigation after he allegedly pressured the Police Academy to turn a blind eye while his buddy, a drill instructor, had an illicit affair with one of his recruits. No formal rule prohibits Boston cops from getting together with other Boston cops, but the drill instructor's position of authority would leave open charges of sexual harassment if the allegations are true. [Herald]

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    --Leading off with a happy story: officers in East Boston responded to a car where a woman was in labor. After her water broke in their presence, the police helped deliver the baby, put the baby in a blanket, checked that the baby was breathing properly, and then made sure the family arrived safely at Mass General Hospital. Somebody deserves a raise. [BPD News]

    --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]

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