-- 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]
-- 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]
-- 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]
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.
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.
-- 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]