A Dorchester man on probation for about a month was returned to jail today after being arrested for allegedly sneaking into the Boston Public Library women’s room to watch a patron using a stall on March 29. The Herald said Joseph D. Banks, 47, is charged with disorderly conduct, lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct and trespassing. The victim identified him from a photo. His record lists 37 missed court dates, probation violations and jail sentences. His record includes charges for larceny and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. [Herald]
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Worcester police may have a break in several decades-old cases although the suspect is dead. [Telegram & Gazette]
Dozens of nonviolent offenders with outstanding warrants surrendered in Mattapan on the first of a 4-day leniency program. [Dorchester Reporter]
A long-forgotten collection of colonial artifacts from the Lexington house of John Hancock's grandfather was found in one of its closets. [Boston Globe]
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Nine out of ten Bay State Representatives voted in favor of healthcare reform. [Boston Herald]
A sample of reactions from local health care professionals was generally positive to the House's passage of reform. [Boston Globe]
Several dozen teabaggers protested healthcare at Faneuil Hall over the weekend. [Boston Globe]
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Someone hung an effigy of President Obama by its feet at the Central Falls school where the teachers were fired. [WPRI]
The D Line should be fully operational by Monday morning. So let's hope for Tuesday evening. [Newton Tab]
Ever wonder if Evacuation Day might actually celebrate something else? The original bill was signed in green ink. [Boston Globe]
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Dwayne Moore of Mattapan pleaded not guilty to four first-degree murder charges in Suffolk Superior Court today, denying his alleged role in the killing of four people on Woolson Street in Mattapan on September 28. Eyanna Flonory, her 2-year-old son, Amani Smith, Levaughn Washum-Garrison, and Simba Martin died. Moore used profanity in court, saying “I didn’t (expletive) do this (expletive) man. It’s a (expletive) lie...That's an (expletive) lie." Edward Washington, 31, of Dorchester also faces four first-degree murder charges. Kimani Washington was charged with participating in the home invasion, but not the killings. Both Washingtons pleaded not guilty. Moore was held without bail until a court date on January 20. [Globe]
Oh, mighty T. Your monolithic ebon cross-and-circle looming totemic on every square and on every corner. Please hear our furtive pleas at the annual Capital Investment Program meetings coming up this and next week. Hosannah, all praise the robot voice, our transit salvation is now approaching, etc.
MBTA bus and train drivers are often seen in a negative light. Today, we have sympathy for one of them after an unidentified driver was allegedly assaulted with a metal pipe by a passenger on Sunday. The passenger initially refused to pay her fare. After paying, she allegedly tried to change her clothes on the bus. The passenger spat in the driver's fae as she left the Route 31 bus at 676 Morton St. in Mattapan. She had a metal pipe on her person that she hit the driver with after getting off the bus. She was arrested on Blue Hill Avenue. [WCVB], [
There have been developments in two high-profile police investigations. Dwayne Moore pleaded not guilty to the Mattapan quadruple murders. Also, police are checking if the mutilated body found in Milton fell out of a plane.
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Kimani Washington waived extradition to Massachusetts this morning in a New Hamphire courtroom, allowing him to return to Boston to face charges for his connection to the Mattapan quadruple murders. Suffolk County prosecutors and Boston police have until October 12 to bring Washington back to Boston. Law enforcement officials arent sure they can safely bring him to the city. [Herald], [Gobe]
Kimani Washington, 35, of Boston is the one suspect in custody for a connection to Tuesday's quadruple murders in Mattapan. He's due in court in New Hampshire today on fugitive from justice charges before he can be returned to Massachusetts, according to WCVB, to be charged with weapons infractions and receiving a stolen motor vehicle.
Boston police arrested a Dorchester man in connection with Tuesday's killings in Mattapan. Kimani Washington, 30, was arrested in Manchester, N.H. He faces weapons charges and receiving a stolen motor vehicle. Police searched a condo on Sutton Street on Friday. [Globe]
According to Boston Mayor Tom Menino, police found the guns connected to Tuesday's Mattapan slayings. Menino credited the community for helping police. "I want to thank the community for stepping forward and helping us solve these crimes," he said. Commissioner Ed Davis police recovered the Ford Explorer on Tuesday in the Grove Hall area about an hour after the shooting.
Boston police confirmed today they found the Ford Explorer allegedly linked to the murder of four people in Mattapan earlier this week. The lone survivor, Marcus Hurd, 32, was reportedly able to tell police he went to Mattapan to purchase drugs. His stepbrother said Hurd went to buy marijuana in a rented Ford Explorer that Hurd said was stolen at the scene. According to WCVB, Police have two people they want to speak to about the crime. [Globe], [WCVB]
Friends, relatives, and a local pastor have begun identifying the victims in Tuesday's shootings in Mattapan that killed three adults and a three-year old child. Police made no identifications. The victims included 21-year-old Simba Martin, 32-year-old Marcus Hurd, 21-year-old Eyanna Flonory, and her child, Amani Smith. No arrests were made Tuesday. Police reportedly recovered "significant" evidence at the scene. [Globe]
Tuesday's killings of four people, including a 3-year old boy, in Mattapan resulted from a "drug-related encounter," according to a tip the Boston Police received, WCVB reports. A fifth person survived the shooting with "life-threatening injuries".
Memorial Day weekend brought tragic violence in addition to outdoor grilling and Quebecois forest fires. At least four people were murdered in Boston over the weekend, including a 14-year-old boy.
-- After allegedly stabbing somebody several times in Mattapan, a 29-year-old Boston man swiped a car equipped with Lojack, leading police precisely to his whereabouts, according to authorities. When cops responding to the alleged and allegedly unrelated car theft arrested the man, they discovered that he was the suspect wanted in the earlier stabbing. [BPDNews]
Crimes that are truly odd can sound crazy even with a minimum of snark...
A brawl in Providence, R.I. involving a pregnant woman, and a pregnant woman and her two teenage daughters resulted in three stabbing victims and four arrests. Yes. A pregnant woman from Boston stabbed another pregnant woman whose daughters were riding shotgun. The suspect, reportedly 35, eight months pregnant, a mother of three and employed at a Boston hospital, was arraigned Thursday on three counts of assault and released on $1,500 cash bail. The court ordered her to not contact the victims' family. Three other arrests were made. [WCVB, Providence Journal]
-- Mark Kerrigan pleaded not guilty in Woburn Superior Court Friday to charges of manslaughter and assault and battery in connection with his father's death in January. The Kerrigan family posted his $25,000 bail so he could return to the family's home. Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Keeley said Mark's mother, Brenda Kerrigan should not be responsible for her son because it's not safe for her. [WCVB]
The Biblical flooding across Boston has unfortunately not kept the crime rate low. Boston police report a spate of shootings—both fatal and non-life-threatening—from across the city.
-- A criminal defense attorney who was arrested while videotaping three Boston cops in 2007 while they were making an arrest has filed a lawsuit against the City of Boston for civil rights infringements. The videotaping case against Simon Glick was dismissed before trial. [Boston.com]
It was a dismal weekend of violence in Boston that ended with two dead, including a pregnant teenager.
-- The victim of a savage beating that was the alleged work of a group of well dressed men succumbed to his injuries today. The man was found beaten outside of Club 33, in the Back Bay, where an alleged verbal altercation turned into an alleged beating at the hands of 12 men, 9 of whom were wearing matching red tuxedos because they had just been to a funeral. The victim, Jose Alicea, was 22 when he died. The 12 suspects were arraigned today on charges of aggravated assault and battery and held on bail ranging from $100,000 to $200,000. The Suffolk County District Attorney has not announced new charges in light of the victim's death. [BPDNews, Suffolk County DA]
-- A Malden teen was shot during a drive-by in Somerville Friday night. His gunshot wound was minor, and he was released from the hospital a short time after being admitted. No arrests have been made in the case. [Somerville Journal]
-- The 22-year-old victim of Sunday's drive-by shooting in North Cambridge faces charges that he was carrying a gun when he was shot. No suspects have been captured in connection with the shooting. [Cambridge Chronicle]