--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] --The BPD swept the Boston Common, aka Deval's Front Yard, and made 10 arrests. [BPD News] --Police nabbed a notorious sex offender at a motel......

--Two men have been arrested in the murder of the woman whose body was found in a Dumpster in Dracut on Sunday. Middlesex DA Gerry Leone believes the murder stems from domestic violence. [Boston Globe] --Adam offers a helpful tip to the Globe if they want to start investigating the sudden increase of alleged gang violence in Roslindale. [Universal Hub] --A West Boylston high-school teacher was arraigned today for Internet-based crimes, including "distributing material harmful......

Early this Tuesday morning, Anna Tang, a 20-year-old Wellesley student, snuck into her ex-boyfriend's Next House dorm room at MIT and stabbed him seven times while he slept. The victim, Wolfe Styke, 20, is in the hospital. According to the Middlesex DA's office, Tang was found with a "buck" knife in her backpack, and her jacket was covered in blood. Apparently, she also wanted to get caught and told police "Here I am" when they......

--Melvin Heard was once an Assistant DA working for Dan Conley. Now he faces charges of beating his own fiancée. The charges have cost Heard his job. DA Dan Conley said in a statement: "On the morning of Monday, Aug. 20, immediately upon hearing of Melvin Heard’s arrest, I ordered him placed on unpaid leave. Our office undertook its own inquiry into the matter and four days later, on Aug. 24, he was terminated." Heard's......

For whatever reason, nothing captures the national imagination like the trials of handsome young men who kill their families. So expect Massachusetts to be propelled into the national spotlight for a while now that Neil Entwistle, the British man whose wife and infant child were found shot to death in the family's Hopkinton home a few weeks ago, has finally been arrested and is being brought back to the United States from England. Entwistle turned......

State Senator Jarrett Barrios seems to have some magic political mojo that makes things go his way. As though it weren’t enough that Tom Reilly’s shot at governor will allow Middlesex DA Martha Coakley to run for Attorney General, which will, in turn, allow Barrios a chance to run for DA in his home county, Barrios, being gay, married, and eloquent, has obtained quite a high profile as the (oh-so-handsome) face of gay marriage in......

Our Senator may have lost the presidential race, but Massachusetts is nevertheless solidifying its control over the rest of the country: Our old pal Bill Weld is getting more press coverage than he has in years as New York Republicans consider whether to nominate him if their current governor, George Pataki, doesn't run again. The New York Times tells us that Weld, who now lives in Manhattan, has been looking to get back into politics......