--Two employees at the International House of Pancakes in Brighton got into a knife fight yesterday evening at 5:00, just in time to scare the hell out of the early birds. Bostonist nominates O'Ryan Johnson for best crime-writing line of the year thusfar: "A knife duel between two workers at a Brighton greasy spoon turned the eatery into the International House of Pain." While the fight's setting makes it funny, the fight itself was anything......

--More on the murder of a man at King Arthur's Lounge on Thursday: The shooting may have been the result of a gang rivalry, but the shooters and the victim were in the strip joint together for two hours, just coexisting, before the violence erupted. O'Ryan Johnson reports that the victim used to be with the Latin Kings. [Boston Herald] --Police have arrested a woman in connection with the hit-and-run death of George Azarian, who......

Late-Breaking: BPD has released the news that a 23-year-old was shot and killed early this morning at the intersection of Bowdoin and Norton. [BPD News] --Party animal night: First, a woman was escorted out of Hurricane O'Reilly's after a fight early Saturday and didn't get the hint that she shouldn't go back into the place. She punched a detail officer in the face. After she was arrested, she pulled a Pumkin and spat in the......

--An officer with the Boston Police Department was caught abusing his girlfriend in Baltimore, and now the BPD says it can't fire him. According to O'Ryan Johnson, Batlimore gave the officer, Lt. David Murphy, "probation before judgment," so he got 18 months probation. Commish Ed Davis says that since Murphy wasn't convicted, Murphy can't be punished. --As of this time, the BPD believes that the two fatal shootings in Dorchester and Roxbury on Friday were......

--Yesterday afternoon, a man was shot to death on Geneva Avenue in Dorchester. According to WBZ, police are looking for a bronze or gold Lexus with three black men inside. The Globe noted that this was the third fatal shooting at that address since 1990. Another person was killed in a shooting last night at 68 Cedar in Roxbury. However, details are sketchy. However, the Herald sees a glimmer of hope in the shootings--Boston went......

--A Scroogey robber attacked a USPS driver in Roxbury last night. O'Ryan Johnson reports that the robber cuffed the driver to the steering wheel of his truck, and then the robber went shopping. Here's a description of the perp: The crook is described as a black male, 6-feet tall, 220 pounds, wearing a thigh-length dark coat, dark-colored jogging pants and white tennis shoes. Luckily for the driver, the robber didn't hurt him, and some people......

--A woman from Blackstone was hit and killed by a snowplow. 50-year-old Rita Plante had to walk on the road after parking her car and heading to her home. According to O'Ryan Johnson, "Plante carried groceries and walked with her back to traffic when authorities said a white Ford extended-cab pick-up truck with a plow struck her from behind about 5:30 p.m." The snowplow hit her and kept going. Another car hit her after the......

But before they went back up, whoever writes the blotter wasn't getting a little sick of having to do so many test posts. Commenter Middleman gave us a heads up that something was brewing over at BPDNews.com. Somebody on the BPD end is getting frustrated: "TEST BY IRATE ACCOUNT MANAGER." Middleman responds, "HILARIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA." --Good news. The Green Line Groper has been arrested. The Herald reports that the 60-year-old suspect......

--A man who was shot on Friday night in Roxbury died at the hospital yesterday. Ruel Davis, 20, was shot on Walnut Avenue and Rockland Street. Davis' murderer was cold-blooded. O'Ryan Johnson reports that the shooter walked around Davis' body and kept firing until he thought the job was done: "Witnesses said the gunman coolly paced around the victim and continued shooting the man as he laid on the sidewalk outside the Walnut Avenue apartment......

--A cabbie got shot by an armed robber early yesterday morning in Roxbury. O'Ryan Johnson writes that the cabbie was changing a tire when the robber accosted him. After the cabbie handed everything over, the robber shot him and wounded him in the leg and buttocks. Elsewhere, early this morning, a man was shot several times in Roslindale and is now in the hospital. --More problems for cabbies: A BU student gave a cabbie a......

Okay. You're gonna need a map for this one. Those who were already ambivalent toward or completely against the Guardian Angels have more reason to be skeptical of the group. Apparently the Angels' screening process could use an overhaul because a registered sex offender is among their ranks. However, we aren't quite sure what's going on because the Globe and the Herald are have different takes on the story. Here's the real story: The Guardian......