D.Brim grabbed this neat and colorful shot of the Zakim Bridge's distorted reflection as seen in the windows of a building by North Station. D. Brim told Bostonist that as he was shooting the building and surrounding area he was ordered through a loud speaker to stop taking photographs and to "Leave now or we will shoot you." Upon further inspection, D. Brim believes that the building houses the State Police, though there were......

Jamaica Plain commuters were greeted by a grisly sight this afternoon. A man was shot dead in the section of Southwest Corridor Park just across Boylston Street from the Stony Brook MBTA station. The shooting took place around 4:00pm, and, by 4:30pm, Boston and State police had cordoned off the park. Witnesses on the scene described the killing as a drive-by shooting. Police have not released the name of the 20 year old victim......

--A 9-year-old was injured in a hit-and-run in Dorchester overnight. [WBZ] --The BPD put out an alert regarding a man who attempted to kidnap a girl in South Boston on Tuesday. The man attempted to get her into his car, but she ran away. He is described as "a white male, in his late 30’s, with black and gray hair, an oval face, a dime-sized mole under his right eye, long nose and deep voice."......

Well, at least somebody within the Romney campaign got some good news after Super Tuesday. DA Dan Conley announced that he won't press charges against former Romney aide Jay Garrity. No, Garrity wasn't the Romney aide who put a picture of himself in a hot tub on mySpace. He was the guy who allegedly pretended to be a police officer and hassled a reporter. According to the AP, Garrity was cleared of pretending to be......

--DA Dan Conley has announced a suspect in the murder of Jeffrey Santiago at King Arthur's Lounge in Chelsea--19-year-old Jesse Camacho. Conley has authorized a warrant and wants the public's help in finding him. Here's a description: Camacho goes by the street names of ‘Fat Jesse,’ ‘Baby Jay,’ and ‘Syke.’ He is described as a heavyset Latin male standing between 5’5” and 5’7” tall, weighing about 280 lbs. He is believed to be armed and......

After what could be considered a triumphant show at this year's Boston Music Awards, Bobby Brown still can't find any love from local law enforcement. According to Laurel Sweet, the State Police want to charge Brown with cocaine possession. The state police had to deal with Brown, who caused a ruckus at a Holiday Inn in Brockton last December and allegedly had some cocaine. Brown's case will be heard in Brockton District Court on February......

Update: The Glock-toter will be arraigned this morning in East Boston District Court. The DA's Office said his case was "admittedly banal" compared to all the other cases going on. The Transportation Security Administration is patting Logan Airport flyers on the back for not having weapons on them when they go through airport security. The TSA announced that the number of problem items collected by staff has dropped by nearly 60 percent, the Globe reports.......

Someone allegedly fired a model rocket at an AirWisconsin plane that was landing at Logan Airport yesterday. According to Danielle Capalbo at the Globe: The pilot of AirWisconsin flight 180A saw what appeared to be a spark or firework in front of the plane around 12:26 p.m., after the jet had descended to 500 feet and was preparing to land, said FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker. The rocket seems to have come from Belle Isle Marsh,......

--Police have arrested a man for attacking a woman as the left the Brookline Village T stop early yesterday morning. The victim identified 23-year-old Samuel Prado as her attacker. The Herald reports that a State Police dispatcher made a connection when Prado was caught "acting aggressively" at Logan Airport. --A woman and her two children were found dead yesterday in Springfield. According to the Herald, Juan Mejia, 32, of Springfield, the dead woman's husband, was......

--Handheld red laser beams can be a lot of fun, but a guy from Medford with a laser beam caused a ruckus on Saturday night when he pointed his beam at a State Police helicopter. The State Police swiftly summoned themselves, the Coast Guard, the Medford Police Department, and the Somerville Police Department to find the person. The feds are investigating. --The man who is accused of being the "Green Line Groper" has pled not......

--King Downing, the ACLU coordinator for the Campaign Against Racial Profiling, won his case against the Massachusetts Port Authority and the State Police. He sued because he felt that he was illegally detained at Logan Airport in 2003, and a jury agreed with him. [Boston Herald, WCVB] --City officials in Everett plan to develop an emergency plan to improve response to disasters following last week's tanker explosion. [WBZ] --The Boston Society of Film Critics gathered......

--Deval Patrick boosted the payroll for his own staff by $1.1 million. The Herald is not amused. [Boston Herald] --Speaking of not being amused, Outraged Liberal is appropriately outraged at the Herald for some fuzzy math regarding the news bit mentioned above. [Massachusetts Liberal] --King Downing, an official with the ACLU who specializes in fighting racial profiling, suing the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts State Police. He was hassled while leaving the airport, and......

--Needham went into lockdown yesterday when 78-year-old Robert J. Moore was murdered in his home, prompting a manhunt and a standoff with a suspicious man at Stone Hearth Pizza. However, the guy at the pizza shop wasn't the killer. He was just acting nervous. During the standoff, a State Police K-9 unit was busy arresting William Dunn, 41, of Norwood, who had fled to a marsh. The Globe writes that Norwood Dunn was at the......

--A man and his mother were shot while riding in a car yesterday in Dorchester. The Globe reports that Darnell Ricks Jr., 20, was hit in the arm, and his mother "appeared to have been grazed in the face by a bullet." Police have a detailed description of the alleged perps: "They were looking for three black males who appeared to be in their late teens and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. One wore......

Here's the overall numbers straight from the BPD and the Herald: Arrests reported by the BPD: 22 Arrests reported by the State Police: 15 Number of cars vandalized on Newbury Street: 13 Dumbass jumping off a streetlight: 1 Beer spillage: Unfathomable Winning a World Series: Priceless While the vandalism was inexcusable (must one set a fire in the middle of the street? really, now?), it definitely could have been worse. Arrests, car damage, and car......

Update: The bridge has been reopened to truck traffic, but there will be some lane restrictions on the upper level. From the AP: "State Police are diverting commercial traffic from the upper deck of the Tobin Bridge in Boston after a crack in one of the span’s support beams was found during a routine inspection." Wait--someone was inspecting it? After the Big Dig mess and general Bostonian inefficiency when it comes to such matters, Bostonist......

Going to Logan Airport, even before the Star Simpson Incident, typically inspires a sense of dread. If one person mentions that they have to pick up a parent/boyfriend/girlfriend/SI at the airport, anyone else involved in the conversation immediately offers condolences. Airport meetings involve robbery via high parking prices, hassling with State Police if you linger at the curb, or guns if you're a slightly spacey MIT student. Trips to Logan might get easier with a......

--In the middle of a card game at an old folks' home in Jamaica Plain, someone let loose pepper spray, and three residents went to the hospital. That must have been a high-stakes game of pokeno! Police questioned one 66-year-old man, Robert Kane, because he had pepper spray in the past, but he denied it. One resident referred to "troublemakers" in the home and suggested that some people in the home were beefing. Aren't they......

Star Simpson, a 19-year-old MIT sophomore from Hawaii, was arrested at gunpoint this morning for sauntering into Logan Airport with a fake bomb strapped to her chest. Crazy biotch wore a computer circuit board, wiring and putty (actually Play-Doh) over a black hooded sweatshirt. The Globe added that she was on her way to Terminal C to meet her boyfriend. On Simpson's personal webpage, she writes, "In a sentence, I'm an inventor, artist, engineer,......

--The Commish Ed Davis - DA Dan Conley back-and-forth continues. Davis put out a three-page letter explaining why the State Police shouldn't be working on MBTA or transit-related homicides. The State Police doesn't appear to give a crap whether they are working on those homicides or not. But the transit police chief has taken Conley's side and said they would like state police on those cases. Of course, the time it took Conley to develop......

The turf wars aren't limited to Boston. The Globe reported on an internal fight within the Gloucester PD that should make you feel a little better about the BPD's petty tiffs. A lieutenant for the GPD accused police chief John Beaudette of "running into him stomach-first during a recent confrontation over the deployment of officers." We looked at the Globe's picture of Lieutenant Jerris Cook, along with ones the Gloucester Times took of chief Beaudette.......

What, the mayor leaves town and stuff goes nuts? Ever since Commish Ed Davis shook up his staff without Suffolk DA Dan Conley's consultation, the DA's office and the BPD haven't been the best of pals. Now, those relations are even frostier because Conley decided that the State Police - not the BPD - will be in charge of investigating any MBTA homicides. Conley says he's doing this to even everyone's workload. The BPD has......

Update: Our anonymous commenter is likely correct! The substance that burned the crew was solid sodium, which MIT pranksters like to drop into the Charles for orientation. Members of a Charles River cleanup crew were burned when they picked up a "taffy-like substance." When they put it into their boat, the substance ignited upon contact with water. The cleanup crew consisted of volunteers who were cleaning up the river along the Mass Ave Bridge. Three......

--Yesterday the Blotter mentioned domestic assault by ice cream in a coffee mug. Now the DA's office has released word of a Revere woman who attacked her boyfriend with a dog leash and a hammer. She also attacked her boyfriend with the aforementioned items knowing full well that the police was watching her. The office described a scene worthy of an episode of COPS when two police officers came upon Jacqueline Shannon and her......

Two BC football players and an officer with the State Police have been charged with assault after a ruckus at The Greatest Bar. Sean Maney, 28, of Watertown, was enjoying himself with some friends at the bar when offensive tackle Gosder Cherlius and defensive back DeJuan Tribble allegedly decided they had a right to their space. The Statie, Sgt. Joseph Boike, tried to get them to move. Maney, like any logical person faced with people......

--Police might be getting closer to tracking down the individual who attacked two women on the Esplanade on June 16 and July 29. The DA and the State Police put out a release saying they want to talk to five people who may have seen the man before the attacks happened. On June 16, one of the victims spotted a man by an Esplanade footbridge at 11:15. On July 29, the other victim saw two......

Massachusetts has a reputation for being uptight, and the state police isn't doing us any favors. A State Police Trooper is catching static for having his picture taken with porn icon Ron Jeremy after Jeremy's tour bus had a near-miss with a drunk driver over the weekend. According to Boston NOW, the State Police is now "reviewing" the behavior of the unnamed trooper. Boston Magazine's blog contacted Pastor Craig Gross for the scoop. They......

--The shootings of five people, including a 9-year-old girl, that took place in two different places in Mattapan on Saturday night may be related. Commish Ed Davis, who has been especially busy lately, referenced possible gang activity. The 9-year-old got shot in the back. In sheer coincidence, one of the shootings interrupted yet another birthday party. We're not sure why birthday parties have gotten so dangerous, but some gun-toting, allegedly birthday-hating thug(s) popped off and......

-- A man was walking home on Normandy Street in Dorchester late Thursday morning when a young black male, one of a group of three, reportedly walked up to him and asked to see his iPod. When the victim declined the opportunity to show off his piece of gadgetry, one of the men drew a gun and placed it against the victim's temple and told another to take the iPod. They then walked away. Police......

The Chief Medical Examiner whose South End morgue was an absolute nightmare of health hazards was finally suspended from office yesterday. Mark Flomenbaum and his office pushed the Patrick administration over the edge by losing a body. Patrick said, "There is some explaining that is owed us and owed the family." That's an understatement (of which Deval is a master!). A source told the Globe that the body belongs to Thomas E. Brissette, who was......