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It's rare that we are sufficiently lazy impressed to share the contents of our inbox, but the e-mail we just got from the Suffolk County D.A.'s Office titled "COOKIE CRUMBLES FOR DORCHESTER DRUG DEALER" deserves your attention. Press Secretary Jake Wark writes: more ›

The Suffolk County D.A.'s office has just announced the arrest of Paul Bradley, Jr., a Boston firefighter, and his father, Paul Bradley, Sr., on fugitive justice charges. The two men are wanted in the State of Maine for allegedly operating a marijuana grow house, which included 22 marijuana plants. Bradley isn't the first Boston Jake to find himself the target of a drug investigation. Firefighter Sean Berte had his Maine home raided in May, when police allegedly turned up 131 marijuana plants, which means that Bradley had some alleged catching up to do. And last November, Texas police busted a disabled Boston firefighter allegedly rolling through the state with 41 pounds of weed. more ›

Shepard Fairey's trial on 14 counts of vandalism ended today when Fairey entered into a plea agreement, Suffolk County prosecutors say. Fairey pleaded guilty to one count of vandalism from 2000 and to two counts of vandalism from 2009. As a part of the agreement, Fairey must pay $2,000 to a graffiti clean-up company and may not possess "the tools of the trade"—graffiti related materials—while in the city of Boston. Fairey's "spokesman" Jay Strell said in a press release that "Shepard is very pleased to have the Boston case behind him and return his attention to making art." The ICA, which had its opening gala for Fairey's current exhibition interrupted by his arrest, plans to have a make-up party on July 31. The pricey tickets to Obey Experiment REDUX have, like Fairey himself, sold out. more ›

The driver responsible for the May 8 Green Line crash will face criminal charges, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Aiden Quinn, the 24-year-old who reportedly admitted to texting his girlfriend while crashing his trolley, was indicted under the charge of gross negligence by a person in control of a train. If convicted, Quinn could face up to three years of jail time. more ›

The Suffolk County DA has just reported that James A. Walker, the alleged Dorchester gang banger known as "Gunna," was arrested today on charges that he murdered a man during a gang beef in 2006. Walker, whom prosecutors suspect of leading the notorious Lucerne Street Doggz street gang, was doing time for a 2007 drug bust when he was arrested this afternoon. He had violated his probation in January when he was caught with a gun in his car. more ›