Results tagged “weed”

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.

In a "well, duh" matter, a Craigslist posting about "420 help" may have led to a Quincy man's arrest for selling marijuana. Remember, folks, just because they might not prosecute you for holding doesn't mean they won't prosecute you for selling. And take note that the police have definitely heard of Craigslist by now.

Public displays of affection are commonplace enough, but what about public displays of marijuana? According to the Globe, these—along with unlicensed manicures—are the weapons of choice in anti-government Granite staters' fight against the man. Known as Free Staters (part of the Free State Project), these libertarian-minded folks oppose government regulations by subverting them in smi-harmless ways, with puppets (unlicensed puppet shows), nail polish, and plants (putting 'em in public spaces). Free Staters have also filmed legal proceedings; we've had our own run-ins with legal opposition to filming. These seem like some harmless ways to make a statement, but will such adorable resistance have any effect?

Okay, well, not exactly legal, but somewhat less illegal than before, or illegal in a different and not-so-criminal way. Thanks to Massachusetts voters passing Question 2 on the ballet in November, possession of an ounce of less of marijuana is decriminalized as of today. Now, getting caught with weed is like getting a parking ticket, or as the Globe puts it, a building code citation. If caught with pot, you'll have to pay $100 or dispute the citation in court within 21 days. Sounds like less of a hassle than getting arrested, if nothing else. Anyway, we'd like to declare January 2 Marijuana Possession Day in Massachusetts. Sure, it's a "token" holiday (ha!), but one to remember—if you can.

--It's always fun when a story is headlined, "Is it raining weed?" Five Roslindale residents--with ages ranging from 14 to 22--were arrested after allegedly forcing their way into an apartment building and heading upstairs. After police showed up en masse, one suspect "dropped a bag containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana on the head of a detective” from a balcony. They were arrested on breaking and entering and marijuana charges. [Roslindale Transcript]

Bostonist is looking back on the year in weird, silly, or just plain creative crimes. Yesterday, you met some pugnacious bowlers, but you haven't seen anything until you meet a certain postal employee, overeager college students, and an exceptionally creative gravedigger.

BC was hoping for results similar to, or better than, the last time they saw Virginia Tech. That was the game back in October when the Hokies outplayed the Eagles for about 90% of the game, until Matt Ryan led an improbable comeback to keep BC's ACC title (and, at the time, national title hopes) alive. Well, so much for that. Virginia Tech outplayed BC for most of the game, including the last few minutes,...

We can't make fun of Senate President Robert Travaglini, lovingly known as "T-Vag," anymore. T-Vag (not to be confused with "T-Weed" of I Love New York fame) has announced that he's leaving that he is leaving the guv'mint for a higher-paying job. $90,000 dollars a year wasn't enough for him, so he's moving on to bigger and better things. The Globe says T-Vag will launch "a lobbying company that would help clients navigate the political...

Plenty of fascinating news this week for our oft-neglected New England neighbors:

that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post.