A new probe shows that the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory failed to analyze evidence samples from more than 16,000 crimes that occurred in the state. Unexamined evidence included evidence from about 1,000 homicides and other deaths, as well as from over 6,500 sexual assault cases. The lab has yet…
Yesterday, US marshals, Boston police, and Quincy police recaptured Thomas A. Shay, the fugitive bomber who served 10 years in prison for the 1991 Roslindale bombing that killed one Boston cop and injured another. Shay was discovered yesterday at his mother’s home in Quincy where he was taking a nap.…
This week, a Suffolk Superior Court judge will decide whether to set bail for Bernard Piscopo, 38, the man charged in the June 17 stabbing death of Adam Rich, 26, at The 6 House bar in Boston. Piscopo’s attorney is pushing for bail because the defendant has multiple sclerosis. Rich…