Carlos A. Pizarro, one of three former Boston police officers that were arrested in an undercover drug bust last year, pled guilty to federal cocaine charges yesterday. He pled guilty to possession of 100 kg of cocaine with intent to distribute and a second count of cocaine possession with intent…
In Suffolk Superior Court, the second murder trial of John Gomes, 30, began with opening statements. Gomes is charged with the first-degree murder of Ildobrando Correia, a Dorchester youth soccer coach that was shot to death at the age of 45 in August 2002. Correia was in his car, having…
According to youth advocates, teenagers, and street workers, girl groups in Massachusetts are continuing to inflict violence on each other-despite the latest police figures. The violence is reportedly triggered by gossip and jealousy. Knives, fists, and razors have fast become the common weapons of choice in these kinds of juvenile…
Authorities have released an audiotape of an interview between Idahoan Senator Larry Craig and the police officer that arrested him at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Craig was arrested earlier this month after allegedly trying to engage in lewd conduct in an airport bathroom. He later pled guilty to a…
A 39-year-old Massachusetts man is accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend and seriously injuring her two daughters at the home that the four of them shared in Norton. Robert McDermott’s body was found on Monday at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority railroad tracks in Walpole where he shot and…
Movie star Lindsay Lohan will serve 10 days of community service, complete a drug treatment program, and serve one day in jail after reaching a plea deal on charges of drunken driving and driving under the influence of cocaine. As part of her deal, she will complete an 18-month alcohol…
Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick has struck a deal with federal prosecutors that had him pleading guilty to dogfighting charges. On Monday, Vick pled guilty to felony charges of conspiring to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture and conspiring to travel in interstate commerce in aid of…
The Barnstable County grand jury is refusing to indict Ann Gryboski, a 51-year-old Cape Cod doctor, in the shooting death of her husband Patrick Lancaster. The jury cited evidence of domestic violence (both psychological and physical) after hearing testimony from 27 witnesses. Prosecutors have decided to drop the case. Gryboski…
A man believed to be the sexual predator in the Beacon Street attack on a female is also wanted for questioning in at least two other sex attacks in Boston. The State Police Crime Lab have found forensic evidence that they believe also links the suspect to a July 2006…
A 20-year-old homeless man says he is not guilty of the first degree murder of his 6-year-old cousin. The little girl, Joanna Mullin, was found naked and dead and wrapped in a blanket in the SUV that the man, Ryan Bois, was riding in when police apprehended him after a…