Annie Dookhan, former chemist at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute (also known as the Department of Public Health drug lab) in Jamaica Plain, admitted that she “messed up bad,” local media reported Wednesday. Dookhan was referring to her mishandling and contamination of drug evidence, fraudulent alteration of chain of custody…
A West Newbury, Massachusetts police officer tried unsuccessfully to pull a car over the other day. The officer was able to obtain license plate information and called the number in. He quickly learned that the car was stolen. A search for the car continued. The car was later seen in…
Boston.com reports today that a forty six year old Dorchester, Massachusetts man has been charged with Motor Vehicle Homicide stemming from an incident that occurred last week. It is alleged the defendant was driving his vehicle on Morrissey on September 14, 2012 when he hit a sixty three year old…
This past Saturday police in Lynn, Massachusetts responding to a crime scene saw a man walking down a set of stairs with a knife protruding from his neck. The man was covered with blood. The victim and the defendant, Shawn Doherty of Lynn were friends since high school. The victim…
According to a report in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune Molly Bowser and her father Joseph Bowser were arrested in Methuen, Massachusetts and charged With Trafficking a Class B Substance and Possession With Intent to Distribute Class B. The Bowsers were observed by a Methuen Police Officer in their car and…
Thirty eight year old James Morse of Salem, Massachusetts was arrested yesterday in Danvers and charged with an array of serious Massachusetts Felonies. According to a report in today’s Salem News Morse, while in Connecticut convinced a twenty six year old woman to enter his car and travel with him…
Tyrell Berberena of Malden, Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with Possession of a High Capacity Firearm and Armed Assault With the Intent to Commit Murder following a daytime shooting in Malden yesterday. One witness to the event stated that he saw a group of three youths on Eastern Avenue…
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 276 Section 100C provides for Sealing Criminal Records in Massachusetts. The law states that anyone who has been acquitted by a judge or a jury or charged with a crime that was no billed by a grand jury or no probable cause was found by a…
This past Saturday Vincent Bencivenga of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Josette Osorio of Haverhill and Mark Hatch of Methuen made a fake video of a stabbing during the Feast of the Three Saints festival in Lawrence. The trio used video cameras and a cell phone camera to record the event. Not realizing…
Boston police were in the South End investigating a case the other day. While doing so they saw someone get out of his car and start shooting. This occurred on Shawmut Avenue just around 9:30 two days ago. Officers chased the man and saw him get rid of his gun.…