In testifying, Martorano sought to avoid death penalty
10 hrs ago | via Boston.com
Confessed killer John V. Martorano today completed three days on the witness stand in the racketeering and murder trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, and then walked out of the courtroom, a free man despite having killed 20 people. Comment?
Police Booking Log: Man Shoplifts Scallops, Chicken ...
18 hrs ago | via Patch.com
Arrests made by the Somerville Police Department from June 10 to June 17. Please remember that the charges listed below do not indicate a conviction. Comment?
Police Arrest Two Robbery Suspects with the Help of GPS
Tuesday | via Boston Police Dept
At about 10:11 PM, on Monday, June 17, 2013, officers from district D-4 responded to a radio call for a robbery in progress in the area of 334 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston . Comment?
Man's Foot Run Over By Car While Putting Grill in Ba...
Tuesday | via Patch.com
The following are excerpts from reports in the Danvers Police Department press log from June 14-16. Comment?
Northeastern student held on sex assault charges
Monday | via Boston Herald
A Northeastern University student was held on $30,000 bail today on charges he attacked a woman at knifepoint, threatened to rape her and started cutting her clothes off early Saturday, authorities said. Comment?
Two shot in car in Dorchester; baby in back seat unh...
Monday Jun 17 | via Boston.com
A man and woman were shot in a car near Devon Street and Vaughan Avenue in Dorchester this afternoon, but a baby sitting in the back seat was unharmed, Boston police said. Comment?
Shot driver crashes car before dying
Saturday Jun 15 | via Boston Herald
A man fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in broad daylight on a quiet Mattapan street plowed his car into a nearby front lawn before dying yesterday afternoon, Boston police said. Comment?
Dickie O'Brien: Cullen column for inside on Saturday...
Saturday Jun 15 | via Boston.com
For the first few days of his trial, Whitey Bulger had been sitting at the defendant's table wearing bad clothes and a blank expression. Comment?
Boston Fund Director On Donations: 'I've Never Seen ...
Friday Jun 14 | via The Huffington Post
MAY 29: In tears, CRNA Amanda Heidbreder hugs Boston Marathon bombing victim Marc Fucarile, in his hospital room at MGH before he left for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Comment?
Stephen King's fantastic 'Joyland,' a Kennedyesque...
Friday Jun 14 | via Cleveland.com
Stephen King's "Joyland " is a mystery. And a horror novel. And a coming-of-age-story. Comment?
Bulger wiretap compromised 'within days,' ex-detecti...
Friday Jun 14 | via Lowell Sun
Retired state police detective Robert Long had plenty of photos and soundless videotape of reputed crime boss James "Whitey'' Bulger apparently talking to his henchmen and members of Boston's Italian crime family, but no words to match. Comment?
126 One Fund Boston Applications Received So Far as ...
Friday Jun 14 | via Patch.com
As of Wednesday, 126 complete One Fund Boston applications had been submitted-a considerable increase as only a handful had been turned in a month ago, when fund administrators urged victims to apply. Comment?
Kevin CullenCourtroom tales bring Whitey's reign of ...
Friday Jun 14 | via Boston.com
For the first few days of his trial, Whitey Bulger had been sitting at the defendant's table wearing bad clothes and a blank expression. Comment?
Jurors in Bulger trial shown collection of weapons
Thursday Jun 13 | via The Capital-Journal
Jurors in James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial on Thursday were shown machine guns and other weapons from a massive arsenal that investigators say he and his gang owned, as prosecutors attempted to show that Bulger ran a criminal enterprise through violence, intimidation and fear. Comment?
Whitey Bulger Trial: Prosecutors Break Out Big Guns
Thursday Jun 13 | via Switched
Jurors in James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial Thursday got a glimpse of the heavy firepower that prosecutors say helped him dominate organized crime, and they heard tales of alleged FBI corruption that hindered attempts to break up his gang. Comment?
Thursday Jun 13 | via Boston Herald
Over the last 40 years, I have devoted much of my energy to understanding and combatting the structural, institutional and cultural sources of black-on-black violence and poverty. Comment?
Jurors trial of alleged US mobster 'Whitey' Bulger s...
Thursday Jun 13 | via Canada.com
This 1980 black and white surveillance photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office and presented as evidence during the first day of a trial for James "Whitey" Bulger in U.S. District Court in Boston, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, shows Bulger, center, with Ted Berenson, left, and Phil Wagenheim at a Lancaster Street garage in Boston's North End. Comment?
'Bug at Bulger garage compromised 'within days,' wit...
Thursday Jun 13 | via Lowell Sun
This 1980 black and white surveillance photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office and presented as evidence during the first day of a trial for James "Whitey" Bulger in U.S. District Court in Boston, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, shows Bulger, center, with Ted Berenson, left, and Phil Wagenheim at a Lancaster Street garage in Boston's North End. Comment?
Police say man in face-off had pellet gun
Thursday Jun 13 | via Boston.com
A man shot and wounded by police during a confrontation with law enforcement officers in South Boston Wednesday night was armed with a pellet gun and was shot after he appeared to fire on police, authorities said Thursday. Comment?
Monday Jun 10 | via WWLP
Transit police are looking for three women they say threw bleach in the face of a man on a Boston bus, then assaulted and robbed him. Comment?