Mourners grieve for jail officer shot by police after chase
November 30, 2007
They wore black bands over their badges, more than hundred of them, stone-faced sheriff’s deputies in their powder blue shirts and white gloves.
They stopped traffic in Roxbury this morning as fellow jail officers carried Marquis J. Barker’s body into the St. John Missionary Baptist Church –…
Bag of bullets found in South Boston High School
November 30, 2007
A plastic bag containing 10 bullets was found today inside South Boston High School, prompting officials to lock down the facility while police searched the building.
A school police officer on routine patrol found the small bag at 9:45 a.m. on the lower floor of the building, which houses three …
Panel recommendations for Boston Fire Department
November 30, 2007
Random drug and alcohol testing
The panel urges random testing be instituted for all BFD personnel in safety-sensitive positions, from the Fire Commissioner down to entry-level firefighters;
Members of the Department who receive a positive test result should immediately be removed from duty and re…
Panel urges firefighter drug testing as part of overall wellness program
November 30, 2007
In addition to random drug and alcohol testing, a panel examining substance abuse in the Boston Fire Department called today for the creation a health and wellness program to help firefighters deal with the dangers of their work.
The three-member panel of outside specialists made seven recommenda…
Archdiocese to close two parish schools in Boston as part of system overhaul
November 29, 2007
Five parochial schools in Dorchester and Mattapan will be combined into a regionalized Catholic system, with renovated buildings, a reworked curriculum, and higher teacher salaries, under a plan that officials from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston outlined tonight to elected officials.
Ar…
Body found in van in Medford parking lot
November 29, 2007
A woman’s body was found today in a minivan parked in the parking lot of a Staples on Mystic Avenue in Medford, city police said.
The body was found at about 2:10 p.m., said Police Lieutenant Paul Covino.
The identity of the woman and the cause of death are undetermined, said Covino.
Full e…
Volunteer accused of stealing $120k from Watertown nonprofit
November 29, 2007
The former athletic director of a Watertown organization for Armenian youths was accused today of embezzling $120,000 from the nonprofit and blaming the missing funds on the Internal Revenue Service. Some of the money allegedly included deposits paid by young athletes so they could attend an Olympic…
Two killed, one injured, in Wareham crash
November 29, 2007
Local and State Police are investigating a four-car crash this morning that killed two people on Cranberry Highway in Wareham.
A car crossed onto the wrong side of the road at about 9:10 a.m. and struck three other vehicles, said Officer Richard Robidoux.
One injured person was taken by medica…
Former owner of hardware store accused of massive fraud
November 29, 2007
The former owner of a South Boston hardware store has been charged with larceny for allegedly making fraudulent charges to customers’ credit cards in a scheme that prosecutors said may involve more than 100 victims and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Erik Joseph, 52, is accused of making …
$2.9 billion bond bill would fix bridges, improve mass transit
November 29, 2007
Governor Deval Patrick filed a $2.9 billion transportation bond bill today that includes money to fix roads and bridges, extend the Green Line in Somerville and the Blue Line in Lynn, and add commuter rail service to Fall River and New Bedford.
The three-year bond targets what the administration …