When Boston police officers fail to tell the truth, the department rarely calls a lie a lie
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On the witness stand of a Boston courtroom, police Sergeant Stephen Green outlined the steps that led to a search warrant for an alleged drug dealerâs cellphone, which later led to a trove of incriminating text messages.
The Boston detectiveâs testimony in January 2019 helped seal a conviction and a four- to five-year sentence for drug trafficking.
But Greenâs story, according to new evidence, was untruthful. A forensic investigator determined that Green had been fishing through the phone for more than four hours before applying for a warrant â even at one point watching the defendantâs personal sex videos.
December 30, 2020
An 11-year-old boy was mauled by a pit bull in Dorchester Wednesday and was brought to a hospital for surgery, according to Boston Police.
An off-duty officer heard the child screaming in a home’s backyard, jumped several fences, and fired his gun to stop the attack, Commissioner William G. Gross told reporters at a conference on the scene near 7 Rock Terrace. It’s not clear if the dog was actually shot.
The child was bitten in the neck, arm, and groin. While the attack was vicious, a police spokesman said the child’s injuries were not life-threatening.
“There was also another pit bull being restrained by an individual, that I’m confident would have joined in on the attack as well,” Gross said.
Robert Foxworth released from prison nearly 30 years after murder conviction
By Jeremy C. Fox Globe Correspondent,Updated December 23, 2020, 6:53 p.m.
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A man who spent nearly three decades in state prison for a 1991 Dorchester killing that both prosecutors and defense attorneys say he didnât commit was ordered released Wednesday by a single justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court.
Robert Foxworth, 53, was convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Kenneth McLean, a suspected drug dealer, but has consistently maintained his innocence. Attorneys argued that he should be released in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused outbreaks in some prisons.
AG calls out Bristol sheriff in ongoing battle over alleged civil rights violations at his detention center
By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated December 22, 2020, 5:36 p.m.
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Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson (left) and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.Steven Senne/AP; John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (Custom credit)
Attorney General Maura Healey on Tuesday fired back at Bristol Sheriff Thomas Hodgson in a sharply worded letter, suggesting he should discuss with her office his concerns about a recent investigation into alleged civil rights violations at his detention center.
In an e-mail to Hodgson,
Healey questioned why
to complain about not being interviewed.
Her body was found in Franklin Park in June and authorities want to find her killer
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated December 22, 2020, 3:52 p.m.
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Leslie Atkins in an undated family photo.Jason Atkins
Thereâs an audible tinge of optimism in the voices of Bostonâs Emergency Medical Services paramedics and EMTs when theyâre dispatched. And that was the case when crews were sent to Jewish War Veterans Drive inside Franklin Park on a warm Sunday afternoon in June, where a woman had been discovered lying in the woods.
But about 15 minutes later, the voice that came over the radio was anything but upbeat.