A man from New Hampshire has been arrested and charged with trying to sell methamphetamine inside the Encore Boston Harbor casino resort in Everett, Ma.
A table game dealer at Encore Boston Harbor is ready to deal behind a plexiglass barrier. Police in Massachusetts say a man from New Hampshire tried to sell illegal drugs on the casino floor. (Image:
Boston Herald)
The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that Matthew Gorman, 32, has been indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury. The New Hampshire man was indicted on five counts related to possession of a large-capacity firearm, two counts of possession of a loaded firearm, and one count of possession with intent to distribute a Class B Substance.
Little noticed law sets off court fight over stateâs responsibility to release inmates to reduce COVID risks
Lawyers for incarcerated people have begun seeking release of dozens of people
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated February 9, 2021, 6:02 p.m.
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Language quietly added to the state budget in November has given hope to Massachusetts prison inmates that they will be able to get out early to lessen their risk of getting COVID.
So far, the state Department of Correction has refused early release for any of the 6,500 prisoners to reduce the risk of COVID-19, which has sickened hundreds and killed more than 20 inmates. The only exceptions have been paroles granted to some gravely ill prisoners for conditions unrelated to the pandemic.
Separate from this dispute between the mayor and the radio host who impersonated a reporter to land the interview, the First Circuit ruled only weeks earlier that recordings of public officials shouldn’t be suppressed.
The mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston is Joe Curtatone. (Image via Courthouse News via Joe Curtatone campaign)
BOSTON (CN) In a case pitting the mayor of a Boston suburb against Barstool Sports, the Massachusetts Supreme Court seemed unlikely Monday to seal up a recorded interview just because the interviewer faked his credentials.
The Bay State is one of several in the country that prohibits secret recordings, a law that Joe Curtatone, the mayor of Somerville, Mass., says made it illegal for a radio host who misrepresented himself as a Boston Globe reporter to record their conversation.