Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins looking into third chemist at state drug lab
Investigators are looking into longtime state chemist Della Saunders, who analyzed tens of thousands of drug samples while working alongside disgraced chemist Annie Dookhan for about a decade
By Maggie Mulvihill and Dugan Arnett Globe correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 10:29 a.m.
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Della Saunders, a Chemist who worked with Annie Dookhan, testified at Shawn Drumgold bench trial in 2012.The Boston Globe/Boston Globe
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollinsâs office is examining the work of another chemist at a troubled state lab, raising the specter of additional misconduct that potentially widens what is already the largest crime lab scandal in US history.
Bristol sheriff violated immigration detaineesâ civil rights during May melee, attorney general says
By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated December 15, 2020, 12:33 p.m.
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Bristol Sheriff Thomas Hodgson spoke to the media at the Bristol County Sheriff s correctional complex in Dartmouth on May 2.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Bristol Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgsonâs office illegally unleashed dogs on detainees, used excessive force, and violated the civil rights of 25
federal immigration detainees involved in a jailhouse melee in May, according to an investigation released Tuesday by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
Healey said Hodgsonâs office showed âcallous disregardâ for the detaineesâ well-being. Her report does not recommend any criminal charges, but proposes the sheriff be barred altogether
Lansing, Mich., Aug 13, 2019 / 03:28 am (CNA).- Lawmakers in Michigan are considering ending public funding for a program that counsels pregnant women on alternatives to abortion, prompting concern from the Michigan Catholic Conference, which has been advocating for the program since its inception five years ago.
The program, administered by a nonprofit called Real Alternatives, began in Pennsylvania in 1996 and has since helped thousands of women, across several states, facing unplanned pregnancies by providing counseling and material resources such as baby formula and other necessities. The program expanded its operations to Michigan beginning in June 2014 with the backing of the Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC).
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QUINCY – A Suffolk Superior Court judge has thrown out the Quincy Conservation Commission s decision to not grant an environmental permit to rebuild the Long Island Bridge.
The City of Boston claims the judge s decision proves it is doing its due diligence when it comes to environmental protection in its attempt to rebuild the bridge connecting Quincy to Long Island. But Quincy officials say the ruling is just a hiccup, and that the fight is far from over.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh wants to build a substance abuse recovery center on Long Island, but Quincy officials say there is no guarantee Boston won’t try to develop the island further, that the bridge will open up Squantum to heavy traffic and that the existing plan poses a threat to the environment. The two cities have been battling over the potential project since January 2018.