How investigators cracked unsolved murder of Harvard graduate student nearly 50 years later

“We now feel confident that the man identified as Michael Sumpter entered Jane’s apartment through the window, assaulted her, murdered her in her bed and then fled the apartment,” Ryan told reporters Tuesday. Enter Article DATE HERE...

Lawyer requests federal investigation into drug lab scandals

Enter Headline here September 21, 2018A defense attorney has called for a federal investigation into scandals at the state’s drug labs in Jamaica Plain and Amherst. The scandals, which first came to light more than five years ago, have led to the dismissal of...

Two Braintree Police officials named in the evidence room scandal have retired rather than face disciplinary hearings, Mayor Joseph Sullivan said.

“Chief Jenkins and Deputy Chief Foster repeatedly failed to supervise and implement the department’s rules and regulations by not conducting the required the required audits and inspections of the evidence room,” August 23, 2018BRAINTREE − Two...

Report Faults Police Leadership in Evidence Room Scandal

Officer in charge of the room killed herself in 2016 August 9, 2018The attorney general’s investigation into oversight of the Braintree Police Department’s evidence room found that guns, drugs, and cash were stolen for years, but determined no criminal...

In PD scandals’ wake, an effort to clean up evidence rooms.

Bill would require spot audits June 12, 2018A bill up for debate today aims to clean up the state’s scandal-plagued evidence rooms by ordering police departments file twice-a-year spot audits with the state, with a full accounting of all evidence every five...

In police dept scandals’ wake, an effort to clean up evidence rooms

Bill would require spot audits June 12, 2018A bill up for debate today aims to clean up the state’s scandal-plagued evidence rooms by ordering police departments file twice-a-year spot audits with the state, with a full accounting of all evidence every five...