22 years for Children's doc on child-porn charges; Andrew Square to get new late-night pizza option
But first: The French Toast Alert level for Boston has dropped to just 2 Slices/Guarded, based on forecasts that now show the bombostorm on Sunday to pass far enough to our south and east that we don't get much snow (although we could get some coastal flooding).
Doctor on fellowship at Children's Hospital gets 22 years for making, distributing and downloading child porn
January 29
A federal judge yesterday sentenced Christopher Sheerer to 22 years in prison for crimes that included creating "sexual abuse" images of a girl just out of pre-school while she took a bath - which he traded to get similar images of young boys....
With new manager, landlord, once troublesome Andrew Square pizza place gets OK for late-night delivery pickups
January 29
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a request from Red Line Pizza, 580-582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, to let people order food through third-party delivery apps until 2 a.m.
The Red Line die is cast: It's going nowhere fast
January 29
Yesterday afternoon, the Kendall stop on the Red Line was so crowded that Ari Ofsevit couldn't even get past the fare gates. No such problems this afternoon, but also no trains, he reports ...
Cannon-Grant gets six months home confinement, followed by four years of probation
January 29
A federal judge today sentenced one-time anti-violence activist Monica Cannon-Grant to six months of confinement to her Brockton home and four years of probation for wire, mortgage, tax and Covid-19 fraud.
Someone on Craigslist is offering $50 to see "Melania"
January 29
Is it legit? Will there be any takers? Who knows, but one thing for sure is that there is an actual post on Craigslist offering $50 and free tickets to anyone who goes to see the new "documentary" "Melania."
Swatting calls sent Brookline High School into lockdown this morning
January 29
Brookline Police responded to Brookline High School after somebody called the school's main office and then police shortly before 11 a.m. to report he was there with a "suicide vest" and a firearm.
Regime tries to bar long-time immigrants it's grabbed from being released on bond; judge says cut that out
January 29
A federal judge in Boston today ordered the regime to start notifying immigrants it is grabbing who have been in the US for awhile that they have a right to immediately seek release on payment of a bond - and if a Justice Department functionary serving as an "immigration judge" tells them otherwise, they have the right to ask a federal judge to order a bond hearing, as the judge have been doing for months now.
Downtown Boston to get another food hall
January 29
The Boston Licensing Board today gave a chain of food halls that features self-serve "beer walls" permission to buy a liquor license from a defunct Back Bay seafood place to open a food hall at 1 Post Office Square.
Blue Line riders at the end of their wits, because signals are again on the fritz
January 29
Red Line riders have dying trains. Blue Line riders have trains that are fine, but they still get delayed because the signals aren't. At 6:38 a.m., the MBTA announced delays of up to ten minutes due to signal problems, this time between Orient Heights and Suffolk Downs. The T declared the signals fit as a fiddle at 9:19.
