UMass Boston cop charged in NYC corruption case; bones discovered at cemetery
UMass Boston police sergeant arrested in connection with New York City corruption case
March 31
A sergeant on the UMass Boston police force was arrested this morning on charges he participated in a New York City bribery and kickback scheme involving home health care for the elderly and a security firm he set up, allegedly starting before he retired from the New York Police Department and moved up here.
311 complaint of the day: Blinded by the light, revved up like a douche
March 31
A sleep-deprived resident of Lubec Street in East Boston files a 311 complaint about the blinding light across the street.
BHA employee admits embezzling $72,000; prosecutors to recommend two years of probation and repayment
March 31
A now former executive secretary today pleaded guilty to stealing $72,131 by submitting bogus hours for overtime she did not actually work. Read more.
Oh, huh: Bones discovered at Watertown cemetery
March 31
Watertown News reports (scroll way down) that the local constabulary responded to the Cottage Street Cemetery on a 311 report about bones that were just lying there.
Computer bits can be property, judge concludes
March 31
A Suffolk Superior Court judge has concluded that computer data is every bit as much "property" as tables or forklifts, in a suit brought by a company against a Boston cloud-computing concern and a Waltham systems integrator after it lost all its data in a ransomware attack.
Retired punk looks back on the Boston music scene he helped create
March 31
The Scope interviews Pat McGrath, owner of Allston's Looney Tunes record store.
