Prosecutor: Deputy fire chief stalked woman before alleged rape (Boston Globe)

20 August 2008, 8:36 am

By Ryan Kost, Globe Correspondent BROCKTON -- Boston deputy fire chief Peter Pearson allegedly stalked a prostitute here for three weeks before he told her he was a police officer, dragged her to a park with a gun, and forced...... read more

Deputy fire chief to be arraigned (Boston Globe)

20 August 2008, 6:49 am

A Boston deputy fire chief is expected to be arraigned today on charges that include kidnapping and assault, after a woman accused him of taking her to a park in Brockton and forcing her to perform sexual acts on him at gunpoint.... read more

state news in brief (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

20 August 2008, 1:36 am

BOSTON - The head of the cash-strapped MBTA has rescinded a 9 percent raise given to executives and nonunion workers hours after state Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen pressed him to reverse the pay hike.... read more

Motorcyclist, 54, killed in tunnel crash (Boston Globe)

19 August 2008, 6:37 am

BOSTON A 54-year-old woman was killed early yesterday in a motorcycle crash in the Thomas P. O'Neill Tunnel in Boston, State Police said. The woman was driving north on a 2007 Harley Davidson when her motorcycle struck the wall on the right side as she took Exit 26 toward Storrow Drive, according to... read more

Massachusetts news in brief (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

19 August 2008, 3:37 am

BOSTON - Boston police say boys ages 5 and 17 were shot and wounded as the older boy held the younger one in his arms.... read more

Did Gov. Patrick break monopoly that police has over traffic details? (New England Cable News)

18 August 2008, 4:40 pm

(NECN) - The ink is barely dry on some of the bills that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed, and a few that he vetoed, at the end of the 2008 legislative session -- and now, the governor is busy with the speech that he will give at Barack Obama's convention. Meanwhile, the state reps... read more