Michele McPhee

City Life

Could Sandra Birchmore’s Accused Killer Also Be Charged with Larceny?

Records newly obtained by Boston suggest state investigators have explored the possibility.

City Life

The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore

When a Stoughton police officer preyed on a teenage trainee, a nightmare began—and a ghastly crime lay hidden for years. Is justice for Sandra Birchmore still possible?

City Life

The Sandra Birchmore Case Details Get Worse

The backstory to the 22-year-old’s alleged murder just gets more horrifying, according to a new document.

City Life

The Sandra Birchmore Case: Ex Stoughton Police Detective Indicted on Murder Charges

Federal investigators arrested former detective Matthew Farwell today in connection with the 23-year-old’s death.

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Boston Hospitality Lawyer Fired after Falsifying Liquor License to an Allston/Brighton Food Hall

Former liquor board secretary Lesley Delaney Hawkins terminated after providing a “made-up” license number.

City Life

The North End Cannoli-Shop Shooting: “The Craziest Thing Is That He Missed”

Longtime restaurant owner Patrick Mendoza and neighbor Rocco Giovanello may not be big-name celebs, but around the rapidly changing North End, their decades-long blood feud—which culminated outside Modern Pastry—is the stuff of legend. A molto dolce legend.

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The “Monster Next Door” Case Closes a Chapter

Six years after we first wrote about the case, a former New Hampshire resident suspected of participating in the Rwandan genocide is being deported back to Rwanda.

City’s Top Cop Looking Blue

As the recession squeezes his budget, Ed Davis picks his battles.

Busted

An exclusive look inside the BPD’s secretive anti-corruption unit and Commissioner Ed Davis’s fight to clean up the force—whose problems run much deeper than a few bad cops.

Eugene Rivers is famous for talking tough. But now the pugnacious minister is accused of going well beyond idle threats. How he crossed the line—and why he’s planning to leave the post that helped propel him to power.

Divine Wrath