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Flint McColgan
Flint McColgan is the police and courts reporter for the Boston Herald. He previously worked covering politics in Pennsylvania and breaking news and government in North Dakota starting in 2012. He also serves as the news editor on Saturdays. Before journalism, he supported himself as an occasionally successful roving pool player in the Midwest and southwest.
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One dead, 7 injured in six-alarm blaze in East Boston
Flames shooting out of a home in East Boston at about 5 a.m. sent residents running for their lives with one person reported dead. A child was also rushed to...
Hanson man charged with dogfighting, 13 pit bulls seized
Hanson resident John D. Murphy, 50, was arrested Thursday and pleaded not guilty in federal court in Boston the next morning to nine counts of possessing animals for use in...
Judge declines Karen Read defense request to disqualify Norfolk DA in murder case
The judge in the Karen Read murder case has denied a defense request to disqualify or impose sanctions on Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey over extrajudicial comments and other decisions...
Man accused of Worcester murder of a mother and daughter pleads not guilty
Dejan Belnavis, one of the two men suspected of shooting a mother and her daughter to death in Worcester earlier this month, has pleaded not guilty to their murder and...
Massachusetts AMBER Alert: Autistic child, 3, found safe, suspect in custody
Update: State Police report a suspect is in custody and a child is reportedly safe after an amber alert today.
Sutton magician sentenced to federal prison for sexually exploiting Cambodian children
Scott Jameson, a Sutton children’s magician, will be disappearing into a federal prison for six ½ years for fondling children and making porn of them while traveling in Cambodia.
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Ex-Winthrop police officer pleads not guilty to 8 child rape charges
Ex-Winthrop Police Officer James Feeley, accused of raping a young child in his own home, has pleaded not guilty to the eight charges he faces in Suffolk Superior Court.
Alleged Brighton ‘peeping Tom’ charged, strikes twice on same night, police say
The Boston Police say that they arrested Francis Gomez, 36, in Brighton Wednesday night for two incidents of “peeping in windows” at residences on Donnybrook Road and Beechcroft Street, both...
Homeland Security arrests Ohio man they say raped and murdered in Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide took the lives of about 800,000 Tutsis over 100 days in 1994. Boston-based prosecutors say that Eric Tabaro Nshimiye was one of the many perpetrators of that...
Ex-Winthrop cop charged with child rape’s case kicked up to Suffolk Superior Court
James Feeley, 56, of Winthrop, faces seven counts of aggravated rape and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years old. a Suffolk County grand jury indicted him...