Emily Sweeney
Local News Reporter and Columnist, Blotter Tales at The Boston Globe
Dorchester native. @BostonGlobe journalist, #BlotterTales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter. Sign up for my newsletter here: https://t.co/G8BD92RQXB
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bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney
An 86-year-old Brookline woman who was hit by a State Police cruiser in January is being remembered by her family for her warm smile, her generosity, and love of sports. Margie E. Mendez died on April 5, nearly three months after she was struck by a State Police cruiser on Jan. 15, as first reported in the Brookline.News. Her funeral is scheduled later this week. Born in Baltimore on Jan. 17, 1939, Mendez graduated from Robert R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia in 1957.
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boston.com | Emily Sweeney |John Waller
The Boston Globe On Friday, Aug. 22, 1975, Ruth B. Pearson left her home in Newton, got into her red Camaro, and headed into the city. She told her daughter that was going into town to return some clothes, and she’d be back.
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bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney
A Woburn courthouse had to be evacuated Monday morning after a man in a gas mask released pepper spray inside, police said. The man went into the courthouse while wearing gas mask and started spraying pepper spray around 10:25 a.m., according to Woburn Police Chief Robert F. Rufo. Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouthport, was apprehended and taken into custody. One police officer was transported for medical treatment, Rufo said.
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bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney
A serious accident on Interstate 95 in Maine has shut down part of the highway on Monday morning, police said. At 9:05 a.m. Maine State Police wrote on social media that the accident occurred in Kennebunk. “A serious accident on I-95 in Kennebunk (mile marker 23) has shut down all northbound lanes for the time being while crews work to clean up,” State Police wrote. “Try to avoid the area if possible and find an alternate route.
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bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney
On Friday, Aug. 22, 1975, Ruth B. Pearson left her home in Newton, got into her red Camaro, and headed into the city. She told her daughter that was going into town to return some clothes, and she’d be back. A 61-year-old divorced mother of three, Pearson had a lot to look forward to. Her daughter, the youngest of her three children, had graduated from Yale University and was about to enter Harvard Law School, following in the footsteps of her own father.
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Kudos to @jrebosglobe and @cotterreporter for reporting on this tragic story. If you haven't read it, you should... and check out the mapped video by @RandyVMedia and @Hancock_JohnD. https://t.co/SgKDmaQBEK via @BostonGlobe https://t.co/bW5M1bhfxe
From trapped cats to unwanted gifts, police logs reveal bizarre encounters... In this edition, a 'Cat Whisperer' comes to the rescue, a portable toilet catches on fire, and other odd tales from police and fire depts. https://t.co/hDTcnYFo93 via @BostonGlobe #BlotterTales https://t.co/b7KqI1ztrV
David V. Cox, a Marine whose story inspired 'A Few Good Men,' was working for UPS and told his brother he'd witnessed sketchy activity at the Somerville UPS facility when he mysteriously disappeared in 1994. https://t.co/oiVNxQD1Y1 via @BostonDotCom #unsolvedmurder #coldcase https://t.co/OR4XIy7QeM
