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Official: Woman stuck in manhole apparently avoiding weather

BOSTON — A fire official says a woman who was rescued from a manhole in Boston may have climbed underground to seek refuge from the weather.The woman was reported stuck early Thursday, and it took fire crews about 20 minutes to get her out. She was hospitalized, but is expected to be OK.

 

20-year-old passport fraud case finally being tried

A man who skipped his federal sentencing for passport fraud has finally appeared before a judge, 20 years after he walked out of court, federal prosecutors said.Luis Alberto Solano-Pimental, 51, formerly of Jamaica Plain, pleaded guilty to the charge of passport fraud — for making false statements on a passport application — in 1997 at Boston’s U.S. District Court, prosecutors said.On Nov. 5, 1997, the day of his sentencing, Solano-Pimental stood up Judge Mark Wolf.The judge signed a warrant for his arrest.

 

Staties detail claim of theft vs. agency’s payroll boss

The payroll director for the Massachusetts State Police stole nearly $24,000 from the department through a series of “travel/training reimbursements” that were paid directly to her personal bank accounts, according to authorities.“These payments varied in amounts from $500.00 to $950.00 and were paid to Ms. (Denise) Ezekiel through her department employee account for a total amount of $23,900,” state police Maj. John M. Lannon wrote in an application for a criminal complaint filed last month.

 

RMV ‘glitch’ gives thousands of drivers a suspension scare

Another RMV “glitch” caused headaches for motorists, as nearly 10,000 Bay State drivers were falsely told last week that their licenses would be suspended for unpaid fines.The agency’s new ATLAS computer system — installed earlier this year so the agency can issue new federal REAL IDs — sent letters to 9,737 customers on April 12 telling them that they hadn’t paid outstanding fees and that their licenses would be suspended. Some customers received more than one letter, but the information was bogus, officials said.

 

Suit blames cops for woman’s death

Boston police officers are responsible for the murder of a young woman who was beaten to death by a man she had a restraining order against, according to a federal lawsuit claiming that cops failed to arrest the alleged killer when he violated the order two days before the crime.Stephanie McMahon was found beaten to death in the early morning hours of Nov. 18, 2014, according to court documents. Randall Tremblay, an ex-boyfriend whom she had an active restraining order against, later told police: “She’s dead because of me,” according to authorities.

 

Mount Ida students will ‘have options’

The state’s higher education commissioner says he is working to give Mount Ida students the option to transfer to more schools and said he’ll put any new programs at other colleges and universities on the fast track for approval to serve the students.Department of Higher Education staff and Mount Ida officials met yesterday morning in a closed meeting to hammer out details of how the Newton school plans to close ahead of Tuesday’s 9 a.m. board meeting where dozens of angry students, parents and teachers are expected to protest.

 

Students set up fundraiser for mentor hit by MRSA, stroke

A fundraising drive for a beloved Boston teacher who was paralyzed from the waist down last week after he was afflicted with MRSA has raised nearly $14,000 in two days.By 7:30 last night, 247 people had donated a total of $13,895 on the “With-Wiley” GoFundMe page for Jeremiah E. Burke High School math teacher Christopher Wiley, who was diagnosed last week with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection — resistant to many of the antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections.

 

‘Good news’ hard to find for gov in latest statie flub

It was classic Charlie Baker.Just minutes after the latest state police scandal broke — a larceny charge against the agency’s payroll director — Baker responded with an awkward attempt to downplay the damage.“This is good news, folks,” Baker told reporters.Huh?

 

Opioid drop a great ‘first step’

Felicia Moody makes sure her teenage daughter knows all about the dangers of addiction.Moody has been clean for a decade. She started abusing opiates when she was 16 years old. She began taking Percocets, then Oxycontin and eventually heroin.Yesterday, the 29-year-old mother of two was happy to learn of the results of a new report that found the number of people filling prescriptions for opioid painkillers dramatically dropped nationwide last year — the biggest dip in 25 years.

 

McCabe could face criminal charges for alleged lies

WASHINGTON — Andrew McCabe, the FBI deputy director fired last month for allegedly misleading FBI officials about his role in media disclosures about the Hillary Clinton probe, could face criminal charges after the Justice Department’s inspector general sent a criminal referral to federal prosecutors.

 

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