Author: John Ruch

Man guilty of aiding murderer

A Mission Hill man was convicted as an accessory to a 2011 Jamaica Plain murder in April and will serve a year in prison. Christian Rivera, 24, was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to the murder…

Activists protest police spy center

A small group of civil liberties activists staged a protest June 1 at Boston Police headquarters against a controversial anti-terrorism intelligence center based there. The protest followed recent articles in the Jamaica Plain Gazette and DigBoston about how the Boston…

Civil liberties groups to protest at police HQ

Civil liberties groups will stage a protest tomorrow, June 1, at Boston Police headquarters against a controversial anti-terrorism intelligence center based there. The protest follows recent articles in the Jamaica Plain Gazette and DigBoston about how the Boston Regional Intelligence…

Ross, 23 others run for mayor

City Councilor Mike Ross, a Mission Hill resident, is among 24 candidates who pulled papers to run for the Mayor’s Office. Ross announced his candidacy via Twitter last month while standing in Mission Hill’s Kevin Fitzgerald Park. He tweeted, “I…

BWH marks 100 years, opens time capsule

LMA—Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) kicked off its 100th birthday celebration this month by opening a time capsule that included letters from the hospital’s 1963 leaders to their modern counterparts. Items from the capsule are on display in the hospital’s…

1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting

An early-morning shooting May 3 left a male victim dead and a female victim wounded at 41 Prentiss St. in the Alice Taylor Homes housing development, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). BPD has not released the victims’ identities…

Bomb suspects were treated at BIDMC

LMA—The two brothers who are the suspects in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing both were treated after their arrests at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). One of the brothers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was pronounced dead at the hospital early…