Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Since September, four people facing serious drug charges have been issued a continuance or otherwise freed due to the state drug lab crisis only to be arrested a subsequent time.
Four violent convicts have been released and re-arrested in the wake of the state drug lab scandal, including one in the South End, and a Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office spokesman says if the trends play out as they should, it’s only the beginning. In most cases involving evidence that was tested by Annie Dookhan, the state drug lab chemist who allegedly mishandled evidence in thousands of cases, prosecutors have been able to negotiate pleas and have not had to re-litigate, Suffolk County DA spokesman Jake Wark said in an interview. If the facts surrounding a case involve evidence that does not have to do directly with Dookhan, the conviction will typically stand, according to documents provided by the Suffolk County District …
Friday, November 2, 2012
The man who was set free earlier this month then became a wanted fugitive is now being held without bail.
At a hearing Friday afternoon in Suffolk Superior Court, alleged South End drug dealer and convicted rapist Marcus Pixley's bail was revoked and he was taken into custody. The decision was made after Pixley tested positive for cocaine on Friday afternoon, despite conditions of release ordering him to remain drug free. Pixley was also allegedly on cocaine when he was arrested by police in early October. Pixley, who became a wanted fugitive after he was released on lowered bail because of the scandal at the Jamaica Plain State Drug Lab, was re-arrested on Oct. 5. He is a convicted rapist and also has numerous convictions for armed robbery, threats, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon spanning the last 25 years. Pixley is due …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Marcus Pixley, who became a wanted fugitive after he was released on lowered bail because of the scandal at the Jamaica Plain state drug lab, was arrested on Friday morning.
A man wanted for drug crimes in the South End who posted bail then went on the lam this week was arrested in Quincy on Friday morning, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Marcus Pixley, who became a wanted fugitive after he was released on lowered bail because of the scandal at the Jamaica Plain state drug lab, was apprehended by Quincy Police on a warrant issued yesterday after he defaulted on a previously-scheduled court date. Pixley's bail had been lowered from $5,000 to $1,000 because evidence in his case was tested by rogue chemist Annie Dookhan at the state drug lab in JP that is the center of an ongoing investigation. As many as 34,000 cases could have been affected. Pixley, who is a convicted rapist and …
