Friday, March 15, 2013
State Police detectives identified the remains of a man found in the Charles River on Thursday as a 32-year-old South End man.
State Police detectives identified the remains of a man found in the Charles River on Thursday as a 32-year-old South End man who went over the rail of the Harvard Bridge along Massachusetts Avenue on New Year's Day. Police were alerted at 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 1st that a man had jumped off the bridge along Mass. Ave, but were unable to save the man or find his body despite hours of searching. "The investigation during the intervening months into that man’s death has not developed any indication of foul play," said District Attorney spokesperson Jake Wark in a statement released Friday morning. "Because the case is not believed to be criminal in nature, his name is not being released." SOUTH END PATCH: Facebook | Twitter | E-mail Updates
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 …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
A convicted rapist with outstanding drug charges is now a fugitive from the law, after he was released on lowered bail because of the scandal at the Jamaica Plain state drug lab.
Update: Friday, 1 p.m. - Pixley was arrested in Quincy on Friday. Read the details here. Original Story: A convicted criminal in Boston is now a fugitive from the law, after he was released on lowered bail because of the recent scandal at the Jamaica Plain state drug lab, according to the Suffolk District Attorney's office. Authorities said that Marcus Pixley, 52, failed to appear in court on Thursday morning on outstanding charges that he dealt several bags of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer in the South End in February of last year. Pixley's bail had been initially set at $5,000, but it was lowered because evidence against him was tested by rogue chemist Annie Dookhan at the heart of a crisis at the Department of Public …
