A member of MS-13’s Enfermos Criminales Salvatrucha clique in Chelsea was sentenced Aug. 2 in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy involving the assault of two rival gang members. Kevin Ayala, a/k/a “Gallito,” 23, a Salvadoran national residing in…
Month: August 2017
Crown Fried Chicken Manager Charged in Tax Fraud Scheme
A manager of two Boston-area restaurants was charged last month in federal court in Boston with tax fraud. Burhan Ud Din, 48, of Watertown, was indicted on one count of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and 12 counts…
ES$G Member Sentenced for Crack Cocaine Trafficking
An East Side Money Gang (ES$G) member was sentenced Aug. 8 in federal court in Boston for trafficking crack cocaine. Moises “Moi” Casado, 21, of Chelsea, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Richard G. Stearns to five years…
Police Briefs 08-17-2017
Police Log Monday, 8/7 Kimberly Moysey, 26, 280 Harvard St., Cambridge, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor, reckless operation of vehicle and marked lanes violation. Johnna Grimaldi, 34, 8 Richard St., Saugus, was arrested on a warrant.…
School Will Be Back — Drive with Care
With school bells ringing for the start of the 2017-18 school year next week and the week thereafter, commuters will have to adjust to the prospect of schoolchildren and school buses returning to our streets. All of us who drive…
Another Alcohol-Related Tragedy
Perhaps it is because we have children who are teenagers, but the news Monday morning of the death of a 16-year-old girl on the Merrimack River in a jet-ski accident in which alcohol allegedly was involved hit us particularly hard.…
Sports 08-17-2017
Bruins Beat by Bob Morello Bruins radio announcer gets golden job They say all good things must come to an end, and the good fortune of Boston Bruins fans having 98.5 The Sports Hub’s radio play-by-play announcer Dave Goucher’s golden…
Obituaries 08-17-2017
Ethel Band Homemaker and sports fan whose her favorite hobby was shopping Ethel (Borr) Band of Chelsea, beloved wife of the late Maurice “Murray” Band, died unexpectedly on August 8 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was 93 years old. Born…
Summer Nights in Chelsea Square
Los Sugar Kings vocalist and guitarist Patino Vazquez rocks out during a number last Thursday, Aug. 3, at the first-ever Summer Nights in Chelsea Square concert. The concerts will continue throughout the summer and are part of the Chelsea Prospers…
Chelsea Science Festival
Celeste Williams works on one of her abstract paintings while Tony Smith plays percussion in the background during the Chelsea Science Festival on Friday, Aug. 4, put on by the Lewis Latimer Society of Chelsea at the PORT Park. It…