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Sean Cotter @CotterReporter

Courts reporter @BostonGlobe. Skilled at making myself laugh. Not on here to argue with ya. Alum of @BostonHerald, @PatriotLedger, @YorkDispatch, @NewhouseSU

Joined November 2016
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Matt Stout@MattPStout
23 Aug 2023
Among the complaints were an ex-Beverly officer who posed “in a Hitler salute,” a college officer who inappropriately touched a dispatcher, and a Worcester officer who made comments about Barack Obama a bomb during ’14 visit bostonglobe.com/2023/08/22/m… w/ @CotterReporter @MissRyley

Database of police disciplinary records a step toward transparency, but still ‘more to do’ - The...

Some complaints listed on the database are relatively minor department infractions such as parking violations or being absent from work, while others were more serious, and at times led to criminal...

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7 Aug 2023
NEW: The state’s shelter system has become so overburdened that @MassGovernor is preparing to take action as early as this week in the form of an emergency declaration, which some shelter directors say is much needed. w/ @CotterReporter bostonglobe.com/2023/08/07/m…

Healey considering emergency declaration to deal with ‘catastrophic’ shelter situation - The Boston...

The pressure on the state's shelter system has been exacerbated by an influx of migrants on top of the state’s already dire housing needs.

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New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones, who was arrested last week on suspicion of attempting to bring guns through airport security, was released on bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty in East Boston Municipal Court to multiple weapons charges bostonglobe.com/2023/06/20/m…

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones pleads not guilty to gun charges, is released on bail - The Boston...

Jones faces as much as 30 years in prison if convicted of all charges, according to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office.

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Judge keeps Jack Jones’ bail at $30k, which he posted over the weekend. No conditions of release because he doesn’t have a passport.
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20 Jun 2023
Patriots corner Jack Jones arrives in East Boston District Court with his lawyer.
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Patriots corner Jack Jones arrives in East Boston District Court with his lawyer.
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Lawyer is Rosemary Scapicchio, who featured prominently in the Trial 4 documentary about Sean Ellis, another client of hers.
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Sean Cotter@CotterReporter
18 Jun 2023
A tip from the ex of an alleged dealer of human body parts in Central Pennsylvania was the first pull on the string that unraveled what authorities say was conspiracy to steal and sell cadavers from the Harvard Medical School morgue, per @duganarnett & me: bostonglobe.com/2023/06/17/m…

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover -...

Federal and state court documents, as well as interviews, lay out the unlikely origins of a grisly case that led investigators from small-town Pennsylvania to an Arkansas morgue to Harvard Medical...

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Danny McDonald@Danny__McDonald
14 Jun 2023
Boston city council passes $4.2 billion operating budget that would cut BPD by $31 million bostonglobe.com/2023/06/14/m… via @BostonGlobe

Boston City Council passes $4.2 billion operating budget that would cut BPD by $31 million - The...

Mayor Michelle Wu will now have the opportunity to veto some, all, or none of the council’s amendments.

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Variety of Boston public-safety union negotiation news: The state has moved to take jurisdiction of the patrolmen and fire negotiations, bringing them toward arbitration; the superior officers have filed for arbitration to do the same; EMS has a contract: bostonglobe.com/2023/06/13/m…

Negotiations between Wu administration and city’s largest police, fire unions move closer to...

Since her campaign, Mayor Michelle Wu placed a heavy focus on public safety contracts as a vehicle to deliver reform, but increasingly the state’s labor committee is getting involved at the unions’...

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The 4 sexual-assault charges against Matthew Nilo from 2007 and 2008 are a culmination of two new initiatives: forensic genetic genealogy & Boston Police’s revisiting of old rape kits — the latter of which has led to six men charged in years-old assaults: bostonglobe.com/2023/06/04/m…

Matthew Nilo rape arrest is sixth under Boston cold-case initiative - The Boston Globe

Unlike many jurisdictions, Boston does not have a backlog of untested evidence, freeing the department to re-examine unsolved cases.

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Dispatcher and call-taker staffing levels plunged during the pandemic and have been slow to rebound, leading to a vicious cycle, workers say, of overwork and burnout for a key part of the public safety apparatus around the state: bostonglobe.com/2023/05/26/m…

At Massachusetts 911 call centers, severe staffing issues and burnout - The Boston Globe

Dispatcher and call-taker staffing levels plunged during the pandemic and have been slow to rebound, leading to a vicious cycle, workers say, of overwork and burnout.

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Rachael Rollins to step down as US Attorney for Massachusetts following ethics probe bostonglobe.com/2023/05/16/m…

Rachael Rollins to step down as US attorney following ethics probe - The Boston Globe

Rollins had been the focus of a Justice Department ethics probe that scrutinized her involvement in a July 2022 Democratic fund-raiser and a possible violation of the Hatch Act.

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Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office says it’s investigating the Boston Police Department’s gang unit and gang database after it received allegations of racially biased policing bostonglobe.com/2023/05/15/m…

Attorney general investigating Boston police gang unit and database - The Boston Globe

Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office said the investigation is ongoing and has not reached any findings or conclusions.

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Taylor Dolven@taydolven
15 May 2023
At the current pace of hiring and retention, it will take the MBTA 10 years to meet its staffing goal for next fiscal year (starts July 1). bostonglobe.com/2023/05/12/m…

At current pace, it would take the MBTA more than a decade to reach its staffing goals for next...

Federal regulators and state leaders have said that staffing up is one of the top priorities for increasing safety and reliability at the MBTA, but growing the workforce has been and is a massive...

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Authorities on Monday recovered the body of 4-year-old Mohamed Abou Fofana on the shoreline of Spectacle Island, bringing a tragic end to an intensive law enforcement search that started Sunday night when the boy went missing from Castle Island bostonglobe.com/2023/05/15/m…

‘He was just a sweet kid’: Body of 4-year-old boy who went missing on Castle Island is found - The...

Authorities on Monday recovered the body of 4-year-old Mohamed Fofana on Spectacle Island, bringing a tragic end to an intensive law enforcement search that started Sunday night when the boy went...

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Welcome to the Edgewater Food Forest in Mattapan, a converted vacant lot that where people can come for a walk or to pick berries, figs or more: bostonglobe.com/2023/05/13/m…

A ‘food forest’ rises on an empty Mattapan lot, and draws a visit from the mayor - The Boston Globe

Saturday marked the grand opening for the city’s 10th food forest, a term used by those in green circles to describe a perennial-heavy type of garden.

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A Boston police officer has been sentenced to two months in jail after being found guilty of intentionally buying hundreds of dollars worth of Home Depot gift cards from an employee allegedly running a theft-and-return scheme bostonglobe.com/2023/05/09/m…

Boston police officer sentenced in connection with Home Depot theft scheme - The Boston Globe

A Boston police officer has been sentenced to two months in jail after being found guilty of intentionally buying hundreds of dollars worth of Home Depot gift cards from an employee allegedly running...

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Danny McDonald@Danny__McDonald
9 May 2023
Boston city councilors struggled with redistricting the first time. Now they have to do it again. bostonglobe.com/2023/05/09/m… via @BostonGlobe

Boston city councilors struggled with redistricting the first time. Now they have to do it again. -...

Councilors face not only the increased scrutiny of the federal judiciary, but also the pressure of an imminent deadline: The City Council general election is less than six months away.

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Danny McDonald@Danny__McDonald
8 May 2023
Federal judge grants injunction in Boston redistricting case: ‘The ball is back in the City Council’s court’ bostonglobe.com/2023/05/08/m… via @BostonGlobe

Federal judge grants injunction in Boston redistricting case: ‘The ball is back in the City...

The preliminary injunction is a victory for those who had been challenging the freshly redrawn Boston City Council districts.

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