Also see: Who Remembers Timothy Finch?
They have never solved that murder, either, folks.
But the Boston cops got time to cruise the strip, bust brothels, hang out in bars and buy drugs, as well as pose as panhandlers!!
And before viewing the next item through the MSM lens, please consider: ‘Gun Control: Protecting Terrorists and Despots’
(Blog author's note: this request comes from a former, hard-left, gun-control, lefty-liberal from Massachusetts who has now done an entire 180 on the issue. While I deplore any killings in this world, people are responsible for their actions. Rape, robbery, and murder carry consequences -- or should)
"Worcester store owner shoots, kills alleged robber; Investigators study the video, neighbors fearful" by Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | December 12, 2008
WORCESTER - Police believe that the robbers had hit eight local businesses in the past several months. Each time, they grabbed the clerk by the shoulder, shoved a handgun in the clerk's face, took cash from the register, and fled.
Wednesday night, their spree ended in death when they stormed into Big Bob's Liquors, where the owner is known to keep a semiautomatic pistol tucked in his waistband. It was 10 p.m., an hour before closing time. Robert "Big Bob" Varderesian was sitting on a stool behind the counter. His brother, Kevin, was counting cash from the register. Suddenly, the robbers burst inside, wearing masks.
Evan Louis Rivera, a convicted felon with a history of armed robberies dating to at least 1988, pressed a loaded revolver to Kevin Varderesian's temple and told him to hand over the cash. But while he was looking at the money, police said, Robert Varderesian pulled his gun from his waistband, reached behind his brother's back, and fired multiple shots into Rivera's chest, killing him.
The entire episode lasted less than a minute. Rivera's accomplice fled and was at large last night as police mounted a massive manhunt with dogs and officers on foot. Varderesian, who was licensed to carry a gun, had not been charged with a crime.
That's because Mr. Rivera could be classified as a TERRORIST!!
"He felt that he was in a life-and-death situation, and he took action," said Sergeant Kerry F. Hazelhurst of the Worcester Police Department. The killing rattled shopkeepers in the tight-knit neighborhood where it occurred, midway between Newton and Tatnuck squares. Many of the business owners are immigrants, who said the area is safe, and they could not recall any armed robberies in many years.
"It's really such a rare occurrence, if it happens at all," said Andrew Baxter, who owns Dooley's Cleaners, across the street from Big Bob's Liquors. "Here, it really feels out of place." Like many local shopkeepers, Baxter said he believed that Varderesian had done the right thing in shooting Rivera.
"It sounds like it's totally justified," he said. "I think there was maybe one of two outcomes, and what would have happened if he didn't shoot him? Then maybe he and his brother wouldn't be here."
Next door, at Moscow Nights deli, owner Yuriy Fastovskiy said he was going to buy a gun to protect the shop he opened 13 years ago. "I'm going to try to get a license," he said. "The area is safe," he said, but added that criminals could come from other parts of Worcester to rob him.
Hazelhurst, however, cautioned against anyone rushing to buy firearms in response.
"Clearly, everyone has a right to defend themselves," he said. "However, we prefer to let that be handled by the police. We don't want people running out and getting guns now. We certainly hope they'll think long and hard about that. It's a great responsibility to own a firearm."
He said it is too soon to say whether the shooting was justified.
Why? Because the pro-police state, pro-tyranny paper says so?
Investigators interviewed Varderesian Wednesday night and have recovered Rivera's revolver. They are also reviewing video from the store's security camera, which recorded the shooting. "The debate's going to be: 'Did he do the right thing or not,' " Hazelhurst said. "And who are we to judge if we weren't there."
That's right!
Varderesian, who declined comment at his home yesterday, is a well-liked figure in the area who opened Big Bob's about five years ago. "He's a nice family man," said George Makos, who owns Pleasant Market, a convenience store adjacent to Big Bob's Liquors. "He's a very nice guy."
Still, he said, "it's terrible for everybody, because, in my opinion, only God has the power to take a life. But these things happen."
Maybe the guy and his buddies ought not to be ROBBING PEOPLE at GUNPOINT!
Rivera, who was 40 and had a last known address in Worcester, had a long criminal history. Florida prison records show he served two months in prison in 1988 for burglary and grand theft and was sent back to prison from 1989 to 2002 for a string of armed robberies. Police believe that he and his accomplice were responsible for at least eight armed robberies in Fitchburg, Worcester, and Auburn, where they took cash from liquor stores and an auto parts store.
And if GUNS are OUTLAWED, then ONLY OUTLAWS will have GUNS!!!! I hate to say it, but they deserve to be shot! EIGHT ROBBERIES with NO END IN SIGHT?
--more--"I guess the police have more important things to do.... like NOTHING!
"Hamilton police, EMTs accused of scam; Class attendance, training records reportedly falsified" by Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent | December 12, 2008
Members of the Hamilton Police Department, including Chief Walter Cullen, falsified EMT training records and claimed to have taken classes that were never held, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced yesterday after an investigation.
The DPH suspended 12 emergency medical technicians for signing phony rosters for training courses that were never held, the agency said in a statement released yesterday. The state agency suspended the certification of the EMTs and the Emergency Medical Services training officer....
The scam involved EMTs allegedly signing training course attendance rosters for classes that never occurred, according to interviews with officers in the state investigation report. When a lieutenant told Cullen there were problems with the EMTs falsely representing their attendance, the chief told him not to worry about it, the report said. Police officers received additional pay each year they took the courses....
--more--"And GETTIN' PAID for it, too!!
Gee, that sounds DOWNRIGHT CRIMINAL there, copper!
Called STEALING or LOOTING, isn't it?
