Crack-dealing mother of seven convicted again of dealing crack

Gladys "Shorty" Delgado, 49, of Revere, was convicted yesterday for selling crack to an undercover Boston cop during a drug sweep across downtown, the Theatre District and Chinatown, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Boston Municipal Court Judge Thomas Horgan sentenced Delgado to three years in jail, the DA's office reports.

The DA's office says Delgado has a 15-page record dating back to 1976. She added to her file on April 15, 2008, when, according to prosecutors, she and a partner sold $20 of crack at lunchtime to the undercover cop in Chinatown.

In 2004, the Globe caught up with Shorty on Edinboro Street and chatted with her about how nice Edinboro Street was for her business:

... Delgado says she set up Edinboro as her base to sell freebased crack cocaine and heroin two years ago after police rousted her from Boston Common.

Delgado says she can make $500 a night from clientele coming to Edinboro from as far away as Gloucester. She buys Chinese food or McDonald's or sends the cocaine or heroin back into her body. ...