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Lynn, Lynn, city of machetes, don't break into a man's house, he might carve you into spaghettis

WCVB reports a couple of sad-sack yeggs chose the wrong Lynn house to break into the other night: The homeowner quickly got the better of them with his trusty machete, the one he keeps under his bed:

I have a shaved head, a crazy beard, I work out, climb mountains, run races, I’m covered in tattoos and I was in my underwear with a machete.


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Man sought after midday attempted rape in the South End

Boston Police report they are looking for a man who tried to rape a woman around 12:30 p.m. in the area of East Canton and Albany streets in the South End.

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Real-estate appraiser admits role in mortgage-fraud scheme after spending six years in Ireland fighting extradition

Patrick Lee, 45, admitted today in federal court that he and relatives defrauded lenders of $1.5 million in a condo-flipping scheme in 2005 and 2006, involving properties in Dorchester, South Boston and Randolph.

The US Attorney's office in Boston reports:

Lee or a relative bought five multi-family buildings in Dorchester and South Boston, financed those purchases with fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, and quickly converted the buildings to condominiums which facilitated the resale of individual units in the buildings to straw buyers. The straw buyers were recruited for this purpose and their purchases were financed with fraudulently obtained mortgage loans. The straw buyers were assured that they would not have to put any money down or pay the mortgages, and that they would get a fee at closing and/or a share of the profits when the properties were sold. The loans were funded with interstate wire transfers from the mortgage lenders to the closing attorneys’ conveyancing accounts, and the proceeds were then distributed to Lee and/or a family member, the recruiters, and others involved in the scheme. According to the government, mortgage lenders suffered losses of more than $1.5 million.

Lee left the Boston area for Newtown, County Kildare in Ireland in 2007. In 2008, the Secret Service filed a sealed criminal complaint against him in Boston federal court. A grand jury indicted him in 2010, although the indictment was not released until 2011, at which point prosecutors began extradition proceedings against him in Ireland. Lee fought back by claiming he was immune from extradition because he had committed some of the alleged offenses while in Ireland and Irish law forbids extradition for crimes committed on Irish soil.

As one court rejected his argument, he appealed, until finally the Irish Supreme Court got the case in 2017. In October, the court rejected his arguments and said he could be extradited to the US.

According to the US Attorney's office, Lee faces up to 30 years in prison at his Feb. 28 sentencing on charges of wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions.


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SUV hanging by rear wheels off pier in Charlestown Navy Yard

Stanley Forman reports the driver hit the gas instead of the brake and over Pier 6 he went. Driver and passenger got out OK.


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How's 2 to 3 inches of snow sound?

The latest NWS maps show 2 to 3 inches of snow, even in Boston, Thursday night into Friday. And that's why the French Toast Alert is back on the home page.


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When are those Chinese trains getting here? Dead train at Assembly Square

The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of up to 15 minutes outbound due to a deceased train at Assembly Square.


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Man wanted for sexual assault on a child in Roxbury is arrested in New Jersey

Boston Police report the arrest of Edwin Fantauzzi, wanted for an attack on a child under 14 on Hammond Street.

Police say detectives tracked Fantauzzi, 30, of Lawrence, to Bayonne, NJ, where police arrested him on a charge of being a fugitive from justice in Boston.

Once returned here, he will be charged with of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, assault with intent to rape a child under 16 and aggravated kidnapping for an incident on Nov. 3, police say.

Innocent, etc.


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Towers atop turnpike at Mass. Ave. could mean relocated turnpike ramp, re-opened pedestrian tunnel to the Green Line

Instead of a view of sky and the turnpike, people on Newbury Street could see this.

A developer's proposal to bridge the turnpike along the more barren side of Mass. Ave. between Newbury and Boylston streets could mean several dramatic changes to the block beyond just towers covering what is now an open-air highway.

Samuels and Associates recently filed detailed plans for its Parcel 12 project, which would include a 40-foot-high "podium" across the turnpike, with 70,000 square feet of retail space opped by two towers, one 14 stories and filled with offices, the other 11 stories and housing either 150 residential units or a hotel. The podium roof not covered by the towers would be used as green space for the two towers.

If actually built, the development would be the culmination of discussions and planning that date to 1998.

Samuels says its project could include turning the current intersection of Mass. Ave., Newbury Street and the down ramp to the turnpike into a more friendly crossing for pedestrians, bicyclists and bus riders.

This would happen in large part by narrowing the intersection by moving the current ramp, which starts right at Mass. Ave. further west along the rump end of Newbury Street. Samuels, however, refers only to "the opportunity for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to relocate the existing I-90 Westbound On-Ramp" and does not say who would pay for it.

In addition, Samuels says it would re-open a long-closed pedestrian tunnel under Mass. Ave. to the Mass. Ave. Green Line station so that people would no longer have to cross the busy street to get to a trolley.

Mass. Ave. in front of the project would get two dedicated bus lanes, a "cycle track" set off from the road and a wider sidewalk, Samuels says.

Samuels has proposed a two-level garage with space for 150 cars.

Parcel 12 offers an important opportunity to repair a barren section of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue disrupted by the Turnpike, and to knit together distinct Boston neighborhoods: the Back Bay and the Fenway, and the South End and the City of Cambridge by creating a mix of dynamic mixed use development with ground-floor uses that will activate the street, repair the discontinuity in the urban street wall left behind by the Turnpike Extension, and improve the experience for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, as well as those using the wide array of nearby public transit options. Designed holistically to address nearby public infrastructure needs, the project has the capacity to improve a long overlooked swath of Boston's urban fabric.

The proposal is one of several that could remake the area around the turnpike where it crosses under Mass. Ave.

Samuels hopes to break ground on the project next year, with construction expected to take about two years.

The proposed view from Boylston Street:

View from Boylston Street

Parcel 12:

Parcel 12

Possible layout for a redesigned intersection and moved turnpike ramp:

Moved ramp

Parcel 12 project notification form (146M PDF).


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Condos for artists approved for Mission Hill street

The Zoning Board of Appeals yesterday approved plans for two condo buildings for artists on what are now city-owned vacant lots on Terrace Street.

Under plans by Terrace Bravo of Cambridge, the lots at 40-42 Terrace, between Alleghany and Tremont, and 132 Terrace, near Cedar, would each get a four-story building with seven condos and a shared first-floor work space for residents.

The units - with one bedroom each at 132 Terrace and with two bedrooms at 40-42 - would be sold at to people making no more than 80% of the Boston area median income. If enough artists cannot be found to fill all the units, they would be marketed, still as affordable, to the general public.

The roughly 500 square feet of shared studio space would be designed with special ventilation and to be opened up to the public for open-studio and other events.


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Developer wins approval to replace East Boston salvage yard with residential building

Architect's rendering

The Zoning Board of Appeals yesterday approved a developer's plan to build a five-story, 18-unit residential building on what is now a salvage yard at 277 Border St., near Central Square.

Developer MG2 won BPDA approval last month for the project, which will include an eight-space garage and first-floor retail space.

The building is larger and taller than would have been allowed by the lot's zoning, but MG2's attorney, Richard Lynds, said the proposed structure is comparable to other buildings going in along Border - and with the commercial buildings across the street.

Nobody spoke against the proposal.

Auto-repair lots are becoming an endangered species along Border: Another developer has proposed a 16-unit building at 425 Border St., on the site of another lot. Two years ago, a developer won approval to replace a garage at 301 Border St. with a six-story, 64-condo building.

277 Border St. small-project review application (10.2M PDF).


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