Boston Police report arresting a Roxbury man on charges of possession of heroin and counterfeit $20 bills on Friday afternoon.

Taylor Dotten, 45, was arrested at 144 Dudley St. (apartment 303, to be exact), shortly after 2 p.m., after a police investigation into that address, police say. In addition to 14 bogus bills and "a certain quantity" of heroin, police say they also seized 14 unidentified white pills.

Dotten was formally charged with possession of a Class A substance with intent to distribution and possession of a Class A substance with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone (Madison Park High School). Robert White, 50, was charged with knowingly being present where herioin is kept and possession of counterfeit money.

Innocent, etc.

The Urban Paramedic reports Boston is in one of its periodic upticks in which heroin addicts drop like flies:

... Every night for the past three weeks we've had at least one overdose, and on some evenings we've seen as many as four. It doesn't seem to be letting up. And we're not getting these calls only in Roxbury and South Boston, where heroin has always been a problem. This time around, we're seeing overdoses in practically every neighborhood. ...

He adds the cause could be either purer-than-expected heroin on the street or people simply shooting up more.

Click on through for a rockem-sockem loosey-goosey summary of the media coverage of this story, which was varied to say the least. Will the grand but lightweight Globe take the short-but-sweet prize for best writeup? Or will the rough, battle-hardened Herald take the Globe to the cleaners? What about the litter transit pulp papers? How do the Kings of Swooshing Animations and Lead-Ins fare?

First up, at 194 words: Maria Cramer, from The Globe:

The AP has been busy, finding lots of drugs in people's water. Sadly, Boston is on the list of cities that don't test for this stuff. Look on the bright side; you could live in a city run these morons:

Arlington, Texas, acknowledged that traces of a pharmaceutical were detected in its drinking water but cited post-9/11 security concerns in refusing to identify the drug.

Joel predicts:

You just know that at least one "Law & Order" associate producer is cutting and pasting today's Globe and Herald stories about the death of MIT-educated artist Kevin McCormick in lurid circumstances in Fort Point. ...

Michael ponders his death:

... Heard on the radio news on the way to work - HAMSTERS were discovered in the basement of the Condo. There is a major story shaping up on a VERY weird sex & drug party syndicate. This confirms our longtime conviction that, contrary to the general public conception, MIT guys are some of the most serious partiers on the currect collegiate circuit, and that's saying a lot.

J. works across the street from the place:

The building is square, 8 stories tall, white, made of brick and concrete, and concrete stairs are shadowily visible through the dirty windows on the corners, so of course it's hard to think we were able to imagine it containing anything else. Also, it seems that we all really like saying "meth lab." ...

Jonelle also works nearby:

... The meth lab/fetish palace in question is about 200 yards from my office and (more crucially) shares a building with our favorite South Boston bar. If only we'd known! Afternoon meetings would have been far more tolerable.

I wonder how many times reporters will mention that the alleged "kinky dungeon of drugs" (as Channel 7 so discreetly put it last night) is near the Children's Museum - and how long before somebody like Bill O'Reilly starts denouncing Boston for letting perverts molest children like that.

Oh, my God! Like, the meth lab is only a couple of city blocks away from the Childrens' Museum!!!

Source: The Boston Atlas

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