Hingham

T police find new way to keep themselves busy

Barnz reports MBTA police conducted a sweep through the Hingham ferry parking lot yesterday - and had a tow company tow every single car with expired inspection stickers and registrations:

... As I do everyday on my way home I got off the commuter boat at Hingham today, walked to the parking lot, up the aisle I thought I'd left my car in... and then down another aisle... then up the previous for good measure... after 30min of this and some concern for my mental wellbeing I walked to the MBTA office and asked a question I never thought I'd have to ask. "Hello... have... uhm... any cars been towed or anything from the lot today?" ...

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Police arrest second out-of-towner in Brighton assault case

Ronald Twombly, 23, of Hingham, arrested today in connection with that beating of four BU students on Dec. 3. Sean Melanson, also 23 and also a Hingham resident, had been arrested earlier this month. Twombly faces the more serious charges, including assault with intent to murder with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

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The jailed nanny

The Herald reports on the high-powered Hingham couple and their Belgian nanny, locked up for 30 days now.

Jay Fitzgerald: One would think federal officials have better things to do than to jail a nanny:

What next? A nationwide au pair round-up? ... [O]ur immigration policy certainly appears to be in a shambles, with the administration winking at illegal immigrants streaming across the border to the south while cracking down illogically in other areas. ...

Carpundit: We have immigration rules:

Follow the damn things and you can get here, especially if you're a professional. But if you break them, you're just another criminal.

Mats at Internet128 notes it's not like the government just swooped in without warning and arrested her:

... Considering that a judge ordered the nanny to leave the country in June last year, it would be pretty hypocritical for (the government) not to execute the deportation. ...

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