Rachael Rollins

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins has addressed reports that she could be nominated to be the next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. Rollins is one of three finalists to fill the role, however, she’s reportedly the only one undergoing FBI background checks. “I would just say it’s an honor to be considered with these two other really exceptional women,” Rollins...

A judge Tuesday threw out the remaining gun charge for a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing of a police officer before his conviction was overturned in 2015. In a brief hearing, Superior Court Justice Robert Ullman allowed Sean Ellis’ motion for a new trial on the gun conviction remaining on his record from…

A judge Tuesday threw out the remaining gun charge for a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing of a police officer before his conviction was overturned in 2015. In a brief hearing, Superior Court Justice Robert Ullman allowed Sean Ellis’ motion for a new trial on the gun conviction remaining on his record from…

A transgender activist was one of two women fatally stabbed Sunday by a man at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, authorities said Monday. Jahaira DeAlto was hosting Marcus Chavis and his family when Chavis killed her and his wife, Fatima Yasin, while also stabbing a dog, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. They haven’t determined a...

A man suspected of killing his wife and a transgender activist in Dorchester appeared in court Monday on murder charges.

A Dorchester man charged with murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of two women at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was ordered held without bail Monday in a court hearing in Boston. Marcus Chavis, 35, was arrested Sunday afternoon shortly after police discovered two women — one of whom was his wife — had been stabbed inside of…

In the aftermath of the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Boston Mayor Kim Janey and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins spoke in very personal terms about it and what still needs to be done to bring about racial equity.

A grandmother in her 70s was shot and killed while sitting outside on her porch in Dorchester Saturday evening, according to Boston police. Mike Manzoni has the latest details on the investigation.

In a move that could affect tens of thousands of drug convictions in Boston and the rest of Suffolk County, District Attorney Rachael Rollins pledged on Monday to vacate any that are tied to two convicted Massachusetts state drug lab chemists. Anyone whose drug certification was done by Annie Dookhan or Sonja Farak at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory…

In a news conference about a construction incident, officials say two people were killed in Boston Wednesday morning.

A Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer has been indicted on charges of rape and aggravated burglary, Boston’s top prosecutor said Tuesday.

A review of Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ conduct during a confrontation at the South Bay Center on Christmas Eve found no violations of others’ rights or the law, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. A woman from Dorchester, Katie Lawson, had complained that Rollins threatened her with a ticket and inappropriately flashed her emergency lights Lawson...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is reviewing an alleged road rage incident involving Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Healey’s office confirmed. Katie Lawson, of Dorchester, filed a citizen’s complaint with Boston police alleging that Rollins threatened her and inappropriately flashed her blue lights during a confrontation at the South Bay Shopping Center on Christmas Eve, according to the...

The FBI’s Boston Division put out a call on Tuesday for information that can help arrest and bring to justice a man suspected of killing six people in 1991, including five in one massacre in Boston exactly 30 years ago. The FBI is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Hung Tien Pham, who would be…

A Boston Public Schools official has been charged with raping a 15-year-old former student at the Joseph P. Timilty Middle School earlier this year. Manuel Mendes, 38, of Boston, the school’s dean of students, was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with four counts of statutory rape. He was arraigned Monday in West Roxbury Municipal Court. Bail was set…

A man has been charged with beating his roommate to death this weekend in Chelsea, Massachusetts, prosecutors said Wednesday. Bartolo Cruz Cosigua Gonzalez, a 44-year-old from Chelsea, was arrested Monday on a manslaughter charge in the killing that prosecutors say took place Saturday. Chelsea police officers found Gonzalez’ roommate, 25-year-old Alexis Antonio Yanes-Majano, lying on the street outside an apartment…

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins has filed a motion to vacate over 100 convictions linked to a 2012 state drug lab scandal. The motion filed late Monday moves to vacate 108 so-called “List Three” convictions in Suffolk County Rollins says are “tainted” by misconduct by former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan. Authorities discovered Dookhan tampered with evidence and…

Gov. Charlie Baker insisted that Massachusetts’ Department of Correction is doing a “terrific job” keeping coronavirus under control Tuesday, despite arguments from Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins that prisons act as “petri dishes” for spreading it. “They’ve done a terrific job of keeping prisoners and inmates separated, providing them with PPE, sanitization, all that sort of...

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Friday released a list of 136 law enforcement officers whose prior conduct could impact their credibility as witnesses in court. The database, called the Law Enforcement Automatic Discovery (LEAD), contains the names of officers whose actions were harmful, or potentially harmful, to the community and legal system, according to Rollins. “In these uncertain…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the university in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 2016 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Louis Brandeis’ nomination to the Supreme Court.