WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » annie http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Sun, 26 May 2013 02:06:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Chemist in Mass. Lab Scandal Refuses to Testify http://wbsm.com/chemist-in-mass-lab-scandal-refuses-to-testify/ http://wbsm.com/chemist-in-mass-lab-scandal-refuses-to-testify/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:51:30 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=21893 A chemist at the center of a scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab has refused to testify in a drug case against a Boston man who once spent 15 years in prison for the slaying of a 12-year-old girl he says he did not commit

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]]> http://wbsm.com/chemist-in-mass-lab-scandal-refuses-to-testify/feed/ 0 Getty Images Chemist in State Lab Scandal Arrested http://wbsm.com/chemist-in-state-lab-scandal-arrested/ http://wbsm.com/chemist-in-state-lab-scandal-arrested/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:05:24 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=18899 Former state crime lab chemist Annie Dookhan was arrested without incident at her home in Franklin today around noon.She's accused of faking drug test results that has left the outcome of thousands of criminal drug cases in question

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]]> http://wbsm.com/chemist-in-state-lab-scandal-arrested/feed/ 0 "Rogue Chemist" Arrested http://wbsm.com/rogue-chemist-arrested/ http://wbsm.com/rogue-chemist-arrested/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:25:44 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=18830 Former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan has been arrested. She's accused of faking drug test results that has left the outcome of thousands of criminal drug cases in question. Investigators say she handled tens-of-thousands of drug samples and she allegedly confessed to faking tests for two or three years

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]]> http://wbsm.com/rogue-chemist-arrested/feed/ 0 Getty Images New Bedford Case Affected by Drug Lab Scandal Sent to Trial http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-case-affected-by-drug-lab-scandal-sent-to-trial/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-case-affected-by-drug-lab-scandal-sent-to-trial/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:06:35 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=18812 The first local case affected by the state drug lab scandal returned to court today.

A spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney's office says 32-year-old Nathan Martin of New Bedford was ordered continued to be held on $25,000 bail in Superior Court this morning

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-case-affected-by-drug-lab-scandal-sent-to-trial/feed/ 0 Marcfoto, flickr State Adding Up Costs Of Drug Lab Scandal http://wbsm.com/state-adding-up-costs-of-drug-lab-scandal/ http://wbsm.com/state-adding-up-costs-of-drug-lab-scandal/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:04:32 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=18667 Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is trying to figure out how much it will cost the state to sort through the legal problems caused by the mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug testing lab

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]]> http://wbsm.com/state-adding-up-costs-of-drug-lab-scandal/feed/ 0 Getty Images State Lab Chemist Admits to Faking Results http://wbsm.com/state-lab-chemist-admits-to-faking-results/ http://wbsm.com/state-lab-chemist-admits-to-faking-results/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:29:20 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=18436 According to a state police report, a chemist in the state lab scandal has admitted she faked test results.

Annie Dookhan reportedly told investigators that for about three years she would just look at some evidence and label it what she thought it might be

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