WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » crime lab http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:53:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Koczera Questions DPH Oversight In Crime Lab Scandal http://wbsm.com/koczera-questions-dph-oversight-in-crime-lab-scandal/ http://wbsm.com/koczera-questions-dph-oversight-in-crime-lab-scandal/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:09:43 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=29245 State Rep. Robert Koczera (D-New Bedford says most of the blame for the state drug lab scandal falls squarely on former state chemist Annie Dookhan whose accused of mishandling evidence in 34,000 drug cases. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/koczera-questions-dph-oversight-in-crime-lab-scandal/feed/ 0 savebuzzardsbay,flickr Sam Sutter Forms "Team" To Deal With Tainted Drug Cases http://wbsm.com/sam-sutter-forms-team-to-deal-with-tainted-drug-cases/ http://wbsm.com/sam-sutter-forms-team-to-deal-with-tainted-drug-cases/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:12:25 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=16891 State officials continue to investigate the ongoing scandal at a state crime lab, where as many as 34,000 drug samples may have been altered or manipulated by a chemist.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/sam-sutter-forms-team-to-deal-with-tainted-drug-cases/feed/ 0 Sam Sutter,flickr Patrick Names Former Prosecutor To Review "Tainted" Drug Cases http://wbsm.com/patrick-names-former-prosecutor-to-review-tainted-drug-cases/ http://wbsm.com/patrick-names-former-prosecutor-to-review-tainted-drug-cases/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:49:42 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=16343 Gov. Deval Patrick has announced formation of a special unit to sort through tens of thousands of criminal cases that may have been compromised by the mishandling of drug evidence in a now-closed state laboratory.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/patrick-names-former-prosecutor-to-review-tainted-drug-cases/feed/ 0 Getty Images Crime Lab Scandal Results in Drug Defendant Being Set Free http://wbsm.com/crime-lab-scandal-results-in-drug-defendant-being-set-free/ http://wbsm.com/crime-lab-scandal-results-in-drug-defendant-being-set-free/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:15:29 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=16150 A drug defendant serving time in jail has been allowed to withdraw his guilty plea and will be released while awaiting trial, in the first of what could be many cases jeopardized by a scandal at a Massachusetts drug-testing lab.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/crime-lab-scandal-results-in-drug-defendant-being-set-free/feed/ 0 Getty Images More Fallout From Crime Lab Scandal http://wbsm.com/more-fallout-from-crime-lab-scandal/ http://wbsm.com/more-fallout-from-crime-lab-scandal/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:06:06 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=15131 Prosecutors are beginning the process of figuring out how to deal with thousands of drug cases handled by a chemist who is accused of mishandling drug samples and tainting evidence.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-fallout-from-crime-lab-scandal/feed/ 0 Getty Images District Attorney Sutter "Stunned" By Drug Lab Shutdown http://wbsm.com/district-attorney-sutter-stunned-by-drug-lab-shutdown/ http://wbsm.com/district-attorney-sutter-stunned-by-drug-lab-shutdown/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:42:35 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=14927 Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said he was stunned to learn about the mishandling of drug samples in as many as 60,000 cases at a Mass. Crime Lab.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/district-attorney-sutter-stunned-by-drug-lab-shutdown/feed/ 0 Sam Sutter,flickr State Takes Action Against Crime Lab Personnel http://wbsm.com/state-takes-action-against-crime-lab-personnel/ http://wbsm.com/state-takes-action-against-crime-lab-personnel/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:34:33 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=14925 Testing problems at a Massachusetts crime lab have now led to two employee resignations, one firing and disciplinary proceedings against another worker.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/state-takes-action-against-crime-lab-personnel/feed/ 0 Getty Images Governor Patrick: "Breakdown In Oversight" At State Crime Lab http://wbsm.com/governor-patrick-breakdown-in-oversight-at-state-crime-lab/ http://wbsm.com/governor-patrick-breakdown-in-oversight-at-state-crime-lab/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:49:41 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=14111 Gov. Deval Patrick is predicting 'consequences' for what he calls a 'breakdown in oversight' at a now-closed state crime lab.

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