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US drops charges in Internet drug case

Deleted evidence aids one defendant

By Milton J. Valencia

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 18, 2012

A week into a multi-count trial, federal prosecutors yesterday dismissed charges against a Chicago man who allegedly took part in an Internet pharmacy drug scheme with roots in Dorchester, after a judge found “gross incompetence’’ in the handling and destruction of evidence. The charges against Andrew Berke were dismissed in federal court in Boston after US District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns said earlier in the day that he was ready to dismiss them on his own.

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