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Ballou is a Metro reporter with The Boston Globe, covering primarily crime and courts. Ballou is a graduate of Columbia University and started his journalism career in Los Angeles.
Latest stories
Police credit Amber Alert with quick end to kidnap case
By Brian Ballou and John R. Ellement , Globe Staff
Two children who were allegedly kidnapped from a Braintree foster home Monday night by their father were recovered in Connecticut.
UMass Lowell grads applaud Edward Davis
By Brian Ballou , Globe Staff
Boston Police commissioner Edward Davis, who gave the commencement address, was also awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
Trial starts in Brockton double slaying, rape
By Brian Ballou , Globe Staff
Keith Luke, 22, a self-described neo Nazi, is facing a sentence of life in prison.
New extreme in Dookhan case fallout — alleged murder
By Brian Ballou and Travis Andersen , Globe Staff
A man charged in a Brockton killing was freed from prison because of evidence tainted by former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan.