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Richardson Ellement is a Metro reporter who has covered northern New England, Boston police, the courts, and major breaking news stories for the Globe for the past 25 years. In 2010, he received the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Excellence in Legal Journalism award. He is an adjunct professor at Boston University. Currently, he is an online reporter and editor.
Latest stories
Four men and two women charged in police raid that closed alleged brothel in Charlestown
By Peter Schworm and John R. Ellement , Globe Staff
Four men and two women were arraigned in Charlestown District Court today in the wake of a Boston police raid that shut down an alleged brothel and drug den operating in a federally subsidized apartment. But attorneys for some of the accused scornfully dismissed the evidence as “very thin’’ and said police and Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office offered no substantial proof that crimes were routinely being committed in the house at 87 Cambridge St.
SJC considers use of student IDs in criminal investigations
By John R. Ellement , Globe Staff
The state’s highest court ruled that it needed more information in order to decide if Boston Police can use the IDs in photo arrays.
Mother sues Harvard in son’s shooting
By John R. Ellement , Globe Staff
She alleges that the school negligently let the mastermind of the killing operate a “criminal enterprise’’ in a dormitory.
Maryland man arrested in alleged 2004 sexual assault on Green Line
By John R. Ellement , Globe Staff
Using DNA evidence, transit police arrested a man who, two years before the Green Line crime, allegedly committed a similar offense on the Washington, D.C. Metro system.